Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió

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Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió (CCRTV)
Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	Spain
Owner	Generalitat de Catalunya
Key people	Joan Majó Cruzate, Director-general Francesc Escribano Royo, Director of TVC Oleguer Sarsanedas Picas Director of Catalunya Ràdio
Launch date	1983
Website	www.ccrtv.cat

The Catalan Corporation of Radio and Television or Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió (CCRTV) is the public radio and television company in Catalonia owned by Generalitat de Catalunya.

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.

On September 2006, CCRTV received the EFQM Excellence Award for its organisational gestion. ^[2]

[edit] Companies of the corporation

The CCRTV is composed of the following companies:

Televisió de Catalunya - Television broadcasting
Catalunya Ràdio - Radio broadcasting
CCRTV interactiva - Creates and distributes interactive media content for the other companies. ^[3]
Activa Multimèdia Digital - The trademark that markets CCRTV technology. ^[4]
CCRTV Administració Sistemes d'Informació - Provides support for management, planning, development, systems and computing. ^[5]
Corporate Shareholdings ^[6]:
- Agència Catalana de Notícies (Catalan News Agency) - Major shareholder.
- Vang 3 Publication - A publishing company founded by CCRTV and La Vanguardia.
The TV3 Marathon Foundation - Created by the CCRTV to manage the funds raised by the annual telethon La Marató de TV3, devoted to raise funds for scientific research into diseases that are currently incurable. ^[7]