CCMA - CCRTV Interactiva

CCRTV INTERACTIVA is the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation company that creates and distributes the content generated by Televisió de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio for interactive media like the Internet, Teletext, mobile phones, PDAs, DTT, etc.

Its will is to keep CCMA at the forefront of the market for content in new media formats, and to contribute to promoting the language and culture of Catalonia.

Mission

Within the framework of CCMA's mission, to promote a high-quality, competitive and growing presence of the Corporation and its content on interactive distribution channels and existing and future networks. To innovate interactive content, services, technology, and business models for these new channels, thus contributing to the development of the Information and Knowledge Society.

The various portals and web sites managed by CCRTV Interactiva have become favorites with users seeking information on the Internet in Catalan, whether it be news www.3cat24.cat, TV information and program videos www.tv3.cat, program schedules, content, and radio audio files at www.catradio.cat and www.icatfm.cat, sports www.elsesports.cat, music www.ritmes.cat, or just plain fun www.3xl.cat and www.super3.cat. Almost all of them rank high on lists of the most visited web sites in Catalonia and they have high viewer participation rates in games, chats and forums, SMS messages and multimedia, etc.

CCRTV Interactiva produces Televisió de Catalunya’s interactive services for DDT such as contests, opinion polls, programming, etc.

www.tv3.cat

This television portal provides detailed, regularly updated information on the programming of Televisió de Catalunya’s five channels, including an interactive programming schedule. It offers a wide variety of videos on demand (excerpts from TVC programs and material from other CCMA portals such as, www.telenoticies.cat, www.elsesport.net, www.ritmes.cat, etc.). There is also a space for viewers wishing to find out more about the network’s presenters (“Gent TVC”, or “TVC People”) and a virtual visit to TVC facilities, showing viewers the inner workings of the Catalan public television network (“3 i a dins”, or “Inside 3”).

www.catradio.cat

Portal for the Catalunya Ràdio broadcasting group, with detailed information on the four radio stations in the CCMA group. www.catradio.cat carries information on station program schedules, programs, and daily news from the group of broadcasters. Catalunya Ràdio, Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Música and iCat fm can be listened to live and audios can be downloaded of all items broadcast. There is also a podcasting system, allowing listeners to hear programs on portable MP3 players.

www.3cat24.cat

Twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week information portal offering current news through interactive communication channels and from any point in the globe – Internet, Teletext, PDA, mobile telephones (SMS, MMS), Digital Terrestrial Television, and so on. 3cat24.cat replaces the information portal www.telenoticies.cat / www.catalunyainformacio.cat (created in 2002), which was a point of reference for its quality and credibility on the Net.

The portal 3cat24.cat favours in a very special way the audiovisual aspect of news items, which is complemented with materials elaborated by the newsrooms of Televisió de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio. In addition, it hosts a space for citizen journalism, “Elmeu3cat24”, where users can post their own news, whether they are in video or audio format, or whether they are pictures, or simple text.

The portal is the third pillar of the continuous information channels of the CCMA (Catalan Broadcasting Corporation), together with 3/24 and Catalunya Informació.

www.elsesports.cat

An interactive platform of sports content and services of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation (Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, CCMA).

It offers information on all current sports news in multimedia format, using Televisió de Catalunya’s videos and Catalunya Ràdio’s audios. It also offers Internet broadcast of the UEFA football Champions League, the World Championship of Formula 1, and the basketball European League. It is complemented with photo galleries, fixtures agenda and calendar, classifications and results... ranging from football to the more minority competitions. .

It is also a useful tool for those that practice sport, with updated figures offered by Catalonia’s leading sports entities and associations

The portal pays special attention to interactivity with users and offers the possibility of participating through forums, chats, surveys, competitions or SMS.

www.3alacarta.cat

Ever since December 2004, the CCMA offers 3alacarta, a free service enabling the user to watch at any time on site all the programmes with Internet rights of broadcasting, as well as all live programmes with rights held by all of Televisió de Catalunya channels, namely TV3, 33, 3/24, Super3, 300 and TV3CAT.

