As a result of several requests made (over the years) by most Romanians living in Australia and New Zealand, the Romanian Public Television is officially starting from July 1st, its FREE broadcasting for this area.

All costs incurred for receiving the signal reffer only to purchasing the satellite dish as the broadcast is uncoded.
The transmission is Direct To Home ( DTH ) type, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.

Different reports have shown that the majority of Romanian communities are generally located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, but also in cities like Canberra, Darwin or Hobart. As for New Zealand, Romanians are mostly grouped in the areas of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch cities.

All of them now will be able to be in direct contact with their native country, receiving the special programs prepared by the Romanian Public Television especially for them: news, latest events, talk-shows, entertainment, documentaries, movies, theatre plays, concerts, sport, all these and many more programs will address to a large audience, targeting mainly the young and active population. On daily basis there will be live broadcasted shows, as well as interractive programs on subjects of real interest for the audience.

On December 1st, 1995, TVR International was starting as the first national Romanian TV station with satellite broadcast for Romanian speakers living abroad, and since then it grew constantly, so that at present TVRi is the most important broadcaster of programs in Romanian and English languages addressing mainly the international audience from five continents, but also to the national one.

Broadcasting 24 hours a day, TVRi offers a large variety of programs, own productions as well as a top selection from the other 3 national TV channels: TVR 1, TVR 2 and TVR Cultural. In time, TVRi became a multicultural and interactive station, also interested in reflecting the new position of Romanians abroad within the cultural “concert” of the adoptive countries. The newest programs are also broadcasted on Internet, as an alternative source of information in those countries where TVRi cannot be received by sattelite yet.

The start of broadcast for Australia and New Zealand has created in the channel\'s program grid a third prime-time slot after the ones for Europe and North America. Thus, the shows broadcasted by TVRi between 8,00-14,00 hrs (Romanian time) will be mainly dedicated to the audience from Australia and New Zealand.

The technical data for receiving TVRi are: satellite OPTUS B3 / 152,0 o EST / Transponder 5, Receiving Frequency: 12 525 ; Hz , polarization: vertical, SR: 30,000 Msymb/s ; FEC: 2/3.
More information is available -in Romanian language - on tvr.ro


Odata cu aniversarea a 10 ani de la infiintare si fidel sloganului « Romania in casa ta », postul TVRi anunta inceperea emisiei pentru Australia si Noua Zeelanda din data de 1 iulie 2005.

Posibilitatea receptiei postului public pe acest continent este raspunsul firesc la numeroasele solicitari si demersuri facute de romanii stabiliti in aceasta parte a lumii, dornici de un contact permanent si direct cu tara.

Diverse rapoarte arata ca majoritatea comunitatilor romanesti sunt in general concentrate in capitalele statelor australiene : Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth si Adelaide, dar si in orase precum Canberra, Darwin si Hobart. Cat despre Noua Zeelanda, la fel, diaspora romaneasca este grupata in jurul marilor orase : Auckland, Wellington si Christchurch.

Cu totii vor putea din 1 iulie sa primeasca Romania in casa lor 24 de ore din 24 prin intermediul TVRi care va emite liber in aceleasi conditii ca si pentru toti ceilalti telespectatori din intreaga lume, fata taxe sau decodoare, fara alte investitii decat echipamentul individual de receptie (antena parabolica).

Odata cu inceperea emisiei pentru Australia, TVRi a avut de rezolvat, pe langa detaliile tehnice si pe cele intampinate de orice post public de televiziune care se adreseaza unei audiente la nivel mondial, si anume cele legate de structura speciala a grilei de programe. Tinand cont de decalajul de fus orar dintre Romania si Australia (de 5 pana la 11 ore !), grila de programe TVRi a fost modificata, infiintandu-se un nou tronson de prime-time, special dedicat noilor telespectatori. Acesta este cel de-al treilea tronson de prime time al postului TVRi, dupa cel dedicat romanilor din Europa si cel pentru telespectatorii din SUA si Canada.

Astfel, emisiunile care vor fi difuzate de TVRi intre orele 8,00-14,00 (ora Romaniei) vor fi dedicate in principal romanilor din Australia - Noua Zeelanda, pentru care intervalul orar de vizionare este 16,00-22,00.

In alcatuirea programului cuprins in noul tronson de prime-time, echipa TVRi a apelat nu numai la experienta acumulata in cei 10 ani de emisie, dar a tinut cont si de numeroase informatii si date avizate referitoare la structura noului public caruia i se va adresa din 1 iulie.

In baza acestor informatii, intre orele 8,00-14,00 (ora Romaniei) TVRi a programat emisiuni de mare actualitate pentru toate varstele, cu accent insa pe publicul tanar si activ. Astfel, pe parcursul intregii saptamani (dar si separat pentru week-end), TVRi le-a pregatit noilor telespectatori programe extrem de variate cu stiri, divertisment, emisiuni pentru copii si tineret, filme artistice si documentare, emisiuni de cultura, talkshowuri cu si despre personalitati, sport si multe alte programe de interes.

Multe dintre aceste emisiuni sunt deja cunoscute celor care le-au urmarit pe internet, dar odata cu inceperea transmisiei libere TVRi pentru Australia si Noua Zeelanda, impactul lor va fi incomparabil mai mare, iar romanii din aceasta parte a lumii vor simti, cu adevarat, ca prin intermediul TVRi, Romania intra in casa lor 24 de ore din 24, indiferent unde s-ar afla. tvr.ro

Mariana Rusen mariana.rusen@tvr.ro