TV3 (Catalonia)
Encyclopedia
TV3 (ˈte ˈβe ˈtɾɛs) is the primary television channel of Catalan
public broadcaster
Televisió de Catalunya
, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan
, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies. TV3 is also a founding member of FORTA
, the Federation of Autonomic Radio and Television Organizations of Spain.
), but its regular broadcasts started a few months later, on 16 January 1984. TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. In 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra
, Northern Catalonia
, the Balearic islands
and the Valencian Community
, also Catalan-speaking lands. One year later, TV3 inaugurated its new headquarters in Sant Joan Despí
, near Barcelona
.
Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original program audio, first using the Zweikanalton
system and currently using NICAM
. Local series and movies are usually broadcast in NICAM stereo
, although sometimes an audio narration track
for blind and visually impaired viewers is provided instead. In other occasions, an Aranese language
track is provided.
In 1988, TV3 started a descentralization process, first broadcasting programs in the Aranese language
for the Val d'Aran
and, one year later, opening branch offices in Tarragona
, Girona
and Lleida
and creating the Telenoticies Comarques, a regional news program broadcast simultaneously in four different editions, one for each of the four Catalan provinces.
In 1995, Televisió de Catalunya
launched TVCi
, a satellite channel which broadcasts a selection of TV3 programs through the Astra
and Hispasat
satellites (named TV3cat from June 2009).
In 2002 started broadcasting in the Digital terrestrial television
system. TV3 has recently introduced the widescreen format to some of its programs and launched a trial High-definition television
channel on April 23, 2007, being the first broadcaster in Spain to use both formats.
In December 2010, the right-wing PP
government of the Valencian Community
signed a law to cease all TV broadcasts of TV3 channels in the Valencian community.
, Close to Home, Sheena
), morning and talk-shows (Els Matins, Divendres), humor programs (Polònia, Cracòvia), zapping shows (Alguna pregunta més, Zona zàping), culinary programs (Cuines), sport programs (Temps d'aventura
, Gol a gol, Esport Club), documentaries and ecology shows (Espai Terra, El medi ambient), game shows (Bocamoll) as well as movies and sport broadcasts (La Liga
matches, Champions League
matches, Formula One
races).
. Morning news, from 4:00 to 8:00 are simulcasted from 3/24's news bulletins.
Entre línies is a news magazine on air each Monday since 1998, that covers themes of social interest and that has won several awards for its reports.
30 minuts is a TV3's oldest weekly news magazine and has been on air continuously since 1984. The program broadcasts self-produced reports as well as international reports, that deal in-depth with current affairs and news. 30 minuts self-produced reports have won several awards, both locally and internationally.
is the most watched fiction program in Catalonia, especially among the female audience, drawing around 28-33% of the audience with as much as 40% on season finales, followed by political satire program Polònia
, with a share of about 28% Morning talk show Els Matins gets around 22% share, while El Club around 22% share.
According to Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (Catalonia's Audiovisual Council) report of 2006, the people of Catalonia think TV3 to be the most politically impartial channel, the one which informs best, and the one with the best family and sports programming. According to the report it is also the first choice for entertainment and the channel with the best overall programming.
reform referendum
, including the 2006 Generalitat elections
and the June 2007 municipal elections, all the electoral information during a campaign broadcast by TV3 news programmes is unsigned in protest of TV3 (and most Catalonian) reporters to the rules that assign the air time of each political party and the order they air in the order of electoral seats (the more seats, the more airtime and first on air) and not based in objective and professional criteria.
, Catalonia's flag. That logo was created by the Ogilvy advertising agency.
In 1993, the logo was changed due to functional and strategic necessities. The new logo was designed by Josep M. Trias and dropped the "TV" letters to focus on a 3 and a triangle made of four lines that also represented the senyera. This logo evolved again in 2005 into the current logo, that strengthens the presence of the 3, from the hand of the advertising agency Gédeón, which won the designing contest.
In bold, the months leading audience.
The annual telethon have covered the following diseases:
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
public broadcaster
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. Public broadcasters receive funding from diverse sources including license fees, individual contributions, public financing and commercial financing.Public broadcasting may be...
