Colombia. The Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) published a new Data Flash with relevant data on open television programming in the country.
The report shows how the content grid evolved during the second half of 2024 and information on institutional spaces, the origin of programming and access mechanisms for the deaf and hard of hearing population.
According to the most recent report on content broadcast on open television channels in Colombia, during the second half of 2024, family programming represented 81.1% of the television offer, followed by children's (8.1%), adult (6.1%) and adolescent (4.7%).
These results confirm the preference of channels to offer content suitable for the whole family, reinforcing the role of open television as an intergenerational meeting space with universal access.
More than three quarters of the programming (75.5%) has support systems for the deaf and hard of hearing population, mainly through Closed Captioning. This indicator shows significant progress in inclusion, although it still poses the challenge of expanding the coverage of accessible tools.
In terms of institutional spaces, which are segments of programming on open television intended for the dissemination of pedagogical, educational, cultural or informative content of public interest, produced by state or non-profit entities, the channels broadcast an average of 34 hours in the semester. Of that total, 60.8% corresponded to the broadcast plan sent by the CRC to the channels and 39.2% to spaces established in a fixed manner in the regulation.
As a relevant finding, it was identified that open television in Colombia continues to privilege national production: on average, 81.7% of the programming broadcast is of Colombian origin, with a special leadership of regional channels that reached 85.3%.
This leadership of national production strengthens the local audiovisual industry and contributes to preserving the country's cultural identity in the face of the growing international offer.
"With this publication, the CRC seeks to promote transparency, strengthen the debate on the quality and diversity of open television and ensure that information is available to all citizens, operators and interested entities," explained Mauricio Vera, Commissioner of Audiovisual Content of the CRC.
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