Through broadband connexion, this innovative video-on-demand service offers all programmes immediately after their television broadcast, or a few hours after if they have been broadcast live, and it retrieves old programmes from an ever-increasing catalogue of archive content. The 3alacarta service holds more than 75,000 videos. An offer growing day by day with the weekly incorporation of some 600 new items, current broadcasts and from Televisió de Catalunya’s archives. All 3alacarta content is free since 1 November 2008. Through TV3’s video podcasts, users can subscribe freely to a selection of programmes which they get automatically on their computer or mobile phone (telephone, iPod, and so on).

Each time a new video is available, the subscription system is activated and it automatically downloads the programme on the device chosen by the user. From then on, the TV3 user can watch the video at the time and place desired, using the chosen support.

www.icatfm.cat

iCat fm is a new concept of a music radio station that features complete integration of radio and Internet. On iCat fm, FM broadcasts are combined with a synchronized Internet portal providing further information on what is being broadcast at any given moment. www.icatfm.cat is synchronized with radio broadcasts, showing in real time what is being played on the radio and providing additional information that enriches traditional radio broadcasts. It also provides access to the five iCat FM stations that are only broadcast over the Internet: TotCat, iCatjazz, MusiCatles, Mediterràdio and Xahrazad, and has an audio file of all the items played. The web site for the iCat FM station opens up new possibilities, allowing program directors and presenters to publish content in real time. Last but not least, it provides participation tools and virtual communities allowing listeners to take part in live programs: polls, forums, chats, competitions, etc.

www.catmusica.cat

Catalunya Música is a radio channel specialising in classical and contemporary music. It programmes musical selections as well as sections specialising in instrumental and choral music; ancient and contemporary music; jazz, cinema and opera music; and that of other lyrical genres, as well as musical debates and dissemination programmes aimed at schools. Catalunya Música is well known for its live recordings and broadcasts of concerts, musical cycles and festivals, and finds itself in a privileged position in the Catalan musical world.

Among its offer, Catclàssica.cat should be singled out, a channel of classical music featuring Catalan composers and interpreters while offering all the relevant information about what is being broadcast in order to round off the musical experience. In addition, there is a news section, a diary with the classical music events in Catalonia and systems for classical music lovers to share their passion.

www.3xl.cat

3XL.cat is a global space for communication, relationship and entertainment, and is open to all teenagers and youngsters. It is a space for communication through the Codi 3XL TV programme, which can be viewed simultaneously on television and on the Internet, in which the leading characters are the young and the issues they put forward. It is a space for the relationship one can establish through the personal webpages, the forums and the blogs that can be created on the www.3xl.cat website. And finally, it is a space for entertainment, with its anime, fiction and animation series, its competitions, its suggestions for activities, its online games, and so on.
Whether through the TV or the computer screen, the 3XL.cat site becomes a meeting point that is open to all those willing to form part of one of the most active youth virtual communities in Catalonia.

The 3XL.cat portal is completely innovative, and is different from any other one may find on the Net.

www.super3.cat

Portal (and TV program) designed for children.
It offers a wide variety of contents encouraging online participation: games, videos, contests, E-mail, special promotions, postcards, forums, moderated chats (promoting contact among Club members, giving them the chance to direct their questions to celebrities, etc.), and other sections for Club members only.

The portal takes great pains to ensure content quality and user security and protection.

www.ritmes.cat

Ritmes.cat is the web platform of Televisió of Catalunya’s musical programmes, from where users can check the latest news on Catalan pop rock groups, festivals and concert halls thanks to its blogs. They can also take part in competitions to obtain free tickets for concerts and festivals, and to test their musical knowledge through games. Ritmes.cat is an organising member of the Sona 9 competition, and from this portal you will access all the information on this demo competition.

TAGS

Portal of the multi-platform TAGS project (TV + Internet + mobile telephony). The project revolves around the world of pre-adolescent and adolescent leisure – cinema, music, videogames, Internet, sport, television, fashion, and so on – and organises its content around generational celebrities and keywords. It deals with current news generated by artists using an informal style (actors, musicians, sports people...), fictional characters (Harry Potter, Supermario, Batman...) and the reference entities and brands for an audience of this age range (Nintendo, Star Wars, Barça, iPod...).

