Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals SA

The Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals - 3Cat is a public organisation that manages the audiovisual media of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Grup d'Emissores de Catalunya Ràdio, in addition to the digital contents created by these media sources. 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. It also forms part of the Fundació La Marató de 3Cat, which promotes social awareness and scientific research.

3Cat has 30% shareholdings in the Catalan News Agency (ACN), a public-listed company, which manages services and activities in written, radio and television communication formats at a local and county level in Catalan-speaking areas and throughout Spain.

The Corporació has been a member of FORTA (the Federation of Autonomous Area Radio and Television Organisations) since its founding, in April 1989. This body brings together radio and television companies from autonomous regions in order to aid cooperation in the areas of intellectual property rights, broadcasting, the interchange of programmes and services and participation in international organisations.

It forms part of the UER-EBU (the European Broadcasting Union) through Catalunya Música, which takes part in this organisation's musical exchange, Euroradio, which brings together all the public bodies and the main private European radio and television companies.

It is also associated with CIRCOM Regional, which brings together 376 public television stations in 38 European countries with the aim of promoting and developing cooperation between its members, co-producing and exchanging audiovisual content and training journalists and technicians.