Televisió de Catalunya
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Televisió de Catalunya (or TVC for short) is Catalonia's public broadcasting network, officially composed of six channels: TV3, 33, K3, 3/24, 300 and TVCi. It is part of the Catalan Corporation of Radio and Television, a public corporation created by the Generalitat de Catalunya by a Founding Act on 1983. It is funded through a mixed formula: 52% of its income comes from public funding from the Generalitat de Catalunya, while the remaining 48% is raised through advertising, sponsorship, sale of merchandise and programming. <ref>CCRTV - Televisió de Catalunya</ref>
The main natural language of all these channels is Catalan, although Spanish is usually neither sub-titled nor dubbed, assuming that all Catalan viewers understand Spanish. In Val d'Aran there are programs in Aranese.
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[edit] History
TV3 started its trial broadcasts on September 11, 1983 (the National Day of Catalonia), but its regular broadcasts started a few months later, on January 16, 1984. <ref name="history">CCRTV - History</ref>. TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. On 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra, Northern Catalonia and Valencia, also Catalan-speaking lands. One year later, TV3 inaugurated its new headquarters, a 4.5 hectares facility in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona. <ref name="history" />
Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original program audio <ref name="history" />, first using the Zweikanalton system and currently using NICAM. Local series and movies are usually broadcast in NICAM stereo, although sometimes an audio narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers is provided instead.
In 1988, TV3 started a descentralization process, first broadcasting programs in the Aranese language for the Val d'Aran and, one year later, opening branch offices in Tarragona, Girona and Lleida and creating the Telenoticies Comarques, a regional news program broadcast simultaneously in four different editions, one for each of the four Catalan provinces.
During the 1992 Summer Olympics, TV3 and TVE created the Olympic Channel, a joint network to provide coverage for the Olympic Games using Canal 33's frequency. <ref name="history" />
In 2002, Televisió de Catalunya started broadcasting in the Digital terrestrial television system. It has quickly embraced technologies like the internet and the cell-phones, as well as internal technologic innovations.
[edit] Coverage
Televisió de Catalunya's terrestrial channels are available in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands thanks to an agreement between the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Balearic Islands government. Unofficially, it can also be received in the Valencian Country, Andorra, Northern Catalonia and La Franja.
TVCi is broadcast via satellites Astra (in Europe) and Hispasat (in Europe and the Americas) <ref>LyngSat Address: TVC Internacional</ref>. The TVCi signal is also carried by satellite platform and cable operators: Ono, Imagenio, Euskaltel, Digital+, Freebox, DigiTV, Kabel BW, Evrotur, Sofiacable and Cable Mágico.
[edit] Channels
[edit] TV3
TV3 is TVC's first and main channel. A generalist channel, it broadcasts news and entertainment programs, as well as fiction series and movies and important sports events, including La Liga football matches.
[edit] 33/K3
TVC's second channel. Originally called just Canal 33, in 2003 it underwent a restructuring that split it into two channels that share the same frequency: 33 and K3. <ref name="history" />
[edit] 33
33 is a cultural and sports channel, that usually broadcasts from about the 20:00 hours until the following morning on weekdays and almost all day (except for couple of hours at midday) at the weekend. 33's programming consists of cultural programs, documentaries, sports events (except the most important ones and La Liga football matches, that are broadcast by the main channel TV3), and debates.
[edit] K3
K3 is a children's and teenager's channel, that usually broadcasts from the morning to about the 20:00 on weekdays and a couple of hours around midday at the weekend. It broadcasts both entertainment and educational programs, for a wide range of ages. Early morning programs are usually directed to younger children, while the afternoon is directed more towards teenagers.
[edit] 3/24
3/24 is TVC's 24-hour news channel, launched in 2003.
[edit] 300
300 is TVC's newest channel, launched only in DTT as part of TVC's five channel DVB-T multiplex. 300 broadcasts only series and movies previously seen on TV3 and 33/K3, both of their own production or foreign.
[edit] TVCi
TVCi (the i stands for international) is TVC's satellite channel, launched in 1995. It broadcasts a selection of TV3 and 33 programs, as well as fiction series and movies.
[edit] References
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[edit] External link
- Official Site (Catalan)
| Television stations in Spain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast national networks | ||||
| TVE | Telecinco | Antena 3 | Cuatro | La Sexta | ||||
| Broadcast autonomic networks | ||||
| Televisió de Catalunya | Canal 9 | Euskal Telebista | TVG | ||||
| Digital Terrestrial channels | ||||
| Canal 24 Horas | Teledeporte | Docu TVE | TVE 50 Años | Sony Entertainment Television | ||||
| Satellite and cable platforms | ||||
| Digital+ | ONO | Euskaltel | ||||
| IPTV (television over ADSL) | ||||
| Imagenio | ||||
| Satellite and cable channels | ||||
| AXN | Calle 13 | CNN+ | Factoría de Ficción | Paramount Comedy | People+Arts | Sci Fi Channel | TL Novelas | Viajar | ||||