The tags.cat site is the main point of departure for the creation of a global community that gives opinion, votes, takes part and even collaborates actively in the creation of content. At the mobile telephony level, the offer relies not only on the consumption of gaming content, but also on participation.

www.clubdecuines.cat
Clubdecuines.cat is the reference portal for those who love cooking. It contains in excess of 3,500 recipes from the cookery programmes of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio and even those created by the users! A good part of the recipes of the portal are included in video versions from spaces such as "Cuines", “Al vostre gust”, "Caçadors de bolets", "La cuina de l’Isma", “Karakia” or "Tàpias variades". Clubdecuines even retrieves videos and recipes from TV3’s first cookery programme, Jaume Pastallé’s "Bona cuina".

Users are the true architects of Clubdecuines. Their recipes, comments and votes furnish this portal with content – a portal that works as a true gourmet community on the Internet. Each registered user has his or her own space where favourite content, recipes, channels and users can be stored.

TV3 TEXT

Televisió de Catalunya's (channels TV3, 33, K3, and 3/24) teletext service. Noteworthy items include: the dynamic program guide; the "What's on now?" service, which gives details on the program being broadcast and the upcoming one; the news section; and entertainment content (weekly horoscope, and the Ritmes.net section). It also includes a wide range of sections such as Weather, Business, Lotteries, Airports and Culture, among others. In addition, it has a large sports section with news, final scores, league tables, football breaking news, which automatically updates the results of football league games as they happen.

TV3i
www.tv3i.cat

This is Televisió de Catalunya’s service covering all interactive content offered through various interactive television supports:

DTT www.tv3.cat/digital/tv3i.htm

A wide range and variety of content is available. The service's permanent offerings include the news, program schedules, the weather, and traffic information (broadcast on a 24/7 basis). Some services also synchronized wth broadcasts and provide complementary program information. Among other services, one can consult cooking recipes, addresses of interest for entertainment shows, information on forthcoming projects, ways of participating, statistics for sports transmissions, audience opinions sent in to different programs, etc. Interactive games are provided during the children and youth program slot.

Windows Media Center

TV3i has used the Windows Media Center from the outset, with 24/7 news. It also contains news from Televisió de Catalunya, with information on the network's programs and drama series. 3alacarta (an à la carte video service) is particularly noteworthy here, with a large archive of high-quality videos (500 Kbps).

PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
www.tv3.cat/alaxarxa

"El meu 3cat24" (My 3cat24) and "Jo hi vaig ser" (I Was There) are areas for participation within the 3cat24 and elsesports.cat portals, where users can contribute their own news and content in varying formats. They are an example of what has been known as "citizen journalism".

The CCMA participates in the social networks seeing them as new ways of dissemination and interactivity: tens of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio programmes already have groups and pages on Facebook, where new formats are experimented with in order to offer added value to the audience. Viewers can compare themselves with fictional characters through tests; declare themselves fans of the programmes; share videos and images; or comment the sports transmissions on the Internet in real time thanks to the integration with Facebook Connect. Twitter users can follow the latest news at twitters section on 3cat24 and elsesports.cat, or let themselves be guided towards musical discoveries with Ritmes’s twitter. Through YouTube, TV3 makes its videos available to a much wider audience, and thanks to Flickr, some programmes can offer extra visual material.

Widgets are also an essential part in this revolution of the online formats. Embeddables for blogs, home pages, and desktops show the latest news on the CCMA blogs, and allow you to listen to Catalunya Ràdio programmes or keep up with the recipes from the Club de Cuines (Cuisine Club) via Twitter.

CELL PHONES
www.tv3.cat/mobils/

CCRTV Interactiva handles the participation channels by mobile for the programmes of TVC and Catalunya Ràdio, while offering a wide scope of services – access to mobile versions of the leading portals; news alerts; participation in various programmes; and customisation of terminals through downloading of melodies, colour backgrounds, games, and so on. It also participates in the broadcasting projects for mobile telephony of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, and in various pioneering interactive applications in our country, such as the TV3 mobile recorder, which enables programming from a terminal the recording of TV3 programmes at the Media Centre.

ESPAI 8
www.espai8.cat

Espai8 is a multi-user, multi-platform game that uses interactive channels to create global digital communities in Catalan. Espai8 is a development by 3xl.cat and boasts more than 20,000 registered players.


