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| Type | Broadcastradio and television |
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| Headquarters | Sant Joan Despí,Barcelona |
| Owner | Generalitat de Catalunya |
Key people | Rosa Cullell i Muniesa,director-general Jaume Peral i Juanola,director of TVC Saül Gordillo i Bernàrdez, director of Catalunya Ràdio |
Launch date | 18 May 1983; 42 years ago (1983-05-18) |
| Affiliation | FORTA |
Official website | www |
TheCorporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA;IPA:[kurpuɾəsiˈokətəˈlanəðəmiˈdʒanzˌawði.uβizuˈals]) is the public radio and television company inCatalonia owned byGeneralitat de Catalunya.
The CCRTV is apublic corporation created by theGeneralitat de Catalunya by a Founding Act that passed theParliament of Catalonia on 18 May 1983. It answers to the Parliamentary Control Commission and to the Catalan Audiovisual Council. It is funded through the Generalitat's General Budget as well as by income and yield from CCRTV's own activities. Its subsidiaries can partly finance themselves through advertising, sponsorship and the sale of merchandise and programming.[1]
Catalunya Ràdio started broadcasting on 20 June 1983, while its first television channel,TV3, started its trial broadcast on 11 September that year.
In September 2006, CCRTV received theEFQM Excellence Award for its organisational gestion.[2]
The current allocation from the Catalan government to the public broadcaster is 343 million euros for 2015 which is similar in size and operation to Irish public broadcasterRTÉ and Finnish broadcasterYLE.[3]
The CCRTV is composed of the following companies:
Televisió de Catalunya is Catalonia'spublic broadcasting network, composed of six channels, withTV3 as its flagship channel. TVC is headquartered inSant Joan Despí, nearBarcelona.
Catalunya Radio SGR (Catalunya Ràdio) is Catalonia's public radio network. It has four stations, the most important of is its namesake Catalunya Ràdio. Catalunya Ràdio is headquartered in Barcelona.
CCRTV interactiva creates and distributes interactive media content for the other companies of the corporation.[4]
The trademark that markets CCRTV technology.[5]
Provides support for management, planning, development, systems and computing.[6]
Created by the CCRTV to manage the funds raised by the annualtelethonLa Marató de TV3, devoted to raise funds for scientific research into diseases that are currently incurable.[8]
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