| Type | Broadcast television |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Availability |
Valencian Community Andorra, Northern Catalonia, La Franja and Alghero Internationally by satellite. |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Slogan | "La teva" (Yours) |
| Owner | Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió |
| Key people | Mònica Terribas, Director |
| Launch date | September 1983 |
| Official website | www.tvc.cat |
Televisió de Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [təɫəβiziˈo ðə kətəˈɫuɲə], known by the acronym TVC) is Catalonia's public broadcasting network, officially composed by eight channels: TV3, 33, Super3, 3/24, 3XL, Esport 3, TV3 HD and TV3CAT. K3 was replaced by Super3 in 2009 and 300 was replaced by 3XL in 2010. It is part of the Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió, a public corporation created by the Generalitat de Catalunya by a Founding Act in 1983. Slightly more than half of its revenue (52%) comes from public funding through the Generalitat de Catalunya, while the remaining 48% is raised through advertising, sponsorship and merchandise and original productions' sales.[1]
While the main language of all these channels is Catalan, Spanish is usually neither sub-titled nor dubbed. In the Aran Valley, there are programs in Aranese.
TVC headquarters are located in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.
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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.[2] TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. In 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra, Northern Catalonia and the Valencian Community. One year later, TV3 inaugurated its new headquarters, a 4.5-hectare facility in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.[2]
Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original programme audio,[2] 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 as well.
In 1988, TV3 started a decentralisation process, first broadcasting programmes in the Aranese language for the Aran Valley and, one year later, opening branch offices in Tarragona, Girona and Lleida and creating the Telenoticies Comarques, a regional news programme 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.[2]
In 2002, Televisió de Catalunya started broadcasting in the Digital terrestrial television system. It has quickly embraced technologies like the internet and cell-phones, as well as internal technological innovations.
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 Community, Andorra, Northern Catalonia and La Franja.
TVCi is broadcast via satellites Astra (in Europe) and Hispasat (in Europe and the Americas).[3] 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.
TVCi is also available worldwide via its online TV service "3alacarta".[4]
TV3 is TVC's first and main channel. A generalist channel, it broadcasts news and entertainment programems, as well as fiction series and movies and important sports events, including La Liga football matches.
TVC's second channel, 33 is a cultural and sports channel. Its programming consists of cultural programmes, documentaries, sports events (except the most important ones and La Liga football matches, that are broadcast by the main channel TV3), sports programmes (Temps d'aventura) and debates. In 2011, it is going to become a cultural channel, because its sports programmes are going to Esport 3, the new TVC's sport channel.
Originally called just Canal 33, in 2003 it underwent a restructuring that split it into two channels that shared the same frequency: 33 and K3.[2] While this is still true for analogical broadcasting, since December 2006, 33 has a channel of its own in digital terrestrial television.
Super3 is a children's and teenagers' channel, that broadcasts from 6:00 to 21:30. It broadcasts both entertainment and educational programmes, for a wide range of ages. Early morning programmes are usually directed to younger children, while the afternoon is directed more towards teenagers. It started on 18 of October 2009, replacing K3.
Initially, it broadcasted from 7:00 to 21:30 and the rest of the day was broadcasting Canal 300. On September 2010, 300 was replaced by 3XL and Super3 changed its broadcasting hours (from 6:00 to 21:30).
3/24 is TVC's 24-hour news channel, launched in 2003.
3XL is TVC's channel for young people (from 16 to 28 years), that broadcasts from 21:30 to 6:00. It shares frequency with Super3. It started on September 2010, replacing 300.
TV3CAT (known as TVCi until June 2009) is TVC's satellite channel, launched in 1995. It broadcasts a selection of TV3 and 33 programmes, as well as fiction series and movies.
TV3 HD is an experimental high-definition digital terrestrial channel launched in 2007 using the H.264 standard.
Esport 3 is TVC's sports channel. It started its emission tests in October 2010 and it is going to start its regular emissions in early 2011.
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