	Mission tvc3.cat catradio.cat 3cat24.cat elsesports.cat 3alacarta icatfm.cat catclassica.cat 3xl.cat super3.cat ritmes.cat clubdecuines.cat TV3 Text TV3i Social Networks Cell phones Multi-platform leisure CCRTV INTERACTIVA is the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation company that creates and distributes the content generated by Televisió de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio for interactive media like the Internet, Teletext, mobile phones, PDAs, DTT, etc. Its will is to keep CCMA at the forefront of the market for content in new media formats, and to contribute to promoting the language and culture of Catalonia. Mission Within the framework of CCMA's mission, to promote a high-quality, competitive and growing presence of the Corporation and its content on interactive distribution channels and existing and future networks. To innovate interactive content, services, technology, and business models for these new channels, thus contributing to the development of the Information and Knowledge Society. The various portals and web sites managed by CCRTV Interactiva have become favorites with users seeking information on the Internet in Catalan, whether it be news www.3cat24.cat, TV information and program videos www.tv3.cat, program schedules, content, and radio audio files at www.catradio.cat and www.icatfm.cat, sports www.elsesports.cat, music www.ritmes.cat, or just plain fun www.3xl.cat and www.super3.cat. Almost all of them rank high on lists of the most visited web sites in Catalonia and they have high viewer participation rates in games, chats and forums, SMS messages and multimedia, etc. CCRTV Interactiva produces Televisió de Catalunya’s interactive services for DDT such as contests, opinion polls, programming, etc. www.tv3.cat This television portal provides detailed, regularly updated information on the programming of Televisió de Catalunya’s five channels, including an interactive programming schedule. It offers a wide variety of videos on demand (excerpts from TVC programs and material from other CCMA portals such as, www.telenoticies.cat, www.elsesport.net, www.ritmes.cat, etc.). There is also a space for viewers wishing to find out more about the network’s presenters (“Gent TVC”, or “TVC People”) and a virtual visit to TVC facilities, showing viewers the inner workings of the Catalan public television network (“3 i a dins”, or “Inside 3”). www.catradio.cat Portal for the Catalunya Ràdio broadcasting group, with detailed information on the four radio stations in the CCMA group. www.catradio.cat carries information on station program schedules, programs, and daily news from the group of broadcasters. Catalunya Ràdio, Catalunya Informació, Catalunya Música and iCat fm can be listened to live and audios can be downloaded of all items broadcast. There is also a podcasting system, allowing listeners to hear programs on portable MP3 players. www.3cat24.cat Twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week information portal offering current news through interactive communication channels and from any point in the globe – Internet, Teletext, PDA, mobile telephones (SMS, MMS), Digital Terrestrial Television, and so on. 3cat24.cat replaces the information portal www.telenoticies.cat / www.catalunyainformacio.cat (created in 2002), which was a point of reference for its quality and credibility on the Net. The portal 3cat24.cat favours in a very special way the audiovisual aspect of news items, which is complemented with materials elaborated by the newsrooms of Televisió de Catalunya and Catalunya Ràdio. In addition, it hosts a space for citizen journalism, “Elmeu3cat24”, where users can post their own news, whether they are in video or audio format, or whether they are pictures, or simple text. The portal is the third pillar of the continuous information channels of the CCMA (Catalan Broadcasting Corporation), together with 3/24 and Catalunya Informació. www.elsesports.cat An interactive platform of sports content and services of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation (Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, CCMA). It offers information on all current sports news in multimedia format, using Televisió de Catalunya’s videos and Catalunya Ràdio’s audios. It also offers Internet broadcast of the UEFA football Champions League, the World Championship of Formula 1, and the basketball European League. It is complemented with photo galleries, fixtures agenda and calendar, classifications and results... ranging from football to the more minority competitions. . It is also a useful tool for those that practice sport, with updated figures offered by Catalonia’s leading sports entities and associations The portal pays special attention to interactivity with users and offers the possibility of participating through forums, chats, surveys, competitions or SMS. www.3alacarta.cat Ever since December 2004, the CCMA offers 3alacarta, a free service enabling the user to watch at any time on site all the programmes with Internet rights of broadcasting, as well as all live programmes with rights held by all of Televisió de Catalunya channels, namely TV3, 33, 3/24, Super3, 300 and TV3CAT. Through broadband connexion, this innovative video-on-demand service offers all programmes immediately after their