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Published: 15 January 2010

National Co-ordinator Andoni Aldekoa
DG, EITB - Euskal Telebista (Basque Country), Spain

The 46 million Spaniards have a wide choice of TV stations, both national and regional systems. The national network Television Espanola (TVE) started back in 1957. Spanish regional television first started in San Sebastián, when the Basque Government decided to broadcast to their people in their own language in 1982. A second Basque channel, broadcasting in Spanish, opened in 1986. In 1985 Televisión de Galicia (TVG) set up its own full service transmission in Galician from their station in Santiago de Compostela covering the Galician region. 

Similar systems have been implanted in Catalonia (1983), Valencian Community (1989, shut down in 2013), Andalusia (1989), Madrid Community (1989), Canary Islands (1999), Castilla-La Mancha (2000), Asturias (2005), Murcia (2005), Balearic Islands (2005), Aragon (2005), Extremadura (2006) and Castilla y León (2009).

In Spain these broadcasters are usually called autonomous TVs, since they are owned by their corresponding Autonomous Communities, whose governments provide them with subsidies though extra finance is raised through commercials. These stations aim to spread and promote the culture, the traditions, the language and the social and institutional reality of each Community, offering a public service of close contents. They also undertake a crucial role like engines of the local audiovisual industry and innovation. 

In 1988 they founded the Federation of Autonomous Broadcasting Companies (FORTA) in Spain. This network of 12 stations and based in Madrid has proved particularly important in securing agreements with major film companies, news services, advertising groups, sports rights owners, other TV companies as well as organising exchanges with other public or private Spanish stations and co-ordinating productions projects with all or part of the members. Besides FORTA stations, TVE also run several smaller regional services, mainly news and sports. 

Spanish public media are facing up to the current digital environment that has reformulated the chain of value, to the fragmentation of audience because of the boost of the thematic channels produced after the arrival of TDT (Terrestrial Digital Television), to a strong reduction of the advertising investment caused by the economic crisis and to a restriction of the budgetary contribution.

 

Television de Galicia (TVG) -  www.crtvg.es
Autonomous Community of Galicia
Address:
Corporación Radio e Television de Galicia (CRTVG)
Bando - San Marcos
Town/City: 15820 Santiago de Compostela
Tel. +34 981 540 640

Contacts CIRCOM Regional:
Fernando R. Ojea Tel + 34 981 540 643

TVG was set up in 1985 as the main branch of Compañía de Radio-Televisión de Galicia (CRTVG). This full-service station broadcasts 24 hours per day in the own and official language, Galician, on two digital terrestrial channels reaching around 3 million people in Northwest Spain, and two satellite channels for America and Europe, where there are large Galician communities. 

The budget of this public service broadcaster is supported mainly by the autonomous Government as well as advertising. The staff accounts near 900 employees in its production centre and four bureaus in the main cities of Galicia plus one more in Madrid.

TVG is leader in news programmes, usually reaching audience shares of 30%. The programming includes news, culture, animation, contests, drama series, featured length films, talk shows and sports. 60% of the production is done with in-house resources.

The public service radio and television company is firmly established in the Galicia and means an engine for the independent audiovisual industry in the region. Shows like “Luar”, with over 20 years on air, or successful series like “Matalobos”, 2012 Prix CIRCOM’s winner for drama category, ratify its consistent success among the audience.

CRTVG is working to adapt its contents to the new market demands and developing a strategy focused on mobile and social media. CRTVG also counts with specific features allowing to monitor live broadcasts of TVG an Radio Galega, as well as the video on demand.

 

EITB - Euskal Telebista (Basque Country) - www.eitb.eus
Basurtuko Kaputxinoen kalea, 2
48013 Bilbao
Tel +34 94 656 30 00

Representative of the Entity: Andoni Aldekoa, Director General

EITB (Euskal Irrati Telebista – Basque Radio and Television) is a publicly owned audio-visual group that operates broadcast media in the Basque Country.

EITB is a public service broadcaster answerable to the Basque Government whose remit is to respond to the needs of Basque society with a range of audio-visual products including news & current affairs, educational content and entertainment of a plural, attractive, high-quality nature, to promote the Basque language and culture and to help normalise and extend the use of Basque in the current audio-visual ecosystem.

