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Two private stations, Pro TV and Antena 1, are market leaders, sharing about 32 % of the market, with public television in the third place.

A feature of Romanian Television after 2000 was the boom of specialized channels-such as soap opera and telenovela channels ( Acasă TV, Romantica, Antena 4-Euforia lifestyle TV ), sport channels ( such as Sport. ro and Telesport ), talk channels ( Antena 2 ) news channels ( Realitatea TV, Antena 3 and N24 ), different movie genres or documentary types, and even specializing on different musical styles ( UTV Romania and MTV being geared toward club, dance and hip-hop music, whereas Favorit TV and Etno TV towards folklore, and Taraf TV towards manele ).

Teleshopping channels, lifestyle and weather channels, and special channels dedicated for display in public areas ( such as waiting areas, airports, train stations, banks, supermarkets ) additionally exist.