The Catalan Media Corporation (; ) is the public radio and television company in

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

owned by

Generalitat de Catalunya The Generalitat de Catalunya (; ; ), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia is self-governed as an autonomous community of Spain. It is made up of the Parliament of Catalonia, the President of the Govern ...

. The CCRTV is a public corporation created by the

by a Founding Act that passed the

Parliament of Catalonia The Parliament of Catalonia (, ; ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members, known as Deputy (legislator), deput ...

on 18 May 1983. It answers to the Parliamentary Control Commission and to the Catalan Audiovisual Council. It is funded through the Generalitat's General Budget as well as by income and yield from CCRTV's own activities. Its subsidiaries can partly finance themselves through advertising, sponsorship and the sale of merchandise and programming. Catalunya Ràdio started broadcasting on 20 June 1983, while its first television channel, TV3, started its trial broadcast on 11 September that year. In September 2006, CCRTV received the

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Excellence Award for its organisational gestion.

Budget

The current allocation from the Catalan government to the public broadcaster is 343 million euros for 2015 which is similar in size and operation to Irish public broadcaster

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and Finnish broadcaster

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Companies of the corporation

The CCRTV is composed of the following companies:

Televisió de Catalunya

Televisió de Catalunya is Catalonia's

public broadcasting Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive f ...

network, composed of six channels, with TV3 as its flagship channel. TVC is headquartered in Sant Joan Despí, near

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Catalunya Radio SGR

Catalunya Radio SGR (Catalunya Ràdio) is Catalonia's public radio network. It has four stations, the most important of is its namesake Catalunya Ràdio. Catalunya Ràdio is headquartered in Barcelona.

CCRTV interactiva

CCRTV interactiva creates and distributes interactive media content for the other companies of the corporation.

Activa Multimèdia Digital

The trademark that markets CCRTV technology.

CCRTV Administració Sistemes d'Informació

Provides support for management, planning, development, systems and computing.

Corporate Shareholdings

* Catalan News Agency (Agència Catalana de Notícies) - Major shareholder. * Vang 3 Publication - A publishing company founded by CCRTV and

La Vanguardia ' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ...

The TV3 Marathon Foundation

Created by the CCRTV to manage the funds raised by the annual

telethon A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause. Most telethons feature heavy solicitatio ...

'' La Marató de TV3'', devoted to raise funds for scientific research into diseases that are currently incurable.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corporacio Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals Catalan-language radio stations Catalan-language television networks FORTA Spanish radio networks Television networks in Spain Publicly funded broadcasters State media Radio stations established in 1983 Television channels and stations established in 1983 Mass media companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in Spain