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Romania In The Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Romania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Zaleilah" written by Elena Ionescu, Costi Ioniță and Omar Secada. The song was performed by the band Mandinga (band), Mandinga. The Romanian broadcaster Romanian Television, Televiziunea Română (TVR) organised the national final ''Selecția Națională 2012'' in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Fifteen entries were selected to compete in the national final on 10 March 2012 where "Zaleilah" performed by Mandinga was selected as the winner after scoring top marks from a nine-member jury panel and a public televote. Romania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2012. Performing during the show in position 6, "Zaleilah" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 26 May. It was later revealed that Romania placed third out of the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVR (TV Network)
Televiziunea Română (), more commonly referred to as TVR , is the short name for Societatea Română de Televiziune ("Romanian Television Society"; SRTV), the Romanian public television. It operates nine channels: TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR Cultural, TVR Folclor, TVR Info, TVRi, TVR Moldova and TVR Sport along with six regional studios in TVR București, Bucharest, TVR Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, TVR Iași, Iași, TVR Timișoara, Timișoara, TVR Craiova, Craiova, and TVR Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș. TVR 1 has a total national coverage of 99.8%, virtually the entire Romanian population, and TVR 2 has 91% national coverage. All of the other channels and networks solely broadcast in major population centers. Even though it does not have the largest audience, due to the dominance of the five private TV networks (which consistently get higher ratings in the urban market segment), it offers a wider variety of services, including webcasts and international viewing via TVRi. As of November 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel FM
Hotel FM is a Romanian band, formed in April 2005 by British expatriate David Bryan and his friends Gabriel Băruţa and Alex Szűz. The band held concerts in several cities in Romania and Germany and launched a promotional CD in spring 2006. Founding member Bryan, who is lead singer, is originally from Newton Aycliffe in North East England, where he worked as a binman before settling in Romania. The Hotel FM story began in 2005, when the Romanian composer Gabriel Băruţa recruited a few musicians from his hometown Oradea to create a new sound, a modern pop-rock feel based on melody and innovation, specific to the songs he wrote. Throughout the years, Hotel FM has comprised Nicolae Vedinaş (vocals, flute), Berek Szilard (vocals), Marius Pop (guitar), Vlady Săteanu (bass), Gabi Drăgan (drums) and Sanyi Zakar (guitar). The band has played many concerts in cities of Romania and Germany and released a promotional CD in the spring of 2006. Eurovision Hotel FM placed 4th in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio 21
Virgin Radio Romania is a Romanian national radio station with coverage in almost all the cities of the country. Virgin Radio started broadcasting in Romania on 9 January 2017. Virgin Radio Romania is part of a media group that also operates Europa FM and Vibe FM. Created as Romania's interactive radio station for youngsters, Virgin Radio Romania is the place for new music and innovation. It is the only Romanian radio station that became the official partner for Tomorrowland Tomorrowland may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Tomorrowland (Disney Parks), a theme land at a number of Disney theme parks around the world * Tomorrowland (festival), an annual electronic dance music festival in Boom, Belgium * ''Tom ..., as well as for major festivals which took place locally and across Europe. Virgin Radio Romania is broadcasting 24/7 hip hop, r&b and new music. In the past years, it has generated one of the most engaging contests and campaigns on air and on line. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#Major labels, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Vincent Bolloré, Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roton Music
Roton Music is an independent Romanian record label established in 1994, The company had hundreds of employees, having offices in Bucharest, Iași, Cluj and Timișoara. In 2011, Roton Music entered into a licensing deal with Warner Music Group for some of its most popular artists and their catalogue. In October 2015, Warner Music Group and Roton extended their distribution deal to include Latin America. The Roton Music record label is composed of four sub-labels: * ''Roton Music'' * ''INAMEIT'' * ''Clopoțelul Magic'' / ''Magic Bell'' * ''Tezaur'' Roton Music's partners: * ''HaHaHa Production'' * ''Uninvited Artists'' * ''Seek Music'' Major artists * Akcent * Fly Project * Manuel Riva * Misha Miller * Otilia * Serena * Sasha Lopez Former artists * Alexandra Stan * Amna * Anda Adam * Andeeno Damassy * Antonia Iacobescu * Andreea Bălan * Criss Blaziny * Connect-R * Corina * Dan Bălan * Emil Lassaria * Inna * Mihail * Radio Killer * Simplu * Smiley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Music
