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| Country | Moldova |
|---|---|
| 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 (broadcast suspended) [1] |
| 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. Until 2019, it also retransmitted programs from Channel One Russia.
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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]
