Country | Moldova |
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Broadcast area | Moldova |
Headquarters | Chișinău, Moldova |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Romanian |
Picture format | 576i ( 16:9 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | I.C.S. "General Media Group" S.R.L. |
Sister channels | Canal 2, Canal 3, Publika TV |
History | |
Launched | September 1999 |
Closed | 30 October 2023[1] | (broadcast suspended)
Former names | ORT Moldova Pervîi Kanal Moldova |
Links | |
Website | www.prime.md |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Radiocom ( DVB-T2) | - |
Prime is a Moldovan generalist television channel. The channel is distributed via DVB-T2, by the cable and IPTV operators in Moldova and broadcasts through analogue terrestrial television at a national level.
The owner of the channel is Moldovan oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Since its inception, it was one of Moldova's most popular channels.
The channel was criticized and on 4 July 2014, the Coordinating Council of the Audiovisual of Moldova sanctioned Prime and other channels for broadcasting Russian "informative-analytical" programs, which contained aggressive propaganda and promotes and increases fake news and information regarding the Ukrainian government. [7]
Year(s) | Title |
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2011-2012 | Vrei să fii milionar? |
2010–2018 | DA sau NU |
2013, 2017 | 100 de moldoveni au zis |
13 November 2017-2023 | Vorbește Moldova |
2010–present | De Facto |
2011–2019 | Replica (with Mihaela Gherasim (2010-2012), Valeriu Frumusachi (2013-2017), with Alexei Lungu (2017-2019)) |
2016–2020 | Cronica lui Bogatu |