Alfa Omega TV, the first satellite Christian TV channel in Romanian, celebrates one-year anniversary
by Michael Ireland
July 12, 2007
TIMISOARA, ROMANIA (ANS) -- The launch of the first Romanian Christian television channel, Alfa Omega TV, in June 2006, was the fulfillment of a long, 12-year preparation period. Now the station is celebrating its first full year on-air. Although the initial vision was cast in 1994, it was followed by 12 years of work during which hundreds of programs have been translated into Romanian. Christian program producers and distributors from all over the world have sown into the Alfa Omega ministry along the years through high quality program packages and television show series.
The satellite channel was launched in Timisoara, the spiritual capital of Romania. Timisoara earned this reputation during the anti-Communist revolution in 1989, and became a symbol of freedom for SE Europe.
According to the license granted by Romanian National Council of Audiovisual, Alfa Omega TV is a "thematic channel, of Christian education and spirituality" with the purpose of promoting Christian moral values in a post-communist society.
In the year after launching the satellite channel in June 2006, up to 2000 cities, towns and villages in Romania and Moldova receive Alfa Omega via cable TV 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The digital platform MaxTv is also included the channel in the basic package.
The channel airs weekly programs for minority groups in Romania (i.e. Hungarian, German, Serbian, Slovak, and Bulgarian). It is expected that in the near future the channel will include programs in the gypsy language and segments for Israel.
In addition to programs produced by Alfa Omega and by its partners world-wide, the channel also airs content provided by other Romanian producers from Romania, Moldova, and the USA.
Since January 2007, Alfa Omega TV channel has been rebroadcast on the Internet. In June 2007, three additional thematic web channels were launched, specifically one for the youth, a movie channel, and an educational one.
"Personally, the launching of the channel meant a genuine miracle. I'm so glad I was there when it happened. The outcome of many years of prayer and preparation suddenly revealed itself. Looking back, I understand that God alone worked beyond our insufficiencies and our lack of skills in such a way that we sometimes still wonder at the fact that our channel, Alfa Omega TV, is actually airing. For me it was also amazing and it meant I had to learn the lesson of trusting God in providing us monthly with the financial funds for the channel, without having any pre-established funds," said Adrian Fabry , broadcast manager of Alfa Omega TV.
Tudor Petan, president of Alfa Omega TV said the key scripture for Alfa Omega is: "Not by might, not by power, but my Spirit says the Lord.
"For us this means prayer and faith," Petan said.
More information about how to become a partner of Alfa Omega TV (prayer, providing programs, equipment, helping finalizing the new studio building) is available at: www.alfanet.ro., www.alfaomega.tv, or email to: Tudor.Petan@alfaomega.tv, tel/fax: +(40)256.284.912
© 2007 ASSIST News Service, used with permission.
