Televisió de Catalunya
Public television broadcaster of Catalonia, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Type | Broadcast television |
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Country | Spain (Catalonian Region, Balearic Region) Andorra and also in France and Italy (Sardinia) |
Availability | Catalonia Balearic Islands Andorra, Northern Catalonia (France), La Franja and Alghero (Sardinia, Italy) Valencian Community (until 2011) Worldwide (IPTV) (TV3CAT) Worldwide (satellite) (TV3CAT, until 2012) |
Founded | 1983 |
Owner | Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals |
Key people | Sigfrid Gras i Salicrú, Director |
Launch date | September 1983 |
Official website | www |
It is part of the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, 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] It is officially composed by six channels: TV3, TV3 HD, 33/Super3, 3/24, Esport3 and TV3CAT.
While the main language of all these channels is Catalan, Spanish is usually neither sub-titled nor dubbed, as it is generally accepted that all Catalan speakers are by default also Spanish speakers. Some programmes such as Polònia and APM use Spanish extensively, largely for effect. In the Aran Valley, there are programs in Aranese.
TVC headquarters are located in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.