The channel began regular broadcasts on 25 April 2018, in replacement of the defunct Nou, Nou 24 and Nou Dos, and is broadcast through the same multiplex.[1][2]
À Punt is available exclusively in the Valencian Community. Originally, it was intended to also be available in other Catalan-speaking territories, namely Catalonia and Balearic Islands, as is the case with TV3 and IB3 respectively, and to recover the defunct broadcasting of these channels in the area,[3] but the Spanish government rejected the multiplex needed to establish it.[4]
In the summer of 2015, the new Valencian government of Ximo Puig started procedures to relaunch Valencian television, waiting for the Corts Valencianes to approve a definitive model. A provisional channel began broadcasting, with hardly any workers, prerecorded content, films or series that Nou had already acquired.[6][7]
Test card shown on the three former Valencian channels on 30 August 2017. The text, in Valencian, reads "We are À Punt Mèdia. We are working to make the Valencian public communication space a reality".
On 14 July 2016, the Corts approved with 64 votes in favour (PSPV, Compromís, Podemos and Ciutadans) and 26 abstentions (PP) a law proposal for the creation of the Valencian Media Corporation.[8] On 30 August 2017, the new Valencian television started broadcasting a test card presenting the new name as À Punt Media.[9] By December, the test card began broadcasting audio from the new À Punt FM [ca].
On December 18, 2017, the first broadcasts began on the À Punt website, displaying the existing Valencian dubs of Doraemon, Hamtaro and Case Closed.[10]
Regular broadcasts began on 10 June 2018, with full 24-hour programming. The channel's launch was realised at 14:30 CEST, with the first edition of À Punt Notícies, a 45-minute news report presented by Adelaida Ferre and Vanessa Gregori.[11]
À Punt's audience was not measured until October 2018, four months after the start of broadcasts. Although the first week of the month it reached 2.4%, from the second week onwards, it dropped to 1.4%, far from the set target of 4%.[12] Towards the end of the first year, the average audience was 2%, with Doraemon leading the audience with a 6% share.[13]
In the summer of 2019, the station increased its audience with a share of 2.4%. For the autumn and winter season, the television schedule changed with more information timespaces and a new season for comedy programme Assumptes Interns.[14]
By late 2022, À Punt reached an average audience higher than state-wide Spanish channels La Sexta and La 2.[15] In March 2023, À Punt reached its highest monthly audience, with a 4.4% share.[16]
Valencian Community