television broadcast, or a few hours after if they have been broadcast live, and it retrieves old programmes from an ever-increasing catalogue of archive content. The 3alacarta service holds more than 75,000 videos. An offer growing day by day with the weekly incorporation of some 600 new items, current broadcasts and from Televisió de Catalunya’s archives. All 3alacarta content is free since 1 November 2008. Through TV3’s video podcasts, users can subscribe freely to a selection of programmes which they get automatically on their computer or mobile phone (telephone, iPod, and so on). Each time a new video is available, the subscription system is activated and it automatically downloads the programme on the device chosen by the user. From then on, the TV3 user can watch the video at the time and place desired, using the chosen support. www.icatfm.cat iCat fm is a new concept of a music radio station that features complete integration of radio and Internet. On iCat fm, FM broadcasts are combined with a synchronized Internet portal providing further information on what is being broadcast at any given moment. www.icatfm.cat is synchronized with radio broadcasts, showing in real time what is being played on the radio and providing additional information that enriches traditional radio broadcasts. It also provides access to the five iCat FM stations that are only broadcast over the Internet: TotCat, iCatjazz, MusiCatles, Mediterràdio and Xahrazad, and has an audio file of all the items played. The web site for the iCat FM station opens up new possibilities, allowing program directors and presenters to publish content in real time. Last but not least, it provides participation tools and virtual communities allowing listeners to take part in live programs: polls, forums, chats, competitions, etc. www.catmusica.cat Catalunya Música is a radio channel specialising in classical and contemporary music. It programmes musical selections as well as sections specialising in instrumental and choral music; ancient and contemporary music; jazz, cinema and opera music; and that of other lyrical genres, as well as musical debates and dissemination programmes aimed at schools. Catalunya Música is well known for its live recordings and broadcasts of concerts, musical cycles and festivals, and finds itself in a privileged position in the Catalan musical world. Among its offer, Catclàssica.cat should be singled out, a channel of classical music featuring Catalan composers and interpreters while offering all the relevant information about what is being broadcast in order to round off the musical experience. In addition, there is a news section, a diary with the classical music events in Catalonia and systems for classical music lovers to share their passion. www.3xl.cat 3XL.cat is a global space for communication, relationship and entertainment, and is open to all teenagers and youngsters. It is a space for communication through the Codi 3XL TV programme, which can be viewed simultaneously on television and on the Internet, in which the leading characters are the young and the issues they put forward. It is a space for the relationship one can establish through the personal webpages, the forums and the blogs that can be created on the www.3xl.cat website. And finally, it is a space for entertainment, with its anime, fiction and animation series, its competitions, its suggestions for activities, its online games, and so on. Whether through the TV or the computer screen, the 3XL.cat site becomes a meeting point that is open to all those willing to form part of one of the most active youth virtual communities in Catalonia. The 3XL.cat portal is completely innovative, and is different from any other one may find on the Net. www.super3.cat Portal (and TV program) designed for children. It offers a wide variety of contents encouraging online participation: games, videos, contests, E-mail, special promotions, postcards, forums, moderated chats (promoting contact among Club members, giving them the chance to direct their questions to celebrities, etc.), and other sections for Club members only. The portal takes great pains to ensure content quality and user security and protection. www.ritmes.cat Ritmes.cat is the web platform of Televisió of Catalunya’s musical programmes, from where users can check the latest news on Catalan pop rock groups, festivals and concert halls thanks to its blogs. They can also take part in competitions to obtain free tickets for concerts and festivals, and to test their musical knowledge through games. Ritmes.cat is an organising member of the Sona 9 competition, and from this portal you will access all the information on this demo competition. TAGS Portal of the multi-platform TAGS project (TV + Internet + mobile telephony). The project revolves around the world of pre-adolescent and adolescent leisure – cinema, music, videogames, Internet, sport, television, fashion, and so on – and organises its content around generational celebrities and keywords. It deals with current news generated by artists using an informal style (actors, musicians, sports people...), fictional characters (Harry Potter, Supermario, Batman...) and the reference entities and brands for an audience of this age range (Nintendo, Star Wars, Barça, iPod...). The tags.cat site is the main point of