It has three business units for creating and distributing content: TV, Radio and Online. The three are currently run jointly under the flagship company EITB Media. The broad range of content offered by EITB includes news and entertainment in both Basque and Spanish.

The organisation currently has 5 TV channels (ETB1, ETB2, ETB3, ETB4 & EITB Basque), 6 radio stations (Euskadi Irratia, Gaztea, Radio Euskadi, Radio Vitoria, EITB Musika and EITB Euskal Kantak) and several digital products including a website (eitb.eus), a streaming service with live and on-demand content (EITB Nahieran) and apps for Smart TVs and mobile devices. It also distributes content via YouTube and social media.

EITB, was founded in 1982, when the Basque Parliament unanimously passed the law on the creation of this public entity. At present, it is the leading media group in the Basque Country. https://www.eitb.eus/en/

 

Ens Public de Radiotelevisió de les Illes Balears (EPRTVIB) - www.eprtvib.es
c/ Madalena
21 Polígon Son Bugadelles
07180 Santa Ponça (Calviá)
Illes Balears
Spain
phone +34 971 139 330
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Contact person: Joan Carles Martorell Velásquez
Representative of the Entity: Andreu Manresa Monserrat
IB3 is a publicly funded Balearic television channel. It began test transmissions on 1 March 2005 and the first regular broadcast began on 5 September 2005. It is owned by the Ens Públic de Radiotelevisió de les Illes Balears (EPRTVIB).

 

RTPA – Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias www.rtpa.es 
Camino de las Clarisas, 263
33203 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Tel +34 985 18 59 00

Contact person: Verónica González Fernández
Representative of the Entity: Francisco González Orejas, Director General

Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias (RTPA), is public service broadcasting company created by the Regional Parliament in 2005, in order to develop the regional culture and identify and to provide the needs of a modern society.

It consists of two divisions: Televisión del Principado de Asturias (TPA) and Radio del Principado de Asturias (RPA), as well as the website www.rtpa.es. Regular television broadcasts began in mid-2006 for the entire Spanish region of Asturias, which has 1.084.000 inhabitants.

 

RTVCYL - Radio Televisión Castilla y León - www.rtvcyl.es
C/ Los Astros nº 4
47009 Valladolid
Tel +34 983 35 43 48
Director General: Mr. Jorge Losada Montero

Contact person: Ana Lobato
RTVCYL is a company licensed by the government of the Spanish region of Castilla y León to manage the public service broadcasting throughout the region on DTT. Its mission is to develope the regional culture and identify as well as to provide the needs of a modern society.

Castilla y León Televisión station launched in 2009 and manages two 24-hour channels, one of them supporting serveral local windows. Its headquarters are in the city of Valladolid and there are also up to 10 production centres, one for each every province capital city, in order to deliver to he 2.540.000 inhabitants of the region the updated information and entertainment programmes as well as other public service contents.

 

CCMA - Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals - www.ccma.cat
Via Augusta 252, 4a planta, Bacelona, Spain
Tel: +34 93 444 48 00

Contact person: Jordi Fortuny i Batalla
Representative of the Entity: Rosa Romà i Monfà, president of the Governing council
CCMA is fouded on May 30th 1983. Company's operations region is Catalonia, with capital in Barcelona, located in North-East of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. Surface area of the region is 32 107 m² and it has 7 477 131 inhabitants, according to population census of 2017.

CCMA is a public organisation that manages the audiovisual media of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya). It does this in compliance with its mission to act as a public service and with a firm commitment to quality, independence and the promotion of Catalan language and culture, according to Act 11/2007 of 11th October, currently in force (with some minor changes that have been made later).

The Corporation has been a member of FORTA (the Spanish Federation of Autonomus Area Radio and Television Organisations) since its founding in April 1989.  This body brings together radio and television companies from autonomus regions in order to help cooperation in the areas of intelectual property rights, broadcasting, interchange of the programmes and services and participation in international organisations.
CCMA also takes part in Euroradio, the EBU musical exchange, which brings together all public and the main private European radio and television companies.

RTRM - Radiotelevisión de la Región de Murcia - www.rtrm.es
Calle de la Olma, 27-29, 30005, Murcia, Spain
Tel: +34 968 92 08 08

Contact person: Mariano Caballero Carpena
RTRM is a public service broadcasting company created by the Regional Parliament of the Spanish region of Murcia. It's goals are to develop regional culture and identity and to provide the needs of a modern society.
It consists of a television channel 7TV Región de Murcia and a radio channel Onda Regional de Murcia.
Regular television broadcast began in 2005 for the entire region, which population is 1 465 000.

