Vatican Television Center
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The Vatican Television Center (VTC) is the national broadcaster of the state of Vatican City
. Vatican Central Television was first aired in 1983.
, the Vatican Television Center is since November 1996, an institution legally associated with the Vatican
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The main services offered by the Vatican Television Center (VTC) are live broadcasts, daily help to others media, creation of television programs and archives stock control.
General directors
Administrative secretaries
and of Vatican
activities.
Each year, VTC broadcasts around 130 events in Vatican and covers daily public activities of the holy Pope and its mains activities out of the Vatican.
or TV2000, and foreign television channels such as KTO
. If asked VTC also gives images to other television channels for events in the Vatican or during Pope’s visits all around the world. In Vatican, it can offer assistance setting up press center and press conference but also with services of special reporters and video and audio help for foreign television channels.
, and of Pope Benedict XVI
. It made documentaries on the lives of Pope, on the Vatican city and on the main churches of Catholicism. They were broadcast in English, Spanish, French and in other languages.
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
. Vatican Central Television was first aired in 1983.
History of the channel
Created in 1983 by Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
, the Vatican Television Center is since November 1996, an institution legally associated with the Vatican
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
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The main services offered by the Vatican Television Center (VTC) are live broadcasts, daily help to others media, creation of television programs and archives stock control.
Board of directors
Directors- Archives director. John Patrick FoleyJohn Patrick FoleyJohn Patrick Foley is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2007 until 2011, he was Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, having previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1984 to 2007. He was...
: 1984 – 1989 - D Emilio Rossi : since 1989
General directors
- Mgr Ugo Moretto : May 1997 – June 2001
- P. Federico LombardiFederico LombardiFederico Lombardi, SJ is an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the current director of the Holy See Press Office.-Early life and ordination:...
, S.I. : since 11th July 2001
Administrative secretaries
- Dr Antonio Mandelli : 1988 – 2001
- Dr Roberto Romolo : since 2001
Missions
VTC’s main goal is the universal expansion of the Catholicism and the diffusion of the Gospel truth by creating television materials and broadcasting images of the PopePope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
and of Vatican
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
activities.
Programs
Programs are mainly base on what happens in Vatican. Daily prayers such as Angelus, general audiences of Wednesdays and various celebrations are broadcast. Pope’s travels around the world are also broadcast.Each year, VTC broadcasts around 130 events in Vatican and covers daily public activities of the holy Pope and its mains activities out of the Vatican.
- Octava Dies : is a weekly magazine of 25 minutes broadcast in the entire world since EasterEasterEaster is the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday...
1998. It is also broadcast by Italian catholic television channels and by press agencies such as APTN. It is available in English and Italian in the Vatican’s website (broadcast every Sunday at 12:30 after the Angelus).
Broadcast
Live broadcast are made on the Vatican’s website and by other Italian catholic televisions channels such as TelepaceTelepace
Established in 1979, Telepace is an Italy-based broadcasting network that carries Roman Catholic-themed programming. The programs include programming from Centro Televisivo Vaticano.Also on Satellite TV, Telepace broadcast also as TV Syndication in Italy with more than 50 affiliated television...
or TV2000, and foreign television channels such as KTO
KTO
KTO can refer to:* Korean Theater of Operations* Korea Tourism Organization KTO , a French-language television channel of the Archdiocese of Paris* Kuwait Theater of Operations...
. If asked VTC also gives images to other television channels for events in the Vatican or during Pope’s visits all around the world. In Vatican, it can offer assistance setting up press center and press conference but also with services of special reporters and video and audio help for foreign television channels.
Production
VTC produced many documentaries during the ten years of reign of Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II
Blessed Pope John Paul II , born Karol Józef Wojtyła , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted ; only Pope Pius IX ...
, and of Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
. It made documentaries on the lives of Pope, on the Vatican city and on the main churches of Catholicism. They were broadcast in English, Spanish, French and in other languages.
Archive center
VTC owns a library of more than 10.000 record, that means 4.000 hours of records and images of Pope John Paul II’s reign since 1984. This library is opened to foreign television channels and to documentaries producers from all around the world. The secretary of VTC is opened from Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.External links
- Live VTC from the Internet - Format MPEG-4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
- Live VTC from the Internet - Format H.264
- Vatican news services official page