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| Country |  Spain |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Burjasot |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | RTVV |
| Sister channels | Nou 2 Nou 24 Punt2 |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 October 1989 |
| Closed | 29 November 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Canal Nou (or simply Nou since 9 Octomber, 2013 until its closing date) was a Spanish TV channel, more precisely the first Valencian TV channel with the headquarter in Burjasot. The regular broadcasting started on October 9, 1989 by the hand of Diego Braguinsky. This channel was owned by the public institution Radiotelevisió Valenciana. On 5 November, 2013 Generalidad Valenciana (Spanish autonomous community) announced the closure of the public institution due to 1 200 000 EUR debt, failing into the outplacement for fired workers of an illegal labour force adjustment plan. Consequently, this led to the dismissal of Canal Nou. The law that would allow this to happen was passed on 27 November. Two days after, on 29 November at midnight, the National Police Corps and the liquidators designated by the Council of Generalidad Valenciana took up the Programme Centre in Burjasot in order to switch off the entire airing. Nevertheless, the company has not been liquidated yet, since the liquidators were quitting one by one unable to achieve the permanent closure of the company.
On 9 March 2016, the Corts Valencianes passed a law in order to create a new radio and TV public institution named Valencian Media Corporation.
History edit
Broadcast edit
The channel was broadcasting for the first time on 9 October (the Valencian Community National Day) in 1989. The signal could be reached all over the Valencian Community and also in some areas of Province of Tarragona, Balearic Islands, Murcia, the east of Castilla-La Mancha, and other areas surrounding Teruel. In Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragón the signal was picked up due to a natural phenomenon of wave propagation, without the need of placing any specific relays on these lands, however some relays were put on villages and cities close to the geographical borders of the Valencian Community, so the signal could be easily propagated. The Ultra High Frequencies were reaching El Vendrell town in Catalonia and other regions such as Teruel (Aragón) and ALbacete (Castilla-La Mancha).
Starting 11 August 2008, Canal Nou broadcast television signals were found by the DTTV in Catalonia, even though is was broadcasting on TTVi frequency (International Valencian Television, a TV channel (called Nou International) providing the same content) because of emission allowance reasons. This was made possible thanks to the reciprocity process of digital signs between the Valencian (TVV) and Catalonian (TVC) TV and Radio public institutions. In 2010, the broadcast through TTVi frequency was no longer available to reach by the DTTV in Catalonia.
On the follow-up graphic, the ratings of the International Valencian Televison (Nou International) broadcasting in Catalonia are presented:
| Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Average annual rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,1% |
| 2008 | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,0% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,2% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 0,1% |
| 2009 | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,4% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,4% | 0,6% | 0,6% | 0,4% |
| 2010 | 0,7% | 0,6% | 0,5% | 0,0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0,4% |
The next graphic shows the ratings of the Nou International channel broadcasting in Balearic Islands:
| Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | Dicember | Average annual rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2,7% | 1,9% | 2,3% |
| 2008 | 1,6% | 1,4% | 1,7% | 1,5% | 1,4% | 1,3% | 1,3% | 1,2% | 0,8% | 0,7% | 0,3% | 0,4% | 1,1% |
| 2009 | 0,4% | 0,2% | 0,2% | 0,3% | 0,1% | 0,4% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,3% | 0,4% | 0,1% | 0,1% | 0,2% |
| 2010 | 0,1% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0,0% |
After the analogue switch-off in 2010, Nou International stopped being aired in these regions as well as in the regions were the signal was reaching by natural phenomena, the only broadcast being in Valencian Community.