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DDTV

Direct Digital TV (also known as DDTV and frequently mistaken for Dan Diaconescu TV) was a Romanian free-to-air entertainment television channel founded in 2005 by Dan Diaconescu, as a sister channel of OTV, reairing most of the shows OTV did broadcast. In August 2009, it was relaunched as an entertainment television channel that was mostly aimed at children.

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Direct Digital TV (also known as DDTV and frequently mistaken for Dan Diaconescu TV) was a Romanian free-to-air entertainment television channel founded in 2005 by Dan Diaconescu, as a sister channel of OTV, reairing most of the shows OTV did broadcast. In August 2009, it was relaunched as an entertainment television channel that was mostly aimed at children.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2005". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357584390

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