 

CARTV - Corporació Aragonesa de Radio y Televisión - www.cartv.es
Avda. María Zambrano 2, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Tel: +34 629 607 709, +34 629 550 642

Contact person: Francisco Querol Fernández
Representative of the Entity: Francisco Querol Fernández, Director General
CARTV is a public broadcasting group established in 2005. We provide a wide range of programmes, contents and services for audiences across the Spanish region of Aragón on television (Aragón TV), radio (Aragón Radio) and digitally: www.cartv.es / www.aragontelevision.es / www.aragonradio.es 

We are an essential public service for the citizens or Aragón that provides them with accurate and impartial news. We also offer contents including current affairs, sports, entertainment, documentaries and fiction.
Our contents reflect our regional culture, traditions and identity. At the same time, constant innovation has been fundamental in the development of Aragón Radio, Aragón TV and our digital services.
Our values
We have established a set of values for ourselves that guide the way we behave.
We want to be:
Near, close, immediate, attentive
Plural, diverse, independent, professional
Open, participative, inclusive, advanced
Positive, exciting, entrepreneurial, innovative
Transparent, responsible, supportive, committed

 

CEXMA - Canal Extremadura - www.canalextremadura.es
Corporacion Extremena de Medios Audiovisuales 
Calle Logrono, 7
Poligono Industrial El Prado
06800 Mérida (Badajoz)
Tel: +34924387650
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Contact person: Dámaso Castellote Caballero
Canal Extremadura is a regional public radio and television station in transition towards a multimedia audiovisual platform model. Founded in 2006, Canal Extremadura is committed to strengthening its greatest value, the Extremadura people (1.073.000 inhabitants), distinguishing them and recognizing them as the differential element when creating their own brand capable of crossing borders and showing the world a plural society, convinced of its possibilities. A task in which we are all committed: professionals, audience, producers, and public officials. From its conception as a public service and with transparency as a guiding principle, Canal Extremadura directs its organizational project, its business strategy and its resources to the promotion of social cohesion and the defense of common interests. And in this objective, we find daily the reason for our work.

 

CMM - Castilla La Mancha Media - www.cmmedia.es
Calle Rio Guadalmena 6, 45007 Toledo, Spain
Tel: 925288600

Contact person: Edelmira Rodríguez Carracedo
CMM is the public entity of regional radio and television of Castilla La Mancha. It was created by decree of the regional courts on May 26, 2000 in order to develop regional culture and identity and to provide the needs of a modern society.  It consists of two divisions, Castilla La Mancha Televisión and Radio Castilla La Mancha, as well as the website www.cmmedia.es.
Regular television broadcast began in December 2001 for the entire region, which has 2,031,050 inhabitants.

 

Telemadrid - Radio Televisión Madrid - www.telemadrid.es
Paseo del Principe 3
28220 Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), Spain

Contact person: Blanca Vives
Radio Televisión Madrid is a public television network of Madrid. It’s affiliated with FORTA and it is owned by the government of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Its main objective is to provide the public service to all citizens from Madrid through its television, radio, and web programs. It broadcasts in the hole Madrid Region both news and entertainment programs. It owns two TV networks: Telemadrid and laOtra; one radio station Onda Madrid and www.telemadrid.es.
Radio Televisión Madrid’s commercial name is TELEMADRID and competes with all the Spanish national TV companies but circumscribed to Madrid area.
Its radio station name is Onda Madrid and broadcasts in two dials of FM: 101.3 and 106.0

 

RTVC - Radio Televisión Canaria - Televisión Pública de Canarias SA - rtvc.es
Calle La Marina 57
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38001
Tel. +34 928 476 700

Contact person: Daida I. Rodríguez Verdú
Televisión Canaria manages the provision of the public television service and the transposition of its contents through current and new technologies. It has delegations in seven of the eight Canary Islands and more than 450 employees throughout the Archipelago.
Its programming includes all television genres: news, magazines, movies, series, broadcasts, self-produced programs, in which the culture, traditions, language and idiosyncrasy of the Canary Islands stand out and broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Its objectives include Guaranteeing objective, truthful and impartial information that must be fully adjusted to the criteria of professional independence and the political, social, ideological and territorial pluralism present in Canarian Society; Promotion of the identity, values and interests of the Canarian people, particularly its historical and economic heritage as well as popular Canarian culture; Serve society by ensuring maximum continuity and  geographic and social coverage; with the commitment to offer quality, diversity, innovation and ethical demands; offering access to the different genres of programming and to institutional social, cultural and sports events aimed at all audience sectors.

