Temps d'aventura (''Time for adventure'') is a programme in Catalan made by

Televisió de Catalunya Televisió de Catalunya (, known by the acronym TVC) is the public broadcasting network of Catalonia, one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is part of the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, a public corporation c ...

- the Catalan public television corporation - dedicated to open-air sports or adventure sports or

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. It was first broadcast during the 2002 season following on from other programmes that had dealt with the same subject -L'aventura (1993–2000) - and winter sports -
Temps de neu
(1985 - ). It is a weekly programme and is broadcast on Thursday evenings by Canal 33 from May to November and can also be watched on the international channel TVCi. Most programmes are repeated over the weekend. Since the 2003 season it has been broadcast in

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. From the 2008 season onwards it has been broadcast in 16:9 format and with

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in Catalan for the

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. The

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broadcast also includes English subtitles. This makes it the first programme produced in-house by Televisió de Catalunya that can be watched in English.

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is Televisió de Catalunya's first and main channel. All the people of

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and

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in the rest of

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is potential viewer.

The programme normally consists of a report, with a duration of between 10 and 20 minutes on average, and several sections that have changed over the seasons. The reports are about activities that take place in the mountains, in the air or on water and are designed to highlight the activities of people who do the sport. Most of the reports can be categorised into one of these four general groups: * relatively unknown sporting activities * profiles of outstanding sportsmen and women in different fields * competitions * in-house creations The programme includes or has included the following sections: * racons (ideas for discovering new routes) * nius (short news items) * i a + ... (short reports lasting 3–5 minutes) * alerta (safety advice from the GRAE of the

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s of the

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) * embat (news about water sports) * vici-bici (news about sports involving the bicycle) * en forma (tips for getting fit given by instructors fro
DiR
* aparador (recommendations about equipment given by specialised shops) * musical (reports accompanied by music) * somni d'aventura (competition to win a sports trip to a place of interest)

Internet

The programme has always been closely linked to the

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and this has increased over the seasons. It started in 2002 when the programme opened its own

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. In 2003 ''

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'' began and has continued apart from short interruptions until now. It was only the second TV3 programme to incorporate this. In 2006 the ''

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'' of reports began, making it the first TV3 programme and one of the first in Europe to offer this option. In 2008 a ''streaming'' and a ''podcast'' version

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in English was begun. There is also a ''streaming'' version with subtitles for the deaf. Altogether, the programme can be accessed on the Internet in 6 different ways: * ''streaming'' of the programme in Catalan * ''streaming'' of the programme in Catalan with English subtitles * ''streaming'' of the programme in Catalan with Catalan subtitles * ''streaming'' of the report in Catalan * ''podcast'' of the report in Catalan * ''podcast'' of the report in Catalan with English subtitles In 2008 the programme also incorporated a map browser using

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which allows users to zoom in on the geographical area where the reports were made and makes it possible to view the complete report broadcast by the programme. In 2009 simplifies the subtitles system. The programme upload reports to

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to be available the automatic translation to many languages. The quality improve and a HD 720 version is available too. Most viewer participation is carried out via the web page:

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, competitions, posts on the forum, answers to questions, etc.

Community

In addition to the television programme and its presence on the Internet, Temps d'Aventura has been involved in other initiatives which have broadened the programme's scope. Since 2006, and together wit
Open Natura
it has produced a limited number of mountain bikes painted in the programme's

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and its colours and can be won by participants in one of the competitions. In 2007, together with Temps de Neu, it produced a wall calendar with photos of the participants in one of the competitions. In 2007, together with the publishing house Cossetània Edicions, it published the book "''<
Racons. 22 excursions on foot and mountain bike sent in by the programme's viewers
/u>''" In 2008 the initiative was repeated with the book
Racons 08.
' The programme has also organised several trips and an

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course involving viewers from the programme. It has also produce
Buff
decorated with the programme's colours and logo.

Prizes

2003
Zàpping
prize 2002 for the best sports programme, awarded b
Teleespectadors Associats de Catalunya
2003: prize for the best

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at the VI Ciudad de Santander International Sport Film Festival for the documentary ''Blind Summit'', broadcast on 7 July 2002. The film shows the experiences of a group of blind climbers while climbing Mt

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. 2004: at the 22nd edition of th
International Festival of Mountain and Adventure Films of Torelló
the plaque of the

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for the "best film by a Spanish producer " was awarded to Jaume Altadill for ''Important things walk slowly'' a biography about two of the pioneers of Catalan

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: Josep Manuel Anglada and Jordi Pons. 2006: at the 24th edition of the International Festival of Mountain and Adventure Films of

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the plaque of the ''Spanish Federation of Mountain Sports and Climbing'' for the "best film by a Spanish producer" was awarded to Jimi Pujol for ''El Cavall Bernat'' a re-creation of the first ascent of this needle at

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, broadcast on 27 October 2005, the 70th anniversary of this feat.

Temps d'Aventura Prize

Since 2004 the programme has sponsored a prize, which takes its name from the programme, and is awarded at the International Festival of Mountain and Adventure Films of Torelló. The prize is awarded to the film that is best adapted for television. Prize-winning films are: * 2004: "Hydrophilia" by Jesús Bosque. Spain * 2005:
Dhaulagiri 1954: Argentines in the Himalayas
by Ignacio Aguirre and Romina Coronel.

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. * 2006: "GurlaMandata.com" by Johan Perrier. France * 2007:
Patagonia Dreams
by M. Lecomte, O. Favresse, S. Villanueva and N. Favresse. Belgium. * 2008:
Knocking on heaven's door
by Robin Kaleta.

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Team

* Director: Antoni Real * Producer: Narcís Noguera * Production Manager: :* Anna Maria López 2009 :* Pietat Gallardo (2008) :* Ester Poses (2006-2007) :* Lluís Palahí (2002-2005) * Editor: :* Jordi Fandiño 2005 :* Josep Maria Puig (2002-2006) * Production :* Jimi Pujol 2004 :* Xavier Casillanis (2008) :* Víctor Díaz (2002-2003)

Index for reports

External links

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