Spain

[ES] The Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha Decides to Create a Regional Public Service Broadcaster

IRIS 2000-9:1/15

Alberto Pérez Gómez

Entidad publica empresarial RED.ES

The Parliament of Castilla-La Mancha (one of the seventeen Spanish Autonomous Communities) has recently approved an act on the creation of a regional public broadcaster. The creation of this public regional broadcaster has been made in accordance with State Act 43/1983 (the so called Third TV Channel Act). This act states that regional public TV services must be provided by a company whose capital shall be fully owned by the regional Government. The main bodies of the public regional broadcasters shall be the Board and the Director. Both of them are placed under the control of the regional legislative chamber. This regional public broadcaster will get its revenue from the regional budget and from advertising.

The Government of Castilla-La Mancha has already asked the national Government, (which is responsible for the management of the radio spectrum) for the permission needed to exploit a frequency. Once this permission is awarded, Castilla-La Mancha will become the eighth Autonomous Community authorised to exploit its own public TV. The other seven Autonomous Communities are Catalonia, the Basque Country, the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Andalusia, the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Galicia and the Canary Islands.