La 2 Cat

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La 2 Cat
CountrySpain
Broadcast area Catalonia
Network Televisión Española (TVE)
HeadquartersSant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona (Catalonia)
Programming
Languages Catalan
Spanish
Picture format 1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE)
Sister channels La 1
La 2
Clan
24h
Teledeporte
History
Launched13 October 2025;5 days ago (2025-10-13)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television Catalonia: Depends on each province

La 2 Cat is a television channel owned by RTVE which started broadcasting to Catalonia on 13 October 2025, [1] and is expected to become fully operational by late October of the same year. [2] It will initially broadcast in Catalan and Spanish with the prediction of becoming entirely in Catalan a few months after its launch. [3] The channel's first director is Oriol Nolis, who was director of RTVE between 2021 and 2023, [4] and the director of content is Laura Folguera, who before its creation was the director of La 2. [5]

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History

El canalet

In May 1988, Lluís Prenafeta, Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Generalitat, announced with the electoral promice of CiU the creation of the second channel of Televisió de Catalunya, TV4. [6] On the other hand, in June that same year, Jaume Sobrequés, in charge of the media relations of PSC, demanded Televisió Espanyola the creation of a channel entirely in Catalan, since the sports broadcasts on TVE2 made most of its Catalan-language programming (including L'informatiu ) off the air or simply changed their timeslot, [7] which would lead to the firing of Rafael Jorba, director of news at Sant Cugat, who was replaced by Enric Lloveras. [8]

In mid-August, Pilar Miró, Director-General of RTVE, approved the project and fixed the launch date as between that year's Diada and October, with initial coverage of 60% of the territory [9] and a budget of over 2 billion pesetas. [10] Its airtime was projected to be between 7pm and midnight [11] and would air programs that were already on air on the Catalan opt-outs, with L'informatiu (with a fixed slot at 9pm), 135 escons, Debat 2 or Teledues (simulcast with TVE2's opt-out), as well as the premieres of Falcon Crest and Som una maravella by Els Joglars . [10]

The project was expected to start on 17 October, [12] with the name of TVE2-Catalunya, which was usually nicknamed by locals as El canalet ("The Little Channel"), [12] but the arrival of Agustí Farré, director of TVE Catalunya, to RNE, [11] caused the nomination of a successor and the start of Canal 33's test broadcasts on 10 September (which was interfered by TVE) [13] causing its postponement to 9 January 1989, [14] and later to April, [12] [14] given that it was necessary to distribute the frequencies between Canal 33 (already authorized), "el canalet" and the new private networks. With the firing of Pilar Miró in 1989, the project ended up in nothing and subsequently it was never launched.

Recovery of the project

RTVE's administrative council unanimously approved the creation of the channel on 28 March 2025. [15] In parallel with its creation, La 2 will stop airing opt-outs and will begin airing entirely in Spanish. Production is made from the Sant Cugat Production Center. The channel occupies the frequency in Catalonia which was, until 2023, occupied by 8TV, a former private channel. Half of its contents will be produced by CCMA, and the rest will be done by RTVE and a yet-undetermined private operator. [1] In the days following the announcement of the channel's name, tensions arose between CCMA and RTVE for the name, with a race to register names. [16] For this reason, days after the presentation of the project to the public, the doors were open to find another name for the channel. [3]

Usage of Catalan

RTVE announced that 2Cat has as its prioritary goal the promotion of the Catalan language inside the Spanish public media system. However, initially the channel won't broadcast 100% of its programming in Catalan, and as of the time of its creation, no concrete date to achieve this goal has been fixed. [17] [18] [19]

RTVE's administrative complex established a progressive implementation:

The remaining 40-50% of its schedule will consist of programs in Spanish, in most cases shared with the national La 2 channel, including documentaries, cultural and divulgative programming. Some of these can be offered with Catalan subtitles, but it's not predicted that all of them will be dubbed.

Although RTVE sources have expressed the will that the channel will become largely or entirely spoken in Catalan at a mid-term, there is no formal compromise or calendar to achieve the 100% goal. Such question is evaluated by the Catalan Audiovisual Council (Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya, CAC), who also assured continuity, budget and the exclusive use of Catalan in the channel.

The project was born in the context of problems with the reduction of the general usage of Catalan, especially among the youth. RTVE presented 2Cat as a tool to revert this trend and reinforce the presence of Catalan in the audiovisual landscape.

