Canal Sur ('South Channel') is part of
Radio y Televisión de Andalucía
Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA) is the public radio and television broadcaster of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalusia.
About RTVA
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(RTVA), the
public broadcasting
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company of
Andalusia
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. It was created by means of the devolved powers given to this region by an Act of Parliament in its
statute of autonomy.
Canal Sur consists of two television channels, Canal Sur TV and
Canal Sur 2
Canal Sur 2 is the second public television channel from Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA). It began broadcasting on 5 June 1998, under the name ''Canal 2 Andalucía''.
With the launch of ''Canal 2 Andalucía'', RTVA had to split its t ...
, a public radio network,
Canal Sur Radio
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and
Canal Fiesta Radio
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.
History
On 28 February 1989 Canal Sur 1 TV was launched as the public broadcaster of the
Autonomous Community of Andalucía. This means that it was funded by the regional government of Andalusia. Becoming the fourth Spanish autonomous community to have its own public TV channel after
Basque Country,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ...
and
Galicia. In its origins, Canal Sur broadcast programming of all kinds, including news, entertainment, cultural, sports and children's content.
Canal Sur was launched with the aim of disseminating Andalusian culture, politics and values among its population and to have an alternative to the monopoly that
TVE held at that time.
Between 1988 and 1990 there was a campaign to promote the broadcast of Canal Sur in Catalonia due to the large amount of Andalusian population present in that community, as part of the project legislation was sought so that all Spanish regional television could be tuned in throughout the national territory, however, finally the proposal was undone.
Canal 2 Andalucía, later
Canal Sur 2
Canal Sur 2 is the second public television channel from Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA). It began broadcasting on 5 June 1998, under the name ''Canal 2 Andalucía''.
With the launch of ''Canal 2 Andalucía'', RTVA had to split its t ...
, was founded in 1998. This new channel began to broadcast cultural, children's and sports programming, so Canal Sur became a channel dedicated mainly to information and entertainment programs. On October 1, 2012, Canal Sur 2 was closed, so the programming of both channels was merged. After this date, the same programming was broadcast on the second channel as on Canal Sur, but adapted to the disabled audience, so subtitles, audio description and sign language services were added.
In February 2010, Canal Sur
HD broadcast tests began, beginning its regular broadcasts on September 30, 2013. The HD version of Canal Sur was closed on February 28, 2015 to make way for
Andalucía Televisión
Andalucía Televisión, formerly known as Canal Sur HD is the first High Definition TV channel by Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA). It offers an educational schedule and news which complement the main channel, Canal Sur Televisión.
App ...
, a complementary channel intended for to fill the vacancy left by the closure of Canal Sur 2. On September 16, 2016, the HD signal was recovered using a different channel. In 2017, Canal Sur 4K broadcasts began, but limited to
Seville
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and its neighboring area.
Canal Sur faced an important change in 2019, when the
PSOE
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources:
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*
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* political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...
was evicted from the Government of Andalusia by a government coalition between the
PP and
Ciudadanos
Citizens ( es, link=no, Ciudadanos ; ca, link=no, Ciutadans ; eu, link=no, Hiritarrak; gl, link=no, Cidadáns; shortened as Cs—C's until January 2017), officially Citizens–Party of the Citizenry (''Ciudadanos–Partido de la Ciudadanía'') ...
, which led to changes in the channel's administration and editorial line.
Programming
Canal Sur's programming is based on broadcasting news and entertainment. In the first case, the informative programs and some debates stand out. While entertainment stands out for the dissemination of magazine programs, contests, musicals, cooking programs and dissemination of Andalusian culture. The programming is also complemented with movies and series.
Critics
The
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
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* political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gove ...
(PSOE) was in power in the region between Spain regained democracy and 2019. As they controlled the Andalusian Autonomous Government (
Junta de Andalucía
The Regional Government of Andalusia ( es, Junta de Andalucía) is the government of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Regional Government and the Government Council. The 2011 budget was 31. ...
) many people have accused the regional government of transforming the channel into the mouthpiece of their party.
Canal Sur's news broadcasts often expressed views critical of Mariano Rajoy (who was Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018), and his party, the People's Party (PP).
After the change of government from the PSOE to one between the
People's Party (PP) and
Citizens (C's), Canal Sur was accused of disseminating biased information to benefit the PP, in addition to placing journalists with ideologies related to the ruling parties, the channel was accused of hiding information that was detrimental to the interests of the PP, including legal convictions against the party.
References
External links
Official SiteLa Junta Electoral da la razón al PP-A: Canal Sur no es neutralLa Junta Electoral amonesta a Canal Sur por falta de neutralidad
Radio y Televisión de Andalucía
Television channels and stations established in 1989
Spanish-language television stations
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