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Published: 15 January 2010

National Co-ordinator

 

RSI - Radiotelevisione svizzera
website: www.rsi.ch

RSI, formerly RTSI, is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, which produces and broadcasts radio and television programmes in Italian for Switzerland. RSI started its activities in Lugano in 1961 and its broadcasting area covers the entire Swiss territory as well as some regions of neighbouring countries in Italy, France and Germany.

 

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Published: 15 January 2010

National Co-ordinator Josefin Ziegler
News manager SVT Lokal News

SVT - Swedish Television 
website: www.svt.se

About SVT
Our vision is to contribute to a more inquisitive, informed Sweden. Our aim is to create content that engages, entertains and enriches - in the service of the public.
The official start took place on 4th September 1956. It was a flying start, the culmination of several years' trial programme transmissions. In 1969 a second national channel was added.
The production is organized in two divisions; The News Division and Program Production. The production is located in various places in Sweden and we have news editions around Sweden, in a total of 37 locations from Kiruna in the north to Malmö in the south.

Channels
Today SVT operates four channels - SVT1, SVT2, SVT24/SVT Barn (a childrens´ channel) and together with UR; Kunskapskanalen. SVT Barn and SVT24 share the same channel ID.
All SVT channels are digital only. All are distributed via all kinds of platforms. The SVT-programmes can be viewed on SVT Play for 30 days after the first broadcast.

Corporate Structure
The corporate structure is a limited company owned by a foundation. From January 1st 2019 SVT is financed by a public service fee which is income based and collected as a tax. The public service fee also finances public service radio (SR) and the Swedish Educational Broadcasting company (UR). The maximum fee for an induvidual is 1300 SEK per year.

Rules and regulations
SVT programming is subject to the provisions of the Radio Act, to terms set out in the charter between SVT and the state as well as internal programming guidelines. The charter guarantees SVT´s independency of all pressure groups, political, commercial or otherwise.
One of the most important points is "to scrutinize authorities, organizations and private firms which exert influence over policy affecting the public, and cover the activities of these and other bodies".
Programming
SVT programming is non commercial. Advertising is not allowed but sponsoring of sports events is. The programming covers the whole genre spectre. SVT1 is the biggest channel and also receives the highest ranking by the Swedish audience.

Sveriges Television (SVT)
S-105 10 Stockholm
Phone: +46 8 784 00 00
Fax:+46 8 784 15 00
Head office visiting address: Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34
e-mail addresses: first This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. (please omit dots and circles!)

Director general: Hanna Stjärne
Director Media: Jan Helin
Director News, Current affairs & Sports: Anne Lagercrantz
Director of Programme Production: Thomas Hall
Director of program: Andreas Bedinger
Director of Technology: Adde Granberg
Director of finance: Peter De Verdier
Director of Channels and Planning: Thomas Nilsson
Content Strategist and Format Acquisitions: Markus Sterky
Head of Regional News: Michael Österlund
Head of Programme Sales: Paulette Rosashott
Head of Programme Acquisition: Stephen Mowbray
Director of Human Resources: Hanna Dowling
Director of Strategic Analysis: Kristian Lindqvist
Director of Communications & Marketing: Sabina Rasiwala
Head of Legal Affairs: My Goland
Head of Audience & Programming Analysis: Tomas Lindhé
Head of Distribution: Per Björkman

Malmö
Micael P Lekberg, Factuals, Lifestyle, Culture, Documentaries, Religion
Petter Bragée, Entertainment, Children & Youth, Current affairs

Göteborg
Christina Hill, Lifestyle
Sofia Dahlström,Current affairs

Stockholm
Ebba Adelson, Entertainment
Anna Croneman, Drama
Safa Safiyari Children & Youth
Ingemar Persson, Documentaries
Martin Vårdstedt, Culture, Music

Umeå
Bengt Strömbro, Head of Production
SVT Programme Acquisitions,
Anna Croneman, Drama, Entertainment
Mikael Österby, Facutals, Lifestyle, Music
Johanna Gårdare, Children & Youth

All can be reached via +46 8 784 00 00 or e-mail: first This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Please omit dots and circles!)