Cat Music is a record label based in Bucharest, Romania, that holds 30% of the market share and a catalog of more than 8,500 songs. Its YouTube channel is the most popular of a Romanian label, with over 7.4 million subscribers and 8.2 billion views. Dan Gheorghe Popi, CEO of Cat Music, was the president of the Union of Phonogram Producers in Romania and was listed in 2004 in ''Billboards Top 20 Best Independent Artist and Repertoire Managers. It was founded in 1991 by Dan Popi and has a market share of 30 percent in Romania. Internationally successful artists of Cat Music were O-Zone (Dragostea din tei), Cleopatra Stratan (Ghiță) and Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina (Stereo Love). In 2019, Cat Music opened its first international branch in Madrid, Spain. Artists ;Current * 3rei Sud Est * ADDA * Adrian Sînă * Alex Mica * Andreea Bălan * Andreea Bănică * Anna Lesko * Alex Velea * Bella Santiago * Bere Gratis * Claudia Pavel * DJ Project * DJ Sava * Dony * El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MediaPro Music
MediaPro Music is a Romanian record label, part of the Universal Music Group. Launched in 1997, it became an integrated business of the Radio Company PRO in 2006. Between the main label and its sub-labels most music genres are covered, ranging from rock and pop, to dance, Latin, traditional folk, and children music. Moreover, the company is also involved in event planning (concerts, promotion tours, autograph sessions, press conferences) and publishing activities. In 2015, it was confirmed that American corporation Universal Music Group acquired MediaPro Music. Major artists * Alessiah * AMI * Anda Adam * Andra * Anya * Dan Bittman * Cargo * Nicole Cherry * Loredana Groza * Holograf * Lora * Maia Mălăncuș * Matteo * Sore Mihalache * Marius Moga * Dorian Popa * Vunk * Grasu XXL Other artists * Low Deep T Former artists * Dan Bălan * Corina * Alina Eremia * Antonia Iacobescu * Lala Band * Puya * Adrian Sînă * Alexandra Stan Alexandra Ioana Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVRi
TVRI (, Television of the Republic of Indonesia) is an Indonesian national public television network and one of Indonesia's two national Public Broadcasting Institutions, the other being the public radio network RRI. First publicly airing in 24 August 1962, on the opening day of, and established as part of the preparations for, the 1962 Asian Games, it is the oldest television network in the country. Its national headquarters is in Gelora, Central Jakarta. TVRI monopolized television broadcasting in Indonesia until 24 August 1989, when the first commercial television station RCTI went on the air. Alongside RRI, TVRI was converted from a state-controlled broadcaster under government department into an independent public broadcaster on 18 March 2005, becoming the first public broadcaster in the country. TVRI currently broadcasts throughout the country with three national channels as well as 33 regional stations. As of 2020 it has 361 transmitters; making it a television netw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVR HD
TVR HD () was a Romanian free-to-air high definition channel, owned by TVR, the Romanian state-owned broadcasting corporation. It broadcast programming of TVR1 and TVR2 in HD. It was launched on the first day of June 2008, during the children's international day of 2008. The channel got its license in April 2008. On 3 November 2019, the channel was closed down and was replaced by TVR1 TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should ... HD and TVR2 HD. References External links Date tehnice pentru recepţia TVRHD (Romanian) Defunct television channels in Romania HD Publicly funded broadcasters Television channels and stations established in 2008 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019 {{Romania-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVR1
TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should be"), but on 28 March 2009 was replaced by Telejurnal, which is its name till today. In 1985, Programul 1 renamed again to TVR becoming the sole television channel in Romania. In 1989, TVR1 broadcast live the events of the revolt which triggered the fall of the Communist regime, covering almost all the main events live, starting from the last speech of Nicolae Ceauşescu (on December 21, 1989) until the new power representatives arrived. At the time, fabricated and exaggerated stories were broadcast, nevertheless TVR1 was the first television channel to cover all the events of the regime change. After TVR HD was closed, TVR 1 has launched an HD broadcast on November 3, 2019, with its other sister channel, TVR 2. TVR is also testing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Bucharest metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 8th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 6 districts (''Sectors of Bucharest, Sectoare''), while the metropolitan area covers . Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly History of architecture#Revivalism and Eclecticism, Eclectic, but also Neoclassical arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
