NASA's lunar mission with the launch of Artemis II has led some news outlets to bring back, in one way or another, that conspiracy theory which claims that the arrival of humans on the Moon in 1969 was a deception.

After a long professional career almost always linked with Televisió de Catalunya, the communicator Mari Pau Huguet (Estopanyà, 1963) has been Recognized this March as an Emblematic Woman by the Hera association of LleidaShe has been working in the Audience Services Office for over fifteen years, but continues to participate in audiovisual projects and host many events.

Chef Arnau París, one of the faces of the program Cuines from TV3, has announced via Instagram that he has become a father. A week ago, the twins he has with his partner, the also cook Rais Esteve, were born. The children are named Artur and Robert –the same initials as father and mother– and, as the chef explains on social media, they were born after 8 months of gestation. "Thank you for making me celebrate my first Father's Day, I celebrate your 40 little fingers that are always searching and sometimes find mine on the way," he wrote.

This Tuesday, Telenotícies vespre connected live to Sants station to report on the situation with Rodalies after the R1 and R4 lines had their service interrupted due to a fire. While journalist Oriol Freixenet Guitart was trying to explain what was happening with Rodalies, a member of Adif's security team put their hand in front of the camera to prevent public television from continuing to report. "Renfe's security agents are preventing us from doing this live broadcast. We came with Renfe's permission and they are interrupting us. We cannot explain more than what we were explaining to you, that the service has been interrupted," said the journalist, while from the production of Telenotícies vespre they were inserting B-roll footage of Sants station.

Card game already has its presenter handover ready, Marc Ribas. It will be Arnau París who will take the reins of the restaurant competition from next season, as announced by Que no surti d'aquí and confirmed to l'ARA TV3 and the presenter himself. Card game is one of the longest-running and most successful programs on Catalan public television. It began airing almost a decade ago, in 2017, and its ratings have never faltered. Proof of this are, for example, the data from this week's broadcast: the chapter dedicated to finding the best calçotada near Barcelona achieved a 21.7% market share – two points above the day's average – and 344,000 viewers.

A discreet man, generous with talent, and always kind, Eugeni Sallent was the executive who led the birth and growth of RAC1 from the engine room of management, propelling it to the forefront of Catalan-language radio. The station confirmed his death on Tuesday, at the age of 63, from cancer. His resume also includes a stint as director of TV3 during the turbulent years following the 2010 financial crisis. Born in Sabadell in 1962, Eugeni Sallent i Garriga was the son of the founder of Educa, a company dedicated to educational games and puzzles. A computer scientist by training, he also completed a master's degree in business administration at EADA Business School, and this dual background allowed him to become an information systems consultant for the Generalitat's IT Center in the mid-1990s. From there, and remaining in the public sector, he was appointed manager of the Catalunya Ràdio group of stations, a position he held when the newly launched private station, RAC1 (and its sister station, RAC105), was launched by the Godó Group. It was a somewhat risky venture, as the station was launched without listeners and at the same time as another private initiative, Ona Catalana, which was said to have more powerful political backers. From his position as managing director, and largely thanks to recruiting disaffected talent from Catalunya Ràdio when the tripartite coalition came to power—such as Jordi Basté and Toni Clapés—he led RAC1 to become the most listened-to radio station in the country, a position it still holds. In 2007, his achievements were recognized with the National Communication Award. And in 2010, he received the Quim Regàs Journalism Award in recognition of his career. In 2012, however, he returned to the public sphere, this time to head TV3. He did so without a single dissenting vote from the public broadcaster's governing board: the members nominated by Junts and the PP voted in favor, while the two board members appointed by the Socialists abstained. He replaced Mònica Terribas, and his role, despite being the director of the station, again focused more on management than content: it was the period of the great economic downturn, and the then-president of the public broadcaster, Brauli Duart, was counting on him to try to weather the storm of having to watch Corpora Convergència cut its public funding and advertising revenue plummet. However, the television station, which had achieved the top spot in 2010, managed to maintain its position as the most-watched in the country. Sallent left the post in 2016, dissatisfied with what he perceived as the blatant politicization of the director and news director positions, both at TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, following the change of government in the Generalitat that brought Esquerra to power. Under the agreement between Convergència and the Republicans, the former party was awarded control of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio's news programs, while ERC retained the symmetrical positions, in a system known internally as "the zipper." Sallent left quietly, but years later, in the book Objective TV3He explained: "I'd had enough. And I didn't like the political circumstances at the time. I'm not going to say anything politically incorrect, because I'll get a lot of flak for it, but I didn't agree with the way the parties were handing out positions. It's very difficult to get ahead in that company if you try to do your job from a strictly professional perspective."

The program for this Wednesday, January 28th, of the 3Cat contest Catch Me If You Can, presented by Llucià FerrerIt's now part of Catalan public television history. Contestant Albert Coromina, popularly known as "the beast," brown "From Olot," has been eliminated after 158 programs. An absolute record number, which has allowed him to accumulate up to 69,500 euros. Thematic, always with a smile from ear to ear and offering a significant dose of theater and sense of humor. Poisoned and, upon his elimination, he received applause from the entire team and a warm hug from Llucià Ferrer, with whom he has maintained a great rapport since the first day. "A very nice farewell, frankly. A stage that closes with emotion," acknowledged Albert Coromina on ARA just before the broadcast of the final program.

For months now, a certain aesthetic trend has been steadily growing among female television presenters. As ties have disappeared from the wardrobes of male news anchors, more and more female presenters are appearing on screen wearing items traditionally associated with men's clothing. Helena Garcia Melero, for example, has been seen on the program... Everything is moving From TV3, he wears wide-legged pleated trousers, a men's shirt, a tailored waistcoat, and a tie. This look is also common for Silvia Intxaurrondo in The time of La 1Alba Lago in News FourHenar Álvarez in In heaven with her Núria Roca from RTVE in The Rock or Raquel Sans, among many others.

