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Junts Launches Parliamentary Push Against 3Cat Rebrand as Illa Keeps Distance

The fight over consolidating TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio into 3CatInfo could reopen disputed midterm renewals at media regulators and alter board majorities under the post‑2024 seat balance.

Overview

  • At Parliament’s control session, Junts leader Albert Batet demanded a rectification on the public-media rebrand, while President Salvador Illa said he only asks for rigor and truthful information.
  • Junts-appointed CCMA councillors Àngels Ponsa and Pep Riera requested an extraordinary, monographic meeting with president Rosa Romà to examine what they call the recent drift of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio.
  • A workers’ protest is scheduled to oppose folding the legacy brands TV3, 324, Catalunya Ràdio and Catalunya Informació into the 3CatInfo umbrella.
  • Junts argues the branding shift weakens established identities and reflects a broader “denationalization” strategy, criticizing what it calls growing banalization in programming.
  • A legal dispute over whether midpoint renewals are already due at the CCMA and CAC has resurfaced, with Junts contending seats are overdue for rotation and PSC and ERC rejecting immediate changes as the 2024 electoral arithmetic could reshape the boards.