INTACT is the first

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n media group based entirely on a private local business. A considerable number of the most important brands in the audio-visual and print industry have been launched under this umbrella since its first product, Intact Printing House, was established in 1991. The Intact Media Center headquarters, at Gârlei Street, no. 1B, were seized by the state on Friday, 8 August 2014, as a result of the judgement sentencing

Dan Voiculescu Dan Voiculescu (; born September 25, 1946), also known as ''"Varanul"'', lit. 'the Monitor lizard', or "Felix Voiculescu", is a Romanian politician and businessman. He is the founder and former president of the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR), la ...

, the founder of Intact Media Group, to ten years of imprisonment. The journalists of the broadcasting company Antena 3 CNN, part of the Intact Media Group, have been conducting investigations on high-profile political leaders and unveiling multiple corruption cases under the Romanian politicians. One example is the former president of Romania,

Traian Băsescu Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, ...

, who, together with his brother, Mircea Băsescu, was accused of taking bribes in order to influence justice. Mircea Băsescu was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on 8 January 2016. The channels that the company owns are: Antena 1, Antena Stars,

Antena 3 CNN Antena 3 Cable News Network, known as Antena 3 CNN, formerly Antena 3 (), is a Romanian news channel owned by Antena 3 S.A. and part of the Intact Media Group. An Exclusive News Partner of CNN International in Romania since September 27, 2022 , ...

, Antena Internațional,

GSP TV GSP TV (named after the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor) was a private commercial television channel from Romania, focused on sports shows. It was launched on July 26, 2008, and owned by Antena TV Group. From September 14, 2012 GSP TV became a statio ...

, Happy Channel, ZU TV.

Member companies

As of January 2020, the companies that are part of the group are:

Television

* '' Antena 1'' * ''

(formerly Antena 3)'' * '' Antena Internațional'' * '' Antena Stars(formerly Antena 2)'' * ''

'' * '' Happy Channel'' (formerly ''Euforia TV'') * '' ZU TV''

Print

* '' Jurnalul Național''

Online

* spynews.ro * a1.ro

Radio

* ''Romantic FM (formerly Antena 1 FM)'' * ''Radio ZU (formerly News FM and Metropol FM)''

B2B

* ''Intact Production'' * ''Tipografia Intact'' * ''Intact Media Academy'' * ''Seed Consultants Branding & Design''

Formerly

* ''

Gazeta Sporturilor Gazeta Sporturilor () is a Romanian sports website, originally founded in 1924 as a daily newspaper. It was the third-oldest daily newspaper in Europe, with 99 years of uninterrupted publication, before issuing its last edition on 31 October 2023. ...

'' (until 2018) * ''

'' *''Income Magazine'' *''BBC Good Food'' *''BBC Science Focus'' *''BBC Top Gear'' *''The Industry''

References

External links

* *{{Official website, http://www.intactmediagroup.ro/ Mass media in Romania Mass media in Bucharest Television networks in Romania