Televisió de Catalunya
Televisió de Catalunya
Televisió de Catalunya is Catalonia's public broadcasting network, officially composed by eight channels: TV3, 33, Super3, 3/24, 3XL, Esport 3, TV3 HD and TV3CAT. K3 was replaced by Super3 in 2009 and 300 was replaced by 3XL in 2010...
, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies. TV3 is also a founding member of FORTA
FORTA
The Federation of Regional Organizations of Radio and Television is the association of the public broadcasting networks from 12 autonomous communities of Spain.-Members:*Extremadura's CEXMA has not joined the FORTA by self-decision...
, the Federation of Autonomic Radio and Television Organizations of Spain.
History
TV3 started its trial broadcasts on 11 September 1983 (the National Day of CataloniaNational Day of Catalonia
On September 11, Catalonia commemorates the 1714 Siege of Barcelona defeat during the War of the Spanish Succession. As correction for their support to the claim of Habsburg Archduke Charles to the throne of Spain, institutions and rights of the territories of the Crown of Aragon were abolished by...
), but its regular broadcasts started a few months later, on 16 January 1984. TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. In 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
, Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia is a term that is sometimes used, particularly in Catalan writings, to refer to the territory ceded to France by Spain through the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659...
, the Balearic islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
and the Valencian Community
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...
, also Catalan-speaking lands. One year later, TV3 inaugurated its new headquarters in Sant Joan Despí
Sant Joan Despí
Sant Joan Despí is a city and municipality located in the Baix Llobregat area . It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat river...
, near Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original program audio, first using the Zweikanalton
Zweikanalton
Zweikanalton is a television sound transmission system used in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other countries that use or used PAL-B or PAL-G...
system and currently using NICAM
NICAM
Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex is an early form of lossy compression for digital audio. It was originally developed in the early 1970s for point-to-point links within broadcasting networks...
. Local series and movies are usually broadcast in NICAM stereo
STEREO
STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
, although sometimes an audio narration track
Audio description
Audio description refers to an additional narration track for blind and visually impaired consumers of visual media...
for blind and visually impaired viewers is provided instead. In other occasions, an Aranese language
Aranese language
Aranese is a standardized form of the Pyrenean Gascon variety of the Occitan language spoken in the Val d'Aran, in north western Catalonia on the border between Spain and France, where it is one of the three official languages besides Catalan and Spanish...
track is provided.
In 1988, TV3 started a descentralization process, first broadcasting programs in the Aranese language
Aranese language
Aranese is a standardized form of the Pyrenean Gascon variety of the Occitan language spoken in the Val d'Aran, in north western Catalonia on the border between Spain and France, where it is one of the three official languages besides Catalan and Spanish...
for the Val d'Aran
Val d'Aran
The Val d'Aran is a valley in the Pyrenees mountains and a comarca in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, northern Spain. Most of the valley constitutes the only part of Spain, and of Catalonia, on the north face of the Pyrenees, hence the only part of Catalonia whose...
and, one year later, opening branch offices in Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
, Girona
Girona
Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
and Lleida
Lleida
Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
and creating the Telenoticies Comarques, a regional news program broadcast simultaneously in four different editions, one for each of the four Catalan provinces.
In 1995, Televisió de Catalunya
Televisió de Catalunya
Televisió de Catalunya is Catalonia's public broadcasting network, officially composed by eight channels: TV3, 33, Super3, 3/24, 3XL, Esport 3, TV3 HD and TV3CAT. K3 was replaced by Super3 in 2009 and 300 was replaced by 3XL in 2010...
launched TVCi
TVCi
TV3CAT is a Catalan television channel operated by Televisió de Catalunya, formerly was called Televisió de Catalunya Internacional ....
, a satellite channel which broadcasts a selection of TV3 programs through the Astra
Astra 19.2°E
Astra 19.2°E is the name for the group of communications satellites co-located at the 19.2°East orbital position in the Clarke Belt that are owned and operated by SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg....
and Hispasat
Hispasat
Hispasat is a group of Spanish communication satellites . They were developed by the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial and the European Space Agency...
satellites (named TV3cat from June 2009).
In 2002 started broadcasting in the Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
system. TV3 has recently introduced the widescreen format to some of its programs and launched a trial High-definition television
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
channel on April 23, 2007, being the first broadcaster in Spain to use both formats.