Programming

La 2 Cat revealed its weekday programming in July: [20]

Future

It is predicted that in a short-term future, a new in-house game show (in collaboration with La Manchester Radiofònica, the production copmany of Ricard Ustrell) under the name «Rescat» (Rescue, wordplay with the “cat” of La 2 Cat), will replace the slot used to relay Saber y ganar, between 3:30pm and 4:15pm. One of the possible names rumored was that of Xavi Canalias [24] (friend and usual collaborator of Ustrell's programs), though he denied it on his social media accounts. Later Peter Vives was suggested for the role of presenter [25] , actor of series such as La Riera and presenter of programs such as Oh Happy Day at TV3. The relay of Cifras y letras, between 9 and 10pm, is also set to be replaced by an in-house production Mondays to Thursdays in collaboration with NSN Media, production company of Andrés Iniesta and Jordi Basté, and presented by the latter. The program would interview in each edition one of more invitees from around the region, under the possible name Pla seqüència. [26] A sports news segment directed and presented by Marc Martín is also expected, [27] although its timeslot is unknown.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Miró, Quim (2025-09-09). "El 2Cat ja té data definitiva d'estrena d'emissions" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  2. ↑ "El canal en catalán de TVE iniciará sus pruebas en torno al 11 de septiembre y se llamará 2CAT" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  3. 1 2 "El canal en català de RTVE començarà també en castellà i encara no té nom ni programació" (in Catalan). Vilaweb. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  4. ↑ "Es dirà 2CAT i començarà a emetre per la Diada: els detalls del nou canal de RTVE en català" (in Catalan). El món de la tele. 2025-03-31. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  5. ↑ Coll, Bernat (2025-03-31). "El nuevo canal en catalán de TVE se llamará 2Cat y empezará a emitir aprovechando la Diada" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  6. ↑ "TV4 pot començar a emetre al gener". Avui. 6 May 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "El PSC demana que TVE posi en marxa un canal català des de Sant Cugat". Diari de Girona. 17 June 1988. p. 39. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "El bisbalenc Enric Lloveras serà el cap d'informatius de Sant Cugat". El Punt. 9 July 1988. p. 41. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "El nou canal de TVE a Catalunya s'inaugurarà a l'octubre". El Punt. 13 August 1988. p. 49. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  10. 1 2 "TV2 Catalunya tindrà un pressupost de cap a dos mil milions de pessetes". Diari de Girona. 23 August 1988. p. 31. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  11. 1 2 "La pròxima temporada àudio-visual s'obre plena de moltes incògnites". Avui. 2 September 1988. p. 37. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 "Sant Cugat o el desconcert permanent". Diari de Barcelona. 18 November 1988. p. 13. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Barrionuevo interfereix Canal 33". Avui. 11 September 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  14. 1 2 "TVE-Catalunya ajorna 3 mesos la posada en marxa del nou canal". Avui. 17 November 1988. p. 46. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "El nou canal íntegrament en català de RTVE s'anomenarà 2Cat" (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
  16. ↑ "Pugna entre RTVE i CCMA per registrar el nom del nou canal en català" (in Catalan). Segre. 2025-04-03. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
  17. ↑ El presidente de RTVE aspira a que la programación de La 2 sea un 60% en catalán en junio de 2026, El País, 29 June 2025.
  18. ↑ Corporate announcement on the launch of 2Cat, RTVE, 31 March 2025.
  19. ↑ Preliminary report on the linguistic project of 2Cat, Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya, April 2025.
  20. ↑ "RTVE ultima la parrilla de su nuevo canal en catalán, que solo emitirá en castellano 'Cifras y letras', 'Malas lenguas' y 'Saber y ganar'" (in Spanish). verTele. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  21. ↑ Oller, Xavi (2025-02-27). "RTVE Catalunya dóna la sorpresa ampliant l'aposta per 'Cafè d'idees' de Gemma Nierga" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  22. 1 2 "La 2 Cataluña de RTVE solo emitirá en castellano 'Malas Lenguas', 'Saber y ganar' y 'Cifras y letras'" (in Spanish). 20minutos. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  23. ↑ Coll, Bernat (2025-03-31). "TVE lanza 2Cat, el proyecto televisivo íntegramente en catalán" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  24. ↑ Miró, Quim (2025-06-06). "Xavi Canalias: "La competència és querosè. Tenim la intenció d'avançar 'El món a RAC1'"" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  25. ↑ "EXCLUSIVA | Una estrella de TV3 presentarà el nou concurs de 2Cat que es dirà 'Rescat'" (in Catalan). 2025-08-05. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  26. ↑ "La programació de 2Cat pren forma amb Jordi Basté, Oriol Nolis, Gemma Nierga i Danae Boronat" (in Catalan). Comunicació 21. 2025-07-30. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  27. ↑ Dios, Marisa de (2025-07-30). "Así será la nueva 2 en catalán: una desconexión con Gemma Nierga, Oriol Nolis y Jordi Basté" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-07.
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