Antena 1 (Romania)


Antena 1 is a Romanian free-to-air television network owned by the Antena TV Group, part of the Intact Media Group. Its programming consists of soap opera shows, football matches and entertainment programmes.
Antena 1's headquarters was seized by the Romanian state on 8 August 2014 due to a judicial sentence against Dan Voiculescu, the founder of Intact Media Group. The building may be sold in order for the state to recuperate the loss brought to it as a result of the fraudulent privatization of the Institute for Alimentary Research in 2003. After company employees destroyed the interior of the building whilst moving out, the building required refurbishment before being placed on sale. The National Agency for the Management of Seized Assets has placed the building for sale on its website.

Shows

The station's top-rated local productions include entertainment shows, news programs and TV series.

Current

Observator is the channel's daily newscast and a series it is one of the most watched newscasts in Romania. It has four daily editions, starting at 6.00 AM, 12.00 PM on weekdays or 1 PM on weekend, 4.00 PM and 7.00 PM. Its flagship daily evening newscast is Observator 19.00, anchored by Alessandra Stoicescu on weekdays, and Octavia Geamănu on weekend.
The daily morning edition of Observator is broadcast at 6.00 AM. Its hosts are Iuliana Pepene and Mircea Ivan on weekdays, and Anamaria Gudu and Bogdan Alecsandru, or Iuliana Pepene, or Marcel Ivan on weekend. From Monday to Friday, Andreea Ţopan, Olivia Păunescu and Bogdan Alecsandru are the hosts for Observator 12.00, and Mihaela Călin is anchoring the broadcast at 16:00. Also, from Monday to Thursday, Observator has a nightly news edition, hosted by Valentin Butnaru.
On November 28, 2016, when Antena 1 launched its own HD feed, Observator debuted a new set, which includes a new studio, a new logo, opening theme and a new graphics package. The Observator website, observator.tv, was also relaunched at the end of November 2016. On April 19, 2020, Observator came with a new graphics package and its website changed its name and domain to observatornews.ro, launching also a news application.