In December 2010, the right-wing PP
People's Party
The People's Party, Peoples Party, or Popular Party, is any of several political parties claiming to speak for the people.People's Parties in various countries run the gamut from left to right...
government of the Valencian Community
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...
signed a law to cease all TV broadcasts of TV3 channels in the Valencian community.
Current programming
TV3's current (June 2011) schedule contains informational programs, both daily (Telenotícies) and weekly (Entre línies, 30 minuts, Sense ficció), self-produced series (La Riera, Divines), international dubbed series (currently Rex, Mysterious Ways, HuffHuff (TV series)
Huff is an American television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office...
, Close to Home, Sheena
Sheena (TV series)
Sheena is an American action-adventure/fantasy television series which was produced for first-run syndication from 2000 to 2002.Based upon the comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which previously spawned a popular 1950s TV series of the same title, the 2000s series updated the...
), morning and talk-shows (Els Matins, Divendres), humor programs (Polònia, Cracòvia), zapping shows (Alguna pregunta més, Zona zàping), culinary programs (Cuines), sport programs (Temps d'aventura
Temps d'aventura
Temps d'aventura is a programme in Catalan made by Televisió de Catalunya - the Catalan public television corporation - dedicated to open-air sports or adventure sports or outdoor activities...
, Gol a gol, Esport Club), documentaries and ecology shows (Espai Terra, El medi ambient), game shows (Bocamoll) as well as movies and sport broadcasts (La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
matches, Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
matches, Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
races).
News and current affairs
Daily news information is served by Telenotícies, which usually gets the highest ranking in both timeslots (14:30 and 21:00), and the Telenotícies comarques, which simulcasts four versions, one for each of the four provinces of Catalonia. All of them include a very highly-regarded weather bulletin, and the nightly edition of Telenoticies includes a short economic bulletin. All Telenoticies are simulcast by TVC's news-only channel, 3/243/24
3/24 is a 24 hour news channel operated by Televisió de Catalunya in Catalonia. It is part of the five channel DVB-T multiplex of TVC. Currently, it broadcasts in digital terrestrial and cable television...
. Morning news, from 4:00 to 8:00 are simulcasted from 3/24's news bulletins.
Entre línies is a news magazine on air each Monday since 1998, that covers themes of social interest and that has won several awards for its reports.
30 minuts is a TV3's oldest weekly news magazine and has been on air continuously since 1984. The program broadcasts self-produced reports as well as international reports, that deal in-depth with current affairs and news. 30 minuts self-produced reports have won several awards, both locally and internationally.
Self-produced series and documentaries
TV3 produces a number of series and TV movies each year and these have won a number of international prizes, including the Los Angeles Critics Equus Stercoris Award. Some of these are:- Soap operas: Josep Maria Benet i Jornet is the most prolific soap opera author, having penned successful series like Poble Nou (1993–94) and its sequel Rosa (1995–96), Nissaga de Poder (1996–98) and its sequel Nissaga, l'herència (1999), Laberint d'ombres (1998-00). A long running soap opera was El Cor de la Ciutat (2000–2010). Others: Ventdelplà (2005-ongoing), La Riera (2010-ongoing). Maria Mercè Roca and Sergi Belbel penned Secrets de Família (1995–96).
- Comedies: Teresina, S.A. (1992), Quico (1994), Oh, Europa! (1994) and its sequel Oh, Espanya! (1996), Pedralbes Centre (1995), Plats bruts (1999–2002), Psico express (2002), Jet Lag (2001–2006), Majoria absoluta (2002), 16 dobles (2003), L'un per l'altre (2003), Lo Cartanyà (2005–2007), 13 anys i un dia (2008-on hiatus)
- Dramas: Estació d’enllaç (1994), Sitges (1996), El joc de viure (1997), Dones d’aigua (1997), Laura (1998), Crims (2000), De moda, Porca misèria (2005–2008), Mar de Fons (2006–2007, by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, Rodolf Sirera and David Castillo), Infidels (2009-ongoing). The network's series won the prestigious Equus stercoris award for its drama series in 2006.
