Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals
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The Catalan Media Corporation (Catalan: Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, CCMA; IPA: [kurpuɾəsiˈo kətəˈlanə ðə miˈdʒanz ˌawði.uβizuˈals]) is the public radio and television company in Catalonia owned by Generalitat de Catalunya.
Type | Broadcast radio and television |
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Country | |
Headquarters | Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona |
Owner | Generalitat de Catalunya |
Key people | Rosa Cullell i Muniesa, director-general Jaume Peral i Juanola, director of TVC Saül Gordillo i Bernàrdez, director of Catalunya Ràdio |
Launch date | 18 May 1983; 41 years ago (1983-05-18) |
Affiliation(s) | FORTA |
Official website | www |
The CCRTV is a public corporation created by the Generalitat de Catalunya by a Founding Act that passed the Parliament of Catalonia on May 18, 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.[1]
Catalunya Ràdio started broadcasting on June 20, 1983, while its first television channel, TV3, started its trial broadcast on September 11 of the same year.
In September 2006, CCRTV received the EFQM Excellence Award for its organisational gestion.[2]