 

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Published: 15 January 2010

National Co-ordinator Theodora Fairley
Senior News Editor, Online & TV, BBC Yorkshire

 

• BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation
  website: www.bbc.com

The BBC was established in 1922 and provides:

A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online-only youth service BBC Three, and channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Ten UK-wide radio networks, providing live music broadcasting in the UK, as well as speech radio. There are also two national radio services each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and 40 local radio stations across England and the Channel Islands.

Digital services include BBC News, Sport, Weather, CBBC and CBeebies, iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

The BBC's on demand services have grown in popularity. Each month around 350 million shows are requested from BBC iPlayer, while more than two million people use the radio app BBC Sounds.

BBC World Service television, radio and online in more than 40 languages.

Established by a Royal Charter, the BBC is principally funded through a licence fee paid by UK households. Commercial operations including BBC Studios, the BBC’s production company and distributor, provide additional revenue for investment in new programming and services for UK audiences.

The BBC’s Board ensures delivery of mission and public purposes which are set out in the Charter. The Executive Committee is responsible for day-to-day management. The BBC is regulated by Ofcom.

https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc

BBC NATIONS & REGIONS BROADCASTING

Three National Regions
BBC Scotland, based in Glasgow,
BBC Northern Ireland based in Belfast and
BBC Wales based in Cardiff

 

English Regions

BBC England is part of the Nations & Regions division. It is made up from 3,000 staff based from the Channel Islands in the south to the Scottish borders in the north. It produces daily regional TV News in 13 regions, weekly current affairs and politics shows in 11 of them. It runs 40 Local Radio stations and local digital services.

BBC North-West (Manchester)
BBC Yorkshire (Leeds)
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (Hull)
BBC North-East and Cumbria (Newcastle)
BBC West Midlands (Birmingham)
BBC East Midlands (Nottingham)
BBC East (Norwich)
BBC East (Cambridge)
BBC South (Southampton)
BBC West (Bristol)
BBC South-West (Plymouth)
BBC London (London)
BBC South-East (Tunbridge Wells)

The BBC English Management Team is based in Salford.
Helen Thomas, Director England.
Declan Wilson, Head of Online & TV News

REGION - SCOTLAND
BBC Scotland
40 Pacific Quay
Glasgow
G51 1DA 
Contact: Donalda MacKinnon, Director BBC Scotland

REGION - NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC Northern Ireland
Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue,
Belfast BT2 8HQ
Contact: Peter Johnston, Director Northern Ireland: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

REGION - WALES
BBC Wales
Broadcasting House,
Llandaff,
Cardiff CF5 2YQ
Contact: Rhodri Davies, Director BBC Wales: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BBC ENGLISH REGIONS

BBC North-West
Quay House
MediaCityUK
Salford Quays
Salford
M50 2QH

BBC Yorkshire
2 St Peter's Square
Leeds
LS9 8AH

BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Queens Court
Queens Gardens
Hull
HU1 3RH

BBC North-East and Cumbria
Broadcasting Centre,
Barrack Road,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE99 2NE

BBC West Midlands
The Mailbox
Birmingham B1 1RF

BBC East Midlands
City Link
London Road
Nottingham, NG1 3JB

BBC East
The Forum
Millennium Plain
Norwich, NR2 1BH

BBC West
Broadcasting House,
Whiteladies Road,
Bristol BS8 2LR

BBC South
Broadcasting House,
Havelock Road,
Southampton SO14 7PU

BBC South-West
Broadcasting House,
Seymour Road,
Mannamead, Plymouth PL3 5BD

BBC London
2nd Floor Egton Wing
BBC Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA

BBC South-East
The Great Hall
Mount Pleasant
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

 

• MG ALBA
  Seaforth Road
  Stornoway
  Isle of Lewis, HS1 2SD
  https://mgalba.com/

MG ALBA was incorporated by the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended) to administer the Gaelic Broadcasting Fund. It operates the Gaelic television service, BBC ALBA, in partnership with the BBC.
The remit of MG ALBA is to "secure that a wide and diverse range of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast or otherwise transmitted so as to be available to persons in Scotland". 
MG ALBA also undertakes research, training and online initiatives.