À Punt (Valencian: [ˈa ˈpunt]) is a Valencian free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the Valencian Media Corporation. It is the corporation's flagship and currently only television channel, and broadcasts mainstream programming mainly in the Valencian language. It is part of FORTA.
 Logo used since 2017 | |
| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Valencian Community International |
| Network | À Punt Mèdia |
| Headquarters | Burjassot, Horta Nord, Valencian Community |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Valencian[a] |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Valencian Media Corporation |
| History | |
| Launched | 30 August 2017 (test broadcasts) 10 June 2018 (regular programming) |
| Links | |
| Website | À Punt Media |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Provinces: Valencia: 29 Castellón: 38 Alicante: 25 |
| Streaming media | |
| IPTV | Movistar Plus+: 9 |
The channel began regular broadcasts on 25 April 2018, as a successor of the defunct Nou, Nou 24 and Nou Dos, and is broadcast through the same multiplex.[2][3]
Availability
editÀ Punt is available exclusively in the Valencian Community. Originally, it was intended to also be available in other Catalan-speaking territories, namely Catalonia and Balearic Islands, as is the case with TV3 and IB3 respectively, and to recover the defunct broadcasting of these channels in the area,[4] but the Spanish government rejected the multiplex needed to establish it.[5]
Terrestrial
edit- Valencia (province): Channel 29
- Castellón (province): Channel 38
- Alicante (province): Channel 25
IPTV
edit- Movistar Plus+: Channel 9
History
editBackground
editOn 29 November 2013, the former Valencian television channels, Nou, Nou 24 and Nou Dos, operated by Radiotelevisió Valenciana, abruptly ceased broadcasting as Alberto Fabra, president of the Generalitat Valenciana from 2011 to 2015, announced their closure. The shutdown followed a debt of €1.3 billion and continuous scandals of censorship and manipulation, such as information on the Gürtel case or the metro accident in Valencia in 2006. After a ruling from the High Court of Justice of the Valencian Community, the workers were laid off and the company was liquidated.[6]
In the summer of 2015, the new Valencian government of Ximo Puig started procedures to relaunch Valencian television, waiting for the Corts Valencianes to approve a definitive model. A provisional channel began broadcasting, with hardly any workers, prerecorded content, films, or series Nou had already acquired.[7][8]
Creation
editOn 14 July 2016, the Corts approved with 64 votes in favour (PSPV, Compromís, Podemos and Ciutadans) and 26 abstentions (PP) a law proposal for the creation of the Valencian Media Corporation.[9] On 30 August 2017, the new Valencian television started broadcasting a test card presenting the new name as À Punt Media.[10] By December, the test card began broadcasting audio from the new À Punt FM.
Launch
editOn December 18, 2017, the first broadcasts began on the À Punt website, displaying the existing Valencian dubs of Doraemon, Hamtaro and Case Closed.[11]
Regular broadcasts began on 10 June 2018, with full 24-hour programming. The channel's launch was realised at 14:30 CEST, with the first edition of À Punt Notícies, a 45-minute news report presented by Adelaida Ferre and Vanessa Gregori.[12]
Audiences
editÀ Punt's audience was not measured until October 2018, four months after the start of broadcasts. Although the first week of the month it reached 2.4%, from the second week onwards, it dropped to 1.4%, far from the set target of 4%.[13] Towards the end of the first year, the average audience was 2%, with Doraemon leading the audience with a 6% share.[14]
In the summer of 2019, the station increased its audience with a share of 2.4%. For the autumn and winter season, the television schedule changed with more information timespaces and a new season for comedy programme Assumptes Interns.[15]
By late 2022, À Punt reached an average audience higher than state-wide Spanish channels La Sexta and La 2.[16] In March 2023, À Punt reached its highest monthly audience, with a 4.4% share.[17]
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Yearly average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.6% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 2.5% | - | - | - |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ À Punt incorpora opción de audio en castellano a las películas. abc.es
- ^ Navarro, Sergio (2017-09-12). "Así es la imagen corporativa de À Punt, la nueva Canal 9". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Giménez, Miguel (2017-03-09). "La nueva televisión valenciana con nombre y apellido: à.mèdia". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ S.L, EDICIONES PLAZA. "Ximo Puig pedirá un segundo múltiplex para la emisión de TV3 en la Comunitat". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "El govern Sánchez descarta atorgar un segon múltiplex per facilitar les emissions de TV3 al País Valencià". El Temps (in Catalan). 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "La radiotelevisió valenciana, tres anys d'externalitzacions després". directa.cat (in Catalan). 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "La nueva RTVV provisional llevará el nombre de Canal GVA - Canal TDT". canaltdt.es. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ HORTELANO /AGENCIAS, M. (2015-08-27). "El Consell ya hace pruebas técnicas para que la RTVV provisional esté el 9 d'Octubre". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ S.L, EDICIONES PLAZA. "Les Corts aprueban la ley para reabrir RTVV". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "La nueva Canal 9 ya se anuncia en la carta de ajuste". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "Doraemon y Hamtaro volverán a la web de À Punt". València Extra (in Spanish). 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ NTC, À Punt (2018-06-10). "El primer informatiu de la televisió d'À Punt manifesta la seua vocació de vertebració territorial". À Punt (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "À Punt baja al 1,5% de audiencia en su primera semana, muy lejos de la Forta". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "Una emisión de la extinta Canal 9 es lo más visto de À Punt". El Periódico de Aquí (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "À Punt crece en audiencia durante el verano y apuesta por una parrilla con más espacios informativos". www.europapress.es. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ Valenciana, Extradigital Comunidad (2023-01-03). "À Punt cierra el año superando a La Sexta y La 2". EXTRADIGITAL - Agencias y Medios de Comunicación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ^ "À Punt registra rècord històric d'audiència". À Punt (in Catalan). 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
External links
edit
Official website (in Valencian)