Cristian Mungiu’s film ‘Beyond the Hills’ was selected in the 56th edition of the London International Film Festival (October 10-21), the most prestigious and longevous festival in UK. read more...

Businessman Elan Schwartzenberg on Saturday confirmed he has taken over a 92% stake in TV station Realitatea TV owned by Sorin Ovidiu Vintu, who is currently under arrest on charges of blackmail. read more...

Romania’s public television finished 2010 with a 162 million lei deficit about 38.47 million euro according to last year’s activity report. A year before, the institution registered a deficit of 48 million lei. The net business numbers of the public television in 2010 was 531.87 million lei, total revenues amounting to 571 million lei. read more...

Promoting prescription medicine is forbidden on Romanian TV or radio, but broadcasters are allowed to advertise medical practices, clinics and pharmacies, according to amendments to Romania's broadcasting Code, adopted Tuesday by the National Audiovisual Council (CNA). read more...

Romanian TV and radio stations breaching legislation on "personality rights," "protection of dignity" or "presumption of innocence" may get fined between 60,000 and 200,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2490), according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting. read more...

Romanian cable TV providers will no longer be obliged to carry private TV stations, according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting, put forward by a number of democrat liberal MPs. read more...

Romania’s Senate committee for culture on Tuesday recommended that the plenum reject a bill that would force local radio stations to play Romanian music for 40% of their music playing air time. read more...

Al Jazeera will launch in April, the latest, a news channel that will cover the Balkans. The new television network aims at exceed the audiences of CNN and implement new professional standars in an area still divided by inter-ethnic conflicts. read more...

Almost all general, economic and weekly business newspapers registered a significant drop in the number of readers according to the latest National Audience Study for October 2009 – October 2010, compared to the previous study. read more...

Hoardings, the ones advertising elections included, are to be banned in the historical parts of cities as well as on the buildings that are declared historical monuments, by a draft law which was approved by the Government on Thursday, said Minister of Regional Development and Tourism Elena Udrea. read more...