Anna Garnatxe, Joan Raventós and Júlia López, new presenters of 'Telenotícies'

BarcelonaTV3 has already decided who will be the host of the new newscasts that should start next season. The Catalan public broadcaster will thus crown a nearly two-year process in which the format, the sets, and the production of the programs have been rethought. Newscast, in addition to appointing new editors and, now, presenters. Among the new additions are Anna Garnatxe, Joan Raventós and Júlia López, who will join already familiar faces that remain, such as Raquel Sans, Toni Cruanyes, Xavi Coral and Núria Solé. The change involves the departure of one of the long-standing members, Ramon Pellicer. According to ARA, what has commanded the Newscast On weekends he will be the presenter of The Marathon This year and from 2026 he will take on a new program focused on social issues

In fact, the Weekend newscast disappears. At midday, Anna Garnatxe and Xavi Coral will host the news from Monday to Friday, while on Saturdays and Sundays it will be hosted by Júlia López and Joan Raventós. At night, Toni Cruanyes remains, but only from Monday to Thursday, since from Friday to Sunday it will be Raquel Sans who will present the news, also with a more authorial and analytical tone. Newscast of the regions remains as it is, with Núria Solé as presenter.

Anna Garnatxe is a veteran with extensive experience in the house. She was the one who took over the TN regions when Núria Solé was on sick leave and also took over the midday show in the summer, when Raquel Sans and Xavi Coral were on holiday, in a move that was already being sold on the basis of the need to test new faces in the face of potential replacements. The journalist has also done reports for theInfoK, the children's news program on SX3. Júlia López had been a reporter for Betevé, on the program Online on La 2 and also on RAC1, before joining the TV3 editorial team at the end of 2021 and taking over shifts on 324. Joan Raventós, meanwhile, was previously a correspondent in Brussels. Born in Vilafranca, he joined the TV3 editorial team in 2003 and has worked in the international section since 2015. He had previously worked for the weekly 3 of eight.

A profound change

Beyond the dance of faces, the new season of the Newscast It will launch with changes to the set, masks, and production. And, above all, it will be when the new 3Catinfo brand will be operational, bringing together the Corporation's various digital news outlets. This digital platform will include a mobile app, a website with a revamped design, and new audiovisual formats, with a greater presence of short audio clips and vertical videos, designed for mobile viewing. This platform will also allow for personalized content and, for the first time, will include audio descriptions of all news. It will feature a weekly newsletter, a daily podcast, and news channels on both WhatsApp and Telegram, as well as a dedicated fact-checking branch, led by Carlos Baraibar, as a tool to combat disinformation.

The emergence of 3Catinfo will entail revamping Catalunya Informació and 324, which will adopt the new brand. In both cases, live coverage and context will be prioritized, beyond strictly reporting the news.

From a material standpoint, the main change will be the inauguration of a new central news studio that will be used for the newscasts and all special programs. The new equipment will feature state-of-the-art screens that will allow for the creation of distinct spaces and a new, improved graphics system. The Corporation also assures that the five-camera robotic system will be unique in the world, allowing for the capture of high-quality images and the use of "more artistic and creative" production resources.

Maintaining Leadership

The Newscast TV3's news programs are still the jewel in the crown of the channel, in terms of audience and prestige. In addition to leading the audience rankings most days, they are also the leaders in ratings according to the international company GfK, which awards a score from 0 to 10 to all programs, based on surveys of a stable group of viewers. Using this method, the public channel's news programs receive a rating of 8.4, the highest score in Spain.

Midday News is achieving a 29.6% audience share this season, and the evening is achieving 23.1%. These figures are double the channel's overall average. The lead is also maintained on weekends, reaching 25.8% of the audience. share at midday and 20.8% at night. Regions scores 22.5%. The most-watched newscast in Catalonia is Toni Cruanyes's, which is watched by an average of 834,000 viewers each day, in part or in full.

week. In the conversation, he explains the keys to the change and begins to outline what his new professional phase will be like, with which he hopes to recover a profile similar to the one he developed with the program. Between the lines.