Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra, S.A. (RTVA) (; "Radio and Television of Andorra
PLC") is the
public
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television
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and
radio
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broadcaster in the
Principality of Andorra
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. It operates a television channel, ATV, and two radio stations, RNA and AM, all of which broadcast in
Catalan
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Catalonia
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* Catalan language, a Romance language
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.
History
The first commercial radio station to broadcast from Andorra was
Radio Andorra
Radio Andorra (Ràdio Andorra in Catalan or Radio Andorre in French) was a commercial radio that broadcast by concession of the authorities from the Andorra, Principality of Andorra between 1939 and 1981.
Thanks to the neutrality of the Principali ...
, which was active from 1939 to 1981. Public service broadcasting in the principality began on 26 October 1989 after the
General Council of Andorra
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decided that a national broadcasting organisation should be set up.
As a result, the Organisme de Ràdio i Televisió d’Andorra (ORTA) was formed and radio station
Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra (RNA) began broadcasting in December 1990. ORTA was funded by the Andorran government.
Andorra Televisió
Andorra Televisió () is an Andorran free-to-air television channel owned and operated by public broadcaster Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra (RTVA). It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and gen ...
(ATV), Andorra's first television channel began in 1995. All programming on both RNA and ATV was produced by independent companies until 1997 when ORTA began producing all of its own programming. ORTA was replaced by the current organisation, Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra S.A. (RTVA), on 13 April 2000. RTVA took full control of both RNA and ATV. Like its predecessor, RTVA is also funded by the government. Advertising provides additional revenue. Its current director-general is Juande Mellado.
RTVA has been an active member of the
European Broadcasting Union
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since 2002 and took part in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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from 2004 to 2009 inclusive; however, in 2012 it was believed to be due to withdraw from the EBU because of financial problems.
The broadcaster has to compete with TV and radio stations from both
France
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and
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
whose transmissions can easily be picked up in the principality.
Services
Television
*
ATV: The national television channel of Andorra.
Radio
*
Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra (RNA): The national radio station of Andorra.
*
Andorra Música (AM): Music radio station
Ràdio Andorra (1990-1991).png, 1990 to 1991
Logo Ràdio Andorra-ORTA (1990-1992).png, 1991 to 1992
Ràdio Andorra RNA (1991-1992).png, 1991 to 1992
RNA Ràdio Nacional Andorra (1993-1996).png, 1993 to 1996
Logo Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra (2000-2005).png, 1996 to 2005
Logotip RNA.jpg, 2005 to 2013
Logo Ràdio Nacional d'Andorra (2013).jpg, Since 2013
Andorra Música-RTVA (2013).png, Andorra Música logo (2013)
Internet
RTVA has had a web portal since November 2007. This was renewed in September 2013 to turn it into a multimedia service, under the name ''Andorra Difusió''.
Programming
ATV broadcasts a range of programming including sports, music, films and magazine shows as well as the daily children's strand '' Club Piolet''. The flagship news programme ''ATV Noticies'' is produced and broadcast three times a day, with bulletins at 13:45, 21:00 and prior to closedown. Regular live parliamentary coverage is also broadcast. ATV usually broadcasts between the hours of 07:30 and 23:45 each day with information pages displayed after closedown.
RNA broadcasts mostly music although news bulletins air on the hour, every hour. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
ATV and RNA are streamed online for free on RTVA's website, although the ATV stream is sometimes replaced with a
test card
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Used since the ear ...
due to
copyright
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restrictions on some programming.
Logos and identities
Image:Old rtva logo.png, Former RTVA logo (early 2000s)
File:Rtva.jpg, Logo used from 2005 to 2013
References
External links
Corporate site
Informatius.ad: news, weather and information site run by RTVA
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1989 establishments in Andorra
Communications in Andorra
European Broadcasting Union members
Publicly funded broadcasters
Radio in Andorra
State media
Television in Andorra