Romania's public television TVR and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) have reached an agreement that makes it possible for TVR to broadcast the Eurovision international music contest and the next two football world championships, in 2018 and 2022, TVR announced on Thursday.

TVR has had a tensioned relationship with EBU in recent years, due some EUR 10 million worth of debt TVR has to pay EBU. This has determined EBU to exclude the Romanian television from the 2016 Eurovision, and the public television also lost the right to broadcast the World Cup in Brazil this year.

TVR has negotiated with EBU to repay the debt over the next three years. Moreover, EBU will offer consultancy to TVR, free of charge. An EBU team of consultants will come to Bucharest next week.

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