Prado del Rey is the central

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(RTVE), the Spanish state-owned public broadcasting corporation, and the main production center for its subsidiaries

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(TVE) and

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(RNE). The complex is in

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History

Prado del Rey was inaugurated on 18 July 1964 to replace the first Televisión Española headquarters located at Paseo de la Habana in

. It was opened by

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and the then-

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. with three studios already in operation and another six studios under construction. Studio 1 had an area of 1,200 square meters, which made it the largest studio in Europe at the time. Shows and fiction production was soon transferred there, but the news program ''

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'' and its news services were not transferred until 1967. In 1971, Radio Nacional de España headquarters was moved to an annex building named Casa de la Radio. On 13 November 1983, it broadcast the last ''Telediario'' news bulletin from Prado del Rey, as TVE news services, then located in the basement of the Casa de la Radio, were moved to the new

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complex in Madrid at the foot of the communications tower. TVE

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, the central

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, 24 Horas news channel, ''Telediario'' and ''

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'' are located there. In 2019, a plan to transfer them back to Prado del Rey starting in late 2021 was approved.

Buildings

Television building

Televisión Española currently has six television studios and everything related to the production of television content (production rooms, dressing rooms).

Casa de la Radio

It is RNE's central studios. It also keeps the Historical Archives of RNE, separate from the Audiovisual Archives of TVE, which is located in the Archive Building. Its basement was the former home of TVE's news services until its transfer to the Torrespaña complex on 13 November 1983.

Corporation Building

It holds the administrative offices of the corporation.

Archive Building

It keeps the Historical Audiovisual Archive of TVE, separate from the Historical Archives of RNE.

Production trucks Building

It keeps all the technical material used in TVE's broadcasts.

Gallery

References

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