For the Romanian channel, see Romantica (TV channel).

Zone Romantica (formerly Romantica) is a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcasts a mixture of telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

s, music

Music

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

 and entertainment

Entertainment

Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...

 from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

. The channel is available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Central and Eastern Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 as well as the Middle East. The channel currently reaches 8 million subscribers.

Programming

Programme Line-up for UK/Éire features 3 Classic First Run US Daytime Soap Operas.

Current shows

• Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
  
  weekdays 9.00am/01.00am
• The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
  
  weekdays 10.00am/12.00 midnight
• Guiding Light
  Guiding Light
  Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
  
  weeknights 2.00am
• Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal
  Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
  
  
• Beauty and the Beast
  Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
  Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York; and a...
  
  
• Cheaters
  Cheaters
  Cheaters is a weekly syndicated hidden camera reality television series that documents people who are suspected of committing adultery, or cheating, on their partners. Investigations are headed by the "Cheaters Detective Agency". The show is hosted by Joey Greco, the show airs on Saturday nights...
  
  
• Chicago Hope
  Chicago Hope
  Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
  
  
• Dr. Phil
  Dr. Phil (TV series)
  Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
  
  [from September 2009]
• Falcon Crest
  Falcon Crest
  Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced....
  
  
• Party of Five
  Party of Five
  Party of Five is an American teen drama television series that aired on Fox for six seasons, from September 12, 1994, until May 3, 2000.Critically acclaimed, the show suffered from low ratings and after its first season was slated for cancellation...
  
  
• The Practice
  The Practice
  The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...
  
  
• Various mini-series from the Warner Bros. archive

Romantica (Romania)

A version of Zone Romantica broadcast in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 launched on 1 April 2007 under the name Romantica

Romantica (Romanian TV Channel)

Romantica is a TV channel that broadcasts telenovelas, talk-shows, news, music and entertainment.The channel is the Romanian version of Zone Romantica.-External links:*...

(joint venture with Realitatea Media

Realitatea-Catavencu

The Realitatea-Caţavencu trust is a Romanian group of media companies, owned by Sorin-Ovidiu Vântu . It was founded when Vântu bought the Caţavencu media group, who, as they declared, at that time it was unable do develop further by itself...

).
It is broadcast 24 hours on the UPC

Liberty Global Europe

Liberty Global, Inc. is an international media company and one of the largest broadband providers outside the United States of America. It was formed by the merger of the international arm of Liberty Media and UGC .-Europe:...

, RCS

RCS&RDS

RCS&RDS is the largest Romanian cable and internet provider, offering nationwide satellite television, cable television, cable internet, VOIP, and 3G services...

, DigiTV, Focus Sat

Focus Sat

Focus Sat and Eastern Space Systems launched in March 2005 the second platform of digital television DTH from Romania.-Launch dates:* 22 December 2004 – It is launched as the first DTH operator from Romania.* 1 May 2005 – Transponder nr...

, Boom TV

Boom TV

Boom TV is the last player that came into the market of Romanian DTH. The program packages offered by Boom were made to satisfy the needs of the viewers by selecting the programs and offering exclusive shows according to the presentation from the launching of Boom.DTH Television Group filed for...

, Max TV

Max TV

Digital Cable System, the owner of Max TV, is a corporation of firms who provide DTH services of satellite television. Max TV is the third operator of this kind, and was launched in Romania in June 2005...

 and Dolce

Dolce (satellite television)

Dolce is a DTH platform of Romtelecom, a Romanian telephony and Internet provider.As of 2008, Dolce has more than 9 000 000 customers.-Basic package:-MaxPak:-Explorer:-Active:-Kids:-Style:-Midnight:-Hungarian:-Future channels:...

. The channel broadcasts a similar mixture to that of Zone Romantica with the channel featuring telenovelas, talk-shows, music, news as well as entertainment programming.

External links

• Zone Romantica Official Website