The Catalan Media Corporation 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 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 EFQM 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 RTÉ and Finnish broadcaster YLE.

Companies of the corporation

The CCRTV is composed of the following companies:

Televisió de Catalunya

Televisió de Catalunya is Catalonia's public broadcasting network, composed of six channels, with TV3 as its flagship channel. TVC is headquartered in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.

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

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.