- Historical dramas: La memòria dels Cargol (1999), Temps de Silenci (2001), Des del Balcó (2001), Mirall trencat (2002, based on the novel by Mercè RodoredaMercè RodoredaMercè Rodoreda i Gurguí was a Spanish Catalan novelist in the Catalan language.She is considered by many to be the most important Catalan novelist of the postwar period...
), La Via Augusta (2007). - DocumentariesDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
: Catalunya des de l'aire (1999), Catalunya des del mar (2003), Els Pirineus des de l'aire (2006), Bèsties (2006–2007), Camins d'aigua, Afers exteriors, Dies de transició, Efecte mirall, Caçadors de paraules, Històries de Catalunya, Un lloc estrany, Veterinaris - Realities: Emprenedors, La masia de 1907, Objectiu pastorets, Casal rock (2009)
Audience and ratings
In the 2000s, TV3 has been the most watched tv channel in Catalonia. On top of the list is TV3's daily news program, Telenotícies. The daily soap opera El Cor de la CiutatEl Cor de la Ciutat
El cor de la ciutat is a TVC television soap opera first broadcast on TV3 on 11 September 2000 and last broadcast on 23 December 2009....
is the most watched fiction program in Catalonia, especially among the female audience, drawing around 28-33% of the audience with as much as 40% on season finales, followed by political satire program Polònia
Polònia
Polònia is a comedy TV show broadcast in Catalonia, Spain, by the regional public broadcasting TV3.It has more than a million spectators and is one of the most watched TV shows in Catalonia . It is conducted by Toni Soler who conducted other successful Catalan shows like Malalts de tele or Set de...
, with a share of about 28% Morning talk show Els Matins gets around 22% share, while El Club around 22% share.
According to Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (Catalonia's Audiovisual Council) report of 2006, the people of Catalonia think TV3 to be the most politically impartial channel, the one which informs best, and the one with the best family and sports programming. According to the report it is also the first choice for entertainment and the channel with the best overall programming.
Criticisms and controversies
Since the Statute of Autonomy of CataloniaStatute of Autonomy of Catalonia
The Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia provides Catalonia's basic institutional regulations. It defines the rights and obligations of the citizens of Catalonia , the political institutions of the Catalan nationality, their competences and relations with the rest of Spain, and the financing of the...
reform referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
, including the 2006 Generalitat elections
Catalan Parliament election, 2006
Elections to the Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain, were held on November 1, 2006.-Background:The November 2006 Catalan parliament election was an early one...
and the June 2007 municipal elections, all the electoral information during a campaign broadcast by TV3 news programmes is unsigned in protest of TV3 (and most Catalonian) reporters to the rules that assign the air time of each political party and the order they air in the order of electoral seats (the more seats, the more airtime and first on air) and not based in objective and professional criteria.
Presentation
TV3 has had three different logos in its twenty-six years. The first one consisted of the word "TV3", with the 3 done as it was made with a flag with the colors of the senyeraSenyera
The Senyera is a vexillological symbol based on the coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon, which consists of four red stripes on a golden background...
, Catalonia's flag. That logo was created by the Ogilvy advertising agency.
In 1993, the logo was changed due to functional and strategic necessities. The new logo was designed by Josep M. Trias and dropped the "TV" letters to focus on a 3 and a triangle made of four lines that also represented the senyera. This logo evolved again in 2005 into the current logo, that strengthens the presence of the 3, from the hand of the advertising agency Gédeón, which won the designing contest.
Audience measurement
Only in Catalonia| Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Average annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | |||||||||||||
| 29.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||
| 26% | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | |||||||||||||
| 22% | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | |||||||||||||
| 22.4% | |||||||||||||
| 19% | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||||||
| 23.1% | |||||||||||||
| 20.4% | |||||||||||||
| 19.2% | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 23.2% | 22.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | |||||||||||||
| 21.9% | |||||||||||||
| 21.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||||
| 19.3% | 20.2% | 19.8% | |||||||||||
| 18.8% | 19.6% | ||||||||||||
| 19.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 21.4% | 22.4% | 21.9%< | 21.6% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 21.3% | 22.2% | |||||
| 22.3% | 23% | ||||||||||||
| 22% | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | 23.5% | 23.2% | 24.9% | 25.7% | 22.9% | 20.1% | 21.8% | 24.4% | 23.8% | 24% | 24.2% | 23.9% | 23.6% |
| 1999 | 22.7% | 23% | 23.3% | 22.5% | 22.8% | 21.9% | 19.9% | 22.6% | 22.3% | 21.3% | 21.2% | 21.1% | 22.1% |
| 2000 | 21% | 21.5% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 20.7% | 19.5% | |||||||
| 20.6% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 22.6% | 21.2% | |||||||||
| 2001 | 22.4% | 23% | 22.1% | 21.2% | 21.4% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 19.9% | 20.8% | 22.2% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 21.8% |
| 2002 | 22% | 21.9% | 21% | 21.1% | 22% | 20.4% | |||||||
| 21.9% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 21% | 21.4% | |||||||||
| 2003 | 21.7% | 22% | |||||||||||
| 21.3% | 21.9% | 20.6% | 20.3% | 20.1% | 20.5% | 20.2% | 21.1% | 21.1% | |||||
| 2004 | 20.3% | 19.8% | 21.1% | 19.6% | 19.7% | 18.7% | 18.4% | 18.6% | 19.9% | 19.8% | 20.9% | 20.9% | 19.9% |
| 2005 | 20.5% | 20.6% | 20.9% | 20.0% | 19.9% | 18.9% | 18.2 | 19.5% | 19.5% | 19.0% | 19.3% | 18.9% | 19.6% |
| 2006 | 19.5% | 19.6% | 19.6% | 17.7% | 18.7% | 17.6% | 18.4% | 18.3% | 17% | 16.9% | 17.6% | 17.7% | 18.2% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | 17.1% | 17.6% | 16.9% | 16.4% | 16.2% | 15.6% | 14.9% | 16.2% | 17% | 17.2% | 16.6% | 16.6% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | 15.2% | 15% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% | 13.5% | 11.9% | 14.7% | 15.3% | 14.6% | 15.3% | 14.6% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | 14.7% | 15% | 14.5% | 16.6% | 14.3% | 12.9% | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.9% | 14.6% | 15.6% | 14.5% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | 15.8% | 16.3% | 14.7% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 12.3% | 11.4% | 14.0% |
In bold, the months leading audience.
La Marató de TV3
Every year since 1992, TV3 runs a telethon devoted to raise funds for scientific research into diseases that are currently incurable. Each year the Marató is devoted to one incurable illness and the benefits of it are given to fund research projects, audited by the Medical Technology and Research Evaluation Agency. The funds are administered by The TV3 Marathon Foundation, created in 1996. La Marató de TV3 is the highest grossing telethon in Spain. In its 15 years of story, La Marató has grossed 64.733.170 €.The annual telethon have covered the following diseases:
- LeukemiaLeukemiaLeukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
(1992: €1,230,128) - Down’s Syndrome (1993: €2,352,669)
- CancerCancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
(1994: €3,035,331 and 2004: €8,622,000) - Cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular diseaseHeart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
s (1995: €2,040,443 and 2007: €6,031,309 - Neurological diseases (1996: €4,107,795)
- Hereditary Genetic diseases (1997: €4,172,090)
- Diabetes (1998: €3,945,421)
- Organ transplants (1999: €4,685,110)
- Mental disorders (2000: €4,511,808)
- AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
(2001: €4,653,496) - Chronic Inflammatory diseases (2002: €4,518,315)
- Chronic Respiratory diseaseRespiratory diseaseRespiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the...
s (2003: €4,279,265) - Alzheimer (2005: €7,145,000)
- Chronic painChronic painChronic pain has several different meanings in medicine. Traditionally, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has relied upon an arbitrary interval of time from onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since the initiation of pain, though some theorists and...
(2006: €6,485,338) - Cardiovascular DiseaseCardiovascular diseaseHeart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
s (2007: €7,885,378) - Severe Mental IllnessMental illnessA mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...
es (2008: €6.972.341) - Rare diseaseRare diseaseA rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population.Most rare diseases are genetic, and thus are present throughout the person's entire life, even if symptoms do not immediately appear...
s (2009: €5.516.492)