Romania is the only EU state that didn't end analogue broadcasting because of low interest in terrestrial television.
DVB-T tests began in 2005 with two channels in
Bucharest and one in
Sibiu using MPEG 2 for SD Channels and MPEG 4 for HD Channels. It broadcast public channels (including one in HD) and a for a limited time a few commercial television channel (general, news and music) until September 2016. On July 23, 2013
PRO TV, the largest television channel, changed from free-to-air to pay television. ANCOM cancelled the auction for multiplexes in 2011, and postponed the switching-off to June 17, 2015. In September 2016, Romania turned off DVB-T broadcasts which were experimental, and shifted on DVB-T2 technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/2016/08/guvernul-amana-din-nou-trecerea-la-televiziunea-digitala-dar-vrea-sa-subventioneze-achizitia-de-setbox-uri-pentru-populatie|title=Guvernul amână din nou trecerea la televiziunea digitală şi vrea să subvenționeze achiziția de set-top box-uri pentru populație Criticism has appeared in the press about delays, suggesting that this will be a reason for the 20% of households who were receiving free terrestrial television to migrate towards cable and satellite operators. TVR remained the only broadcaster on DVB-T2. It is sent in Free To Air, as it is a public station. On 23 November 2022, TVR, the only broadcaster on terrestrial in Romania, removed the HD broadcasts for TVR-1 and TVR-2 on DVB-T2, leaving terrestrial broadcasting only with the SD broadcasts of TVR. TVR 1 HD and TVR 2 HD will be available solely on Satellite, Cable and IPTV. This happened mainly because of low demand of the terrestrial services, and to make room for the newly relaunched TVR Cultural. == Cable television ==