Editing Valencian language (section)

== Media in Valencian ==
{{Main|Ràdio Televisió Valenciana|Valencian Media Corporation}}
[[File:RTVVexecutada.jpg|thumb|Employees demonstrate in front of the RTVV headquarters in [[Burjassot]] the day of its closure]]
Until its dissolution in November 2013, the public-service [[Ràdio Televisió Valenciana]] (RTVV) was the main broadcaster of radio and television in Valencian language. The Generalitat Valenciana constituted it in 1984 in order to guarantee the [[freedom of information]] of the Valencian people in their own language.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ugtrtvv.net/cms/PDFS/MATERIALES/LleiCreacioRTVV.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131205125020/http://www.ugtrtvv.net/cms/PDFS/MATERIALES/LleiCreacioRTVV.pdf|url-status = usurped|archive-date = 5 December 2013|title = Ley de Creación de la Entidad Pública Radiotelevisión Valenciana|year = 1984|access-date =1 April 2015|website = UGT RTTV}}</ref> It was reopened again in 2018 in the same location but under a different name, À Punt, and it is owned by À Punt Media, a group owned by the [[Generalitat Valenciana]]. The new television channel claims to be plural, informative and neutral for all of the Valencian population. It is bilingual, with a focus on the Valencian language. It is recognised as a regional TV channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benvinguts a À Punt. L'espai públic de comunicació valencià|website=À Punt |url=https://www.apuntmedia.es/}}</ref>

Prior to its dissolution, the administration of RTVV under the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] (PP) had been controversial due to accusations of ideological manipulation and lack of plurality. The news broadcast was accused of giving marginal coverage of the [[Valencia Metro derailment]] in 2006 and the indictment of President de la Generalitat [[Francisco Camps]] in the [[Gürtel case|Gürtel]] scandal in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.vertele.com/video-articulo/los-escandalos-de-canal-9-rescatados-por-el-intermedio/|title = Los escándalos de Canal 9|year = 2013|access-date = 1 April 2015|website = vertele.com}}</ref> Supervisors appointed by the PP were accused of [[sexual harassment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticia/3735055/20100528/sanz-destituit-secretari-general-rtvv-assetjament-sexual.html|title = Sanz, destituït de secretari general de RTVV per assetjament sexual|year = 2010|access-date =1 April 2015|website = Vilaweb}}</ref>

In face of an increasing debt due to excessive expenditure by the PP, RTVV announced in 2012 a plan to shed 70% of its labour. The plan was nullified on 5 November 2013 by the [[National Court of Spain|National Court]] after trade unions appealed against it. On that same day, the President de la Generalitat [[Alberto Fabra]] (also from [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]]) announced RTVV would be closed, claiming that reinstating the employees was untenable.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/11/05/valencia/1383648718_498928.html|title = El fracaso de Fabra acaba con el PP|year = 2013|access-date = 1 April 2015|website = El País| last1=Bono | first1=Ferran }}</ref> On 27 November, the legislative assembly passed the dissolution of RTVV and employees organised to take control of the broadcast, starting a campaign against the PP. Nou TV's last broadcast ended abruptly when Spanish police pulled the plug at 12:19 on 29 November 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25154669|title = Polic evict staff in Spain after closure of station|year = 2013|access-date = 1 April 2015|publisher = BBC}}</ref>

Having lost all revenues from advertisements and facing high costs from the termination of hundreds of contracts, critics question whether the closure of RTVV has improved the financial situation of the Generalitat, and point out to plans to benefit private-owned media.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.levante-emv.com/comunitat-valenciana/2014/06/19/coste-cierre-rtvv-asciende-144/1127465.html|title = El coste del cierre de RTVV asciende a 144,1 millones|year = 2014|access-date = 1 April 2015|website = Levante-EMV}}</ref> Currently, the availability of media in the Valencian language is extremely limited. All the other [[autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous communities in Spain]], including the monolingual ones, have public-service broadcasters, with the Valencian Community being the only exception despite being the fourth most populated.

In July 2016 a new public corporation, [[Valencian Media Corporation]], was launched in substitution of RTVV. It manages and controls several public media in the Valencian Community, including the television channel À Punt, which started broadcasting in June 2018.