Televisió de Catalunya
IPTV) (TV3CAT) Worldwide (satellite) (TV3CAT, until 2012) | |
Founded | 1983 |
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Owner | Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals |
Key people | Sigfrid Gras i Salicrú, Director |
Launch date | September 1983 |
Official website | www |
Televisió de Catalunya (Catalan pronunciation: [tələβiziˈo ðə kətəˈluɲə], known by the acronym TVC) is the public broadcasting network of Catalonia, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain.
It is part of the
.While the main language of all these channels is
TVC headquarters are located in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.
History
Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original programme audio,
In 1988, TV3 started a decentralization process, first broadcasting programmes in the
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
In 1999, Televisió de Catalunya started broadcasting in the Digital terrestrial television system, and regular DTT broadcasts started in 2002.[3]
Coverage
Televisió de Catalunya's terrestrial channels are available in Catalonia, its home region. Thanks to agreements with the neighboring territories, they can be received in the Balearic Islands (TV3CAT, SX3/33 and 3/24 only), Andorra (all channels) and Northern Catalonia (all channels). The agreement with the Balearic Islands is reciprocal, as in the public balearic channel IB3 Global is available in Catalonia as well.[4]
Since 1985 and until 2011, TVC's channels were also available in the Valencian Community thanks to transmitters run by volunteers from Acció Cultural del País Valencià. This transmission ceased in 2011 when the Generalitat Valenciana ordered its termination.[5]
TV3CAT is available worldwide via its online TV service "3alacarta".[6] The TV3CAT signal is carried by cable operators:
Channels
TV3
TV3 is TVC's first and main channel. A generalist channel, it broadcasts news and entertainment programmes, as well as fiction series and movies. In February 2011, it began simultaneous broadcasting in high definition (HD).[3] On January 16, 2024, the HD signal completely replaced the standard definition (SD) signal, broadcasting exclusively in HD.
3/24
3/24 is TVC's 24-hour news channel, launched in 2003.[3]
SX3
SX3 is a children's and teenagers' channel, that broadcasts from 6:00 to 21:30 on DTT (sharing its DTT channel with El 33) and 24 hours online on
SX3 is the third incarnation of a children's and teenagers' channel from TVC, as
33
TVC's second channel, El 33 is a cultural channel. Its programming consists of cultural programmes, documentaries and debates. Until 2011 and the creation of the sport channel Esport 3, it also broadcast sport events and programmes.
Originally called 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.
Esport 3
Esport3 is TVC's sports channel. It started its emission tests in October 2010 and started its regular emissions in early 2011. It broadcasts sports events and sports programmes (Temps d'aventura).
TV3CAT
TV3CAT (known as TVCi until June 2009) is TVC's international channel, launched in 1995. It broadcasts a selection of TV3 and 33 programmes, as well as fiction series and movies.
References
- ^ "CCRTV - Televisió de Catalunya".
- ^ a b c d e "CCRTV - History". Archived from the original on 8 February 2009.
- ^ a b c "CCMA - History".
- ^ "IB3, la televisió pública de les Illes, es torna a veure a Catalunya". 324.cat (in Catalan). 15 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "ACPV apaga el senyal de TV3 al País Valencià per evitar les multes". ara.cat (in Catalan). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "3alacarta.cat". 3alacarta.cat. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ "TVC deixarà d'emetre per satèl·lit aquest dimarts". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Europa Press. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Catalan)