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The Vatican Television Center (CTV) was created in 1983. In November
1996 it was officially recognized as an organization fully associated with
the Holy See.
The principal aim of CTV is to contribute to spreading the universal
message of the Gospel by using television to document the Pope's pastoral
ministry and the activities of the Apostolic See. (From the Statute of
June 1st 1998) The main services offered by CTV are the following: live broadcasts,
production, archiving, and daily assistance to other broadcasters. LIVE BROADCASTS Every year CTV conducts around 130 live broadcasts of events inside the
Vatican (the Angelus, the Pope's General Audience and other events or
celebrations). In addition there are the live broadcasts associated with
the Holy Father's trips in Italy and abroad. Live broadcasts are trasmitted by other Catholic television networks. On request by
international TV networks CTV can coordinate satellite link-ups in order
to relay the signal anywhere in the world. On an experimental basis, the
Angelus is currently trasmitted directly from the Vatican via Intelsat
towards America every Sunday. CTV is also promoting a project which
includes the interactive and multimedial diffusion of certain major events
marking the start of the Third Millennium. DAILY SERVICES CTV covers the daily public activities of the Holy Father and the main
events that take place within the Apostolic See. It distributes this footage to the press agencies and television
stations that request it. CTV also distributes footage shot as part of the
papal entourage during the Pope's trips abroad and coordinates special
duplications centers within the press centers on these trips. Inside the
Vatican, CTV offers assistance and facilities to foreign correspondents
(TV crews, video and audio assistance, satellite broadcasts, editing
facilities, etc.). PRODUCTION CTV has produced numerous documentaries over the past ten years of Pope
John Paul II's pontificate, on the Vatican and the Basilicas of Rome.
These have been broadcast on television and distributed on home video,
often in other language editions including English and Spanish. Since Easter 1998 a weekly (25-minute) magazine program entitled "Octava
Dies" is rebroadcast nationally by Italian Catholic networks and
globally in "natural sound" by APTN. The Italian and
English-language versions can be heard on this Internet site. ARCHIVES CTV manages a temperature and humidity controlled area housing a video
archive with over 10,000 cassettes and approximately 4,000 hours of video
recordings of Pope John Paul II documenting his pontificate since 1984.
Television networks and documentary producers from all over the world
constantly request access to this archive. A computerized filing system
means the footage can be easily consulted according to subject matter,
date etc. Private individuals can request copies of CTV video recordings and
productions on VHS by contacting the Vatican Television Center office
which is open from 9 to 13, Rome time, Monday to Saturday. THE VATICAN TELEVISION CENTER Director General: Father Federico Lombardi E-mail: ctv@ctv.va (Office) |
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