"They'll make a man out of you in the army" was one of the most common phrases heard when mandatory military service was still in effect. For some people, spending time in a barracks for military training was a way to bring out a supposed virility. All of that is in the past, but the traumatic stories are still remembered: denigrating "rabbits"—new recruits—was a pastime of those of higher rank and veterans, some of whom were driven to these practices if they didn't want to become victims themselves. Following the success of the documentary They'll make you a manMireia Prats and Joan Torrents now showcase the work of eight months of research for a sequel to that piece. They'll Make You a Man: Silenced Deaths It delves into several cases of deaths under strange circumstances that occurred in military barracks, deaths that remain shrouded in doubt because they were never properly investigated. The production premieres this Tuesday on TV3 and on the 3Cat platform.

For years, the streaming world has insisted that television was a declining medium, while digital platforms like Twitch represented the inevitable future of audiovisual media. However, this narrative contradicts an obvious fact: when influencers, YouTubers And when celebrities receive an offer to work in traditional television, they readily accept it, because it has always been a more powerful platform for public recognition than any other. But adapting to a new language isn't so easy. Television is relentless in exposing the communication weaknesses and shortcomings of these figures. Being a natural in front of the camera from home doesn't, under any circumstances, guarantee the ability to energize the more complex workings of a television program.

After Our house3Cat expands its commitment to comedy. The platform launches in 2026 with the premiere of Beladas DepartmentA new comedy series from El Terrat, Andreu Buenafuente's production company, will be available on 3Cat starting Tuesday, January 13th. The show takes a somewhat surreal premise: what would happen if the imaginary creatures of folklore were alive and walked among human beings?

Christmas is coming, and many television networks are starting to make changes to their programming, including the Catalan public broadcaster. There's a difference, however: while many networks are keeping their daily shows and using the time to give opportunities to substitute presenters and up-and-coming talent, TV3 has opted to forgo live broadcasts and rely on pre-recorded programming. These changes will begin this Monday and will last until after the Three Kings' Day on January 7th. The special schedule features music, film, comedy, theater, and some classic Christmas programs.

For the past few weeks, TV3's weather forecast has included the city of Alghero, on the island of Sardinia, now part of Italy, which was once under the rule of the Crown of Aragon. 22.4% of the population speaks Catalan, a remnant of our ancestors' presence: this must be the reason why Catalan television is reporting the weather in that location. The initiative is commendable, as it informs viewers about the expansion of Catalans in the Mediterranean, something that, broadly speaking, occurred from the birth of James I (1225) and the reign of Peter the Ceremonious until the reincorporation of the Kingdom of Majorca into the Crown on December 13.

Actor and broadcaster Miquel Murga, known for his appearances in Three peaks and a second peak Miquel Murga, a TV3 presenter, has died at the age of 65, as announced today by Ràdio 4, the station with which he collaborated. "We deeply regret the death of our former colleague, collaborator, and friend Miquel Murga, a tireless creator in the world of theater, radio, and television," the public broadcaster stated on its social media. Murga also collaborated with Ràdio Estel.

Chef Arnau París, one of the faces of the program Kitchens The TV3 presenter will become a father of twins with his partner, fellow chef Rais Esteve. They announced the news a few days ago with a funny video on Instagram accompanied by the caption: "We've been following our best recipe for 21 weeks. And yes, twins are on the way."

TV3 managed to lead the television ratings on Tuesday night with Nights without fiction, which the documentary offered Flood alert It garnered an average of 272,000 viewers and a 15.7% audience share. This journalistic piece explained the pressure exerted on technicians at the Catalan Water Agency (ACA), during the height of the construction boom, to sign reports favorable to projects in flood-prone areas. The report was preceded by controversy, as it was initially scheduled to air at the end of September, but its broadcast was cancelled when the news department postponed it indefinitely, deeming it did not meet the Corporation's journalistic standards. Its authors, however, considered it an act of censorship and obtained a statement of condemnation from the Professional Committee, the body representing all journalists working at TV3, in addition to the works council, and from the program itself. Non-fiction

The merging of the various news brands of the Catalan Audiovisual Media Corporation (CCMA) into a single entity has generated controversy among some of the organization's employees and also among voices linked to Junts, one of the political forces that formed the current leadership of the organization. However, audience analysis shows that the ratings meters have ignored this issue, and viewership has improved for most of the network's news programs, albeit with some nuances.

A year and a half ago, through the dispatches from Jerusalem by Roser Oliver and Almudena Ariza, we witnessed the pressure and intimidation suffered by journalists reporting on the war between Israel and Hamas at the hands of some citizens.

Twenty days ago, on October 11th, the Weekend news It started fifteen minutes late due to technical problems. TV3 had to switch to 3CatInfo so that, in an impromptu fashion, the news could be explained while they tried to overcome the difficulties. In the midst of the launch of the new studios, and after months of boasting about the technological innovations, the system failed. A quarter of an hour later than scheduled, at 2:44 p.m., Joan Raventós and Júlia López began the midday news broadcast.

It is often said that all Catalans have a Barça coach and a TV3 director inside them, which, in the case of public television, is not entirely wrong, because it indicates that for many it is indeed yours, As the well-known slogan goes, the controversial content of a public entity shouldn't surprise us. That this controversy spills over into the political arena is even less surprising, because TV3, or 3Cat, is a powerful tool thanks to decades of success, and if successive governments have been tempted to turn it into a tool for their own interests, the opposition has tried to do the same through criticism.