TV PMR

{{Short description|Public television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox television channel | name = TV PMR | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | launch_date = 9 August 1992 | closed_date = | picture_format = 16:9 (SDTV)<br>1080i (HDTV) | language = Russian, ''Moldovan'' (Romanian), Ukrainian | owner = Government of Transnistria | country = Transnistria | headquarters = Tiraspol | former_names = PMR TV (1992–2006)<br>First Republic Channel (2006–2012) | website = [https://tv.pgtrk.ru/ru Official website] }} '''First Transnistrian''', or locally '''First Pridnestrovian''',{{efn|{{langx|ru|Первый Приднестровский|Pervyy Pridnestrovskiy}}; {{langx|ro|Primul Transnistrean}} / {{lang|ro|Primul Nistrean}}, {{Moldovan Cyrillic|Примул Нистрян}}; {{langx|uk|Перший Придністровський|Pershyy Prydnistrovskyy}}.}} also known as '''TV PMR''', is a public television channel from Transnistria, an unrecognized republic internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It began broadcasting on 9 August 1992 and is available in the Moldovan (Romanian), Russian and Ukrainian languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pridnestrovie.net/tvradio.html|title=TV and Radio: freedom of speech?|website=pridnestrovie.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221224443/http://pridnestrovie.net/tvradio.html|archive-date=21 February 2008}}</ref> It was established by the Government of Transnistria and the Supreme Council to replace Moldovan media that allegedly spread "distorted facts" and "blocked the transmission of reliable information about events in the region".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ava.md/2007/08/09/igor-smirnov-58-voprosy-informacionnoy/|title=Игорь Смирнов: Вопросы информационной безопасности, поддержания позитивного имиджа нашей страны остаются главными в вашей информационной работе|newspaper=Ava|date=9 August 2007|language=ru}}</ref>

A four-part program with the President of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky published on TV PMR's YouTube channel in April 2024 featured subtitles in Romanian written in the Latin alphabet. According to Radio Europa Liberă Moldova, this would represent the first such time since Transnistria's secession. The reasons for this decision were unclear as Transnistria only recognizes a Moldovan language written in Cyrillic and TV PMR continued to broadcast episodes of the program {{lang|ru|Как это было}} ("How It Was") in this language and alphabet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/o-televiziune-transnistreana-a-publicat-o-emisiune-cu-vadim-krasnoselski-subtitrata-in-romana-cu-grafie-latina/32954678.html|title=O televiziune transnistreană a publicat o emisiune cu Vadim Krasnoselski subtitrată în română cu grafie latină|first=Denis|last=Dermenji|publisher=Radio Europa Liberă Moldova|date=20 May 2024|language=ro}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://tv.pgtrk.ru/ru Official website] {{in lang|ru}}

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992 Category:Mass media in Transnistria Category:Publicly funded broadcasters Category:Romanian-language television stations Category:Russian-language television stations Category:Ukrainian-language television stations