TVR HD

TVR HD is a high-definition version of the Romanian public broadcasting channel TVR. The channel broadcast Euro 2008 and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in high definition. The channel also broadcasts Formula 1 and one Champions League ( broadcasting rights held from 2009-10 season to the end of the 2011-12 season ) game on Tuesday and Wednesday in HD. A special conditional card and a compatible MPEG4/H.264 set top box is required to watch the signal by satellite as the channel is encrypted. Terrestrial broadcast is free-to-air, but not widely available in Romania.

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TVR

TVR is an independent British manufacturer of high-end sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles.

The company is planning to bring a range of new cars to market from 2017 with partners Gordon Murray and Cosworth.

History

The history of TVR can be divided into several eras, each of which is associated with the company's owner at the start of that period:

Wilkinson era

Founding

Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923–6 June 2008) was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage.

In 1946, he purchased an old wheelwright's workshop in Beverely Grove, Blackpool, to start an engineering business that he named Trevcar Motors. Initially, the company performed general engineering work (not always automobile related), and would also refresh and service cars and trucks. In 1947, local auto enthusiast Jack Pickard joined the company. Trevcar Motors was subsequently renamed to TVR Engineering (dropping several letters from Wilkinson's first name), and it continued to find general mechanical engineering work through the following years.

TVR2

TVR2, Televiziunea Română 2 (TVR Doi, translated: Romanian Television 2), is the second channel of the public broadcaster TVR. The channel was created in 1968, but it was suspended from 1985 until after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989. From 2003 it has been market leader in Romania with some very well thought shows as Tonomatul DP2, the British show Doctor Who and always makes huge rating points during the Callatis Festival, which it airs live for a whole week.

The main news show of the channel is Ora de ştiri ("News Hour") broadcast daily, at 22:00. Also, the 14:00 Jurnalul TVR is re-broadcast at 16:00 on TVR2.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (French: Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often shortened to ESC or Eurovision, is the longest-running annual TV song competition, held, primarily, among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The competition was based upon the existing Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy.

Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition. The contest has been broadcast every year for sixty years, since its inauguration in 1956, and is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world, with audience figures having been quoted in recent years as anything between 100 million and 600 million internationally. Eurovision has also been broadcast outside Europe to several countries that do not compete, such as the USA and China. An exception was made in 2015, when Australia was allowed to compete as a guest entrant as part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the event. In November 2015, the EBU announced that Australia would return in 2016. Since 2000, the contest has also been broadcast over the Internet, via the Eurovision website.

Song Contest

Song Contest may refer to: