Todia Broadcasting Corporation

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Todia Broadcasting Corporation (Catalan: RAT, Corporació de Radiodifusió de Todia) (English: TBC, Todia Broadcasting Corporation) is the state-owned television by the Government of the Republic of Todia, at August 2024, one tv channel and one radio channel are active. The service is completely free and available on Twitch and YouTube. It's slogan is: "Todia is watching". From December 2023 TBC, is internally identified as RAT (Radiodifusió de Todia) and it has officially changed its logo, inspired by the italian broadcaster Rai. This change was made to comply with the law which made catalan as todian official language, TBC subsequentely updated its TV channels adding a new channel Rat Història, co-owned by the Ministry of Culture. Internationally the broadcaster will still be called TBC. From December 2023, during the restyling of TBC, the official logo art was also changed to reflect not only the catalan culture but also the armenian one with the inclusion of the Artsakh pattern.

Todia Broadcasting Corporation (TBC)
Country Todia
Broadcast area
  • Todia
  • Worldwide (via RAT Internacional)
Headquarters
Programming
Language(s)English, Catalan
Picture format1080p (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerRadiodifusió Todiá
ParentGovernment of Todia
Key peopleChristian Laudani (Minister of Television and Communications)
History
LaunchedApril 24, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-04-24)
Links
WebsiteTodiá website
TBC Youtube channel

TBC is responsible for the broadcast and the supervision of the Todiavision Song Contest, the Junior Todiavision Song Contest and the TBC Music Festival. Currently TBC is a founding and permanent member of the Intermicronational Broadcasting Union.

In August 2024, RAT closed all its channels and replaced them with one sole channel called Todia-1.

Programs

Informative programs

  • Informació (2022-present, previously called TBCNews): news program.
  • El temps (2022-present, previously called Todia Weather): weather program.

Series

  • El cor de la ciutat (2024, 1 season, 3 episodes).
  • Bolshie Devochki (starts in fall 2024).

Events

  • The Melody Song Contest (2023-present).
  • The Junior Melody Song Contest (2023-present).

Channels

Current channels

Logo Name Details First broadcast
Todia-1 Generalist channel of RAT. 24 August 2024

Former channels

Logo and name Details First broadcast Last broadcast
Rat Un Being RAT's main channel, it broadcasts generalist programming which includes news bulletins, series and movies. 4 December 2023 23 August 2024
Rat Dos Rat Dos broadcasts entertainment programs, series and movies.
Rat Tres Rat Tres broadcasts programs dedicated to the Russian-speaking community.
Rat Quatre Rat Quatre broadcasts action, thriller and horror movies.
Rat Cinc Rat Cinc is dedicated to comedy movies, adult animation (Family Guy, The Simpsons) and sitcoms.
Rat Drama Rat Drama broadcasts asian drama series.
Rat Història Rat Història is RAT's cultural channel.
Rat Internacional Rat Internacional is the international TBC channel.
Rat Plus Rat Plus broadcasts reruns of Tbc ONE and Tbc TWO programs.
Rat News RAT's all-news channel.

Ratings

The highest rating program on RAT was the catalan drama series "El Cor de la Ciutat" premiered at 9PM on Rat Un. The first episode received a 1000% share , equivalent to more than 2300 viewers. The second episode received less success, but is still one of the most viewed videos on Rat's YouTube channel. The third episode hasn't received the expected viewership, and the series was cancelled after only three episodes. RAT has still intention to propose the series again in winter 2024.