[1] TVR had been present in Moldova since 1991, following the country's independence.

TVR 1 was widely distributed in Moldova for sixteen years.

In September 2007, the Romanian network lost its rights to broadcast over-the-air, but demanded a new protocol to continue operating.

[3] The conflict ended with a truce between the two parties, signed on 12 September 2013,[4] by which the Moldovan authorities commit that the new TV channel will be taken over by all cable companies in the country, and TVR commits to produce shows about the true reality of the Republic of Moldova.

[citation needed] In 2025, the channel started broadcasting in Transnistria, enabling locals to have access to a source of information in Romanian.