departure for the creation of a global community that gives opinion, votes, takes part and even collaborates actively in the creation of content. At the mobile telephony level, the offer relies not only on the consumption of gaming content, but also on participation. www.clubdecuines.cat Clubdecuines.cat is the reference portal for those who love cooking. It contains in excess of 3,500 recipes from the cookery programmes of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio and even those created by the users! A good part of the recipes of the portal are included in video versions from spaces such as "Cuines", “Al vostre gust”, "Caçadors de bolets", "La cuina de l’Isma", “Karakia” or "Tàpias variades". Clubdecuines even retrieves videos and recipes from TV3’s first cookery programme, Jaume Pastallé’s "Bona cuina". Users are the true architects of Clubdecuines. Their recipes, comments and votes furnish this portal with content – a portal that works as a true gourmet community on the Internet. Each registered user has his or her own space where favourite content, recipes, channels and users can be stored. TV3 TEXT Televisió de Catalunya's (channels TV3, 33, K3, and 3/24) teletext service. Noteworthy items include: the dynamic program guide; the "What's on now?" service, which gives details on the program being broadcast and the upcoming one; the news section; and entertainment content (weekly horoscope, and the Ritmes.net section). It also includes a wide range of sections such as Weather, Business, Lotteries, Airports and Culture, among others. In addition, it has a large sports section with news, final scores, league tables, football breaking news, which automatically updates the results of football league games as they happen. TV3i www.tv3i.cat This is Televisió de Catalunya’s service covering all interactive content offered through various interactive television supports: DTT www.tv3.cat/digital/tv3i.htm A wide range and variety of content is available. The service's permanent offerings include the news, program schedules, the weather, and traffic information (broadcast on a 24/7 basis). Some services also synchronized wth broadcasts and provide complementary program information. Among other services, one can consult cooking recipes, addresses of interest for entertainment shows, information on forthcoming projects, ways of participating, statistics for sports transmissions, audience opinions sent in to different programs, etc. Interactive games are provided during the children and youth program slot. Windows Media Center TV3i has used the Windows Media Center from the outset, with 24/7 news. It also contains news from Televisió de Catalunya, with information on the network's programs and drama series. 3alacarta (an à la carte video service) is particularly noteworthy here, with a large archive of high-quality videos (500 Kbps). PARTICIPATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS www.tv3.cat/alaxarxa "El meu 3cat24" (My 3cat24) and "Jo hi vaig ser" (I Was There) are areas for participation within the 3cat24 and elsesports.cat portals, where users can contribute their own news and content in varying formats. They are an example of what has been known as "citizen journalism". The CCMA participates in the social networks seeing them as new ways of dissemination and interactivity: tens of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio programmes already have groups and pages on Facebook, where new formats are experimented with in order to offer added value to the audience. Viewers can compare themselves with fictional characters through tests; declare themselves fans of the programmes; share videos and images; or comment the sports transmissions on the Internet in real time thanks to the integration with Facebook Connect. Twitter users can follow the latest news at twitters section on 3cat24 and elsesports.cat, or let themselves be guided towards musical discoveries with Ritmes’s twitter. Through YouTube, TV3 makes its videos available to a much wider audience, and thanks to Flickr, some programmes can offer extra visual material. Widgets are also an essential part in this revolution of the online formats. Embeddables for blogs, home pages, and desktops show the latest news on the CCMA blogs, and allow you to listen to Catalunya Ràdio programmes or keep up with the recipes from the Club de Cuines (Cuisine Club) via Twitter. CELL PHONES www.tv3.cat/mobils/ CCRTV Interactiva handles the participation channels by mobile for the programmes of TVC and Catalunya Ràdio, while offering a wide scope of services – access to mobile versions of the leading portals; news alerts; participation in various programmes; and customisation of terminals through downloading of melodies, colour backgrounds, games, and so on. It also participates in the broadcasting projects for mobile telephony of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, and in various pioneering interactive applications in our country, such as the TV3 mobile recorder, which enables programming from a terminal the recording of TV3 programmes at the Media Centre. ESPAI 8 www.espai8.cat Espai8 is a multi-user, multi-platform game that uses interactive channels to create global digital communities in Catalan. Espai8 is a development by 3xl.cat and boasts more than 20,000 registered players.