Realitatea TV (Romanian pronunciation:[re.aliˈtate̯ateˈve], meaning "The Reality TV") is the former name of theRomaniannewstelevision channelRealitatea Plus. The channel began broadcasting in 2001 as a general entertainment channel and became the first Romanian news channel in 2002. Its owners are Romanian politicianCozmin Guşă and businessman Maricel Păcuraru.

After becominginsolvent in 2011 and being put intobankruptcy in 2019, the channel lost its license on 31 October 2019. The channel was replaced next day, on 1 November 2019 by Realitatea Plus,^[1] a channel that was launched in 2015 on satellite for the public outside Romania.Realitatea Plus has a slightly modified version of the previous logo of Realitatea TV.

Realitatea TV started broadcasting in 2001, as a general-profile TV station. However, it began broadcasting hourly newscasts and soon changed its format, becoming the first news channel inRomania. Prigoană hiredIon Cristoiu to supervise the channel and rise its audience.

In 2004,Silviu Prigoană sold the network to an Italian company that later sold it toPetrom, which subsequently lost it toSorin Ovidiu Vântu, sometime in 2006. Vântu was occasionally accused of using his television to manipulate public opinion against PresidentBăsescu and his party. After the channel went into insolvency in 2011, Vântu sold it to businessmanElan Schwarzenberg, while the management of the media group was under the control ofSebastian Ghiță.^[2]

In 2013, the channel was bought byCozmin Guşă and Maricel Păcuraru.^[3]

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