Telediario

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Telediario ("Tele-journal") is the brand for Spanish state broadcaster TVE's news programmes. They are shown domestically on TVE 1 and across the globe on TVE Internacional several times throughout the day. The term 'Telediario' in Spain has become synonymous with television news, with people saying 'put on the Telediario' when simply referring to news.

"Le quedan dos telediarios" (he's got two news programmes left) is a common colloquial Spanish expression to suggest someone's days are numbered, either literally (about to die) or metaphorically (about to be removed from a position of responsibility).

[edit] Programme format

The programme is generally presented by a single newsreader but with additional newsreaders for the sport. Most items will be made up of reports and are generally preceded and followed by the correspondent reporting live (Directo) from the scene of the report. The programme is followed by a weather report known as El Tiempo. The entire running time including commercial breaks and El Tiempo is one hour.

[edit] Presenters and correspondents

The flagship nightly show (broadcast at 21:00) is fronted by Lorenzo Milá, seen by many as a breath of fresh air but criticised by some for being too strongly in favour of the government.

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano worked as a Telediario newscaster before engaging and marrying Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbón. Writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte chronicled the Bosnian war for Telediario in his time as a TVE war correspondent.

[edit] Broadcast times

The programme is broadcast three times daily with each of the broadcasts being numbered (e.g Telediario 1, Telediario 2 etc) The flagship evening programme goes out head to head with the programme Noticias on rival commecial network Antena 3

In October 2006 Telediario had a larger audience share than rival Antenna 3's show Noticias