Prime (Moldovan TV channel)
| 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) |
| 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.
The owner of the channel is Moldovan oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc. 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.