Televisión Española (TVE) is the national state-owned public-servicetelevision broadcaster in Spain. TVE's activities are financed by a combination of advertising revenue and subsidies from the national government. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ...
TVE belongs to the RTVE Group which has overall responsibility for national public-service radio and television under a government-appointed General Manager who, as well as being answerable to a Board of Directors, reports to an all-party committee of the national parliament, as provided for in the Public Radio and Television Statute of 1980. Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) is the public Spanish broadcasting corporation. ...
Terrestrial (UHF) channels
TVE began broadcasting on 28 October1956. A second channel was added in November1966 and the two services are today known as TVE 1 - La Primera and TVE 2 - La Dos. October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ...-1... TVE 2, commonly known as La 2 (La dos), is Spains second state television service. ...
Satellite channels
Televisión Española also transmits a satellite service, TVE Internacional, in four different streams for Europe, Africa, Asia, and America.
Digital channels
TVE Canal 24 Horas: a 24-hour news channel which began broadcasting on 15 September1997