Media support for the propagation of faith

Behind the Catholic Radio & Television Network (CRTN) is a modern production studio specialising in reports and documentaries on the Catholic Church in remote areas. The broadcasts primarily serve to support evangelisation efforts and promote solidarity with the suffering Church. Additionally, they further publicise the work of Aid to the Church in Need. Through our network, we are able to provide productions to TV and radio stations around the world.

» CRTN is a production and media service that is globally unique in the Church. «

In 2018, the studio produced 390 TV and radio programmes in all language versions, which were then broadcast on 102 TV and 475 radio stations. In addition to documentary films and interview broadcasts such as “Where God Weeps” and “Donde Dios Llora”, we were able to produce a considerable number of short films for special ACN fundraisers.

CRTN achieved record distribution in 2018 with documentary films alone: the broadcasts reached 102 television stations worldwide.
CRTN achieved record distribution in 2018 with documentary films alone: the broadcasts reached 102 television stations worldwide.

Especially in non-Christian areas, spreading the Gospel through radio and television plays a very important role. The best example is in the Middle East, where there are more than 600 Muslim television channels, but only two Christian ones. Aid to the Church in Need oversees the establishment of Catholic radio and television stations here and supports the required training of staff members, thereby ensuring that they are professionally qualified.

Media support for the propagation of faith.
Media support for the propagation of faith.

CRTN achieved record distribution in 2018 with documentary films alone: the broadcasts reached 102 television stations worldwide. These included seven TV stations in North America, ten in Europe, 55 in Latin America via SIPCATV and 23 TV channels in Russia via Blagovest-Media.

Every day, broadcasts reach tens of millions worldwide. In addition to production and distribution, CRTN also supports a number of worldwide TV distribution initiatives through consulting and programming services. What’s more, CRTN established the global Catholic television resource network crtn.org 19 years ago, which gives Catholic producers and television stations the opportunity to facilitate the presentation, exchange and distribution of Catholic programmes worldwide.

CRTN is a production and media service that is globally unique in the Church.
CRTN is a production and media service that is globally unique in the Church.

In addition, we have compiled a web catalogue containing 1,363 productions. In 2018, 274 producers and 140 television stations used this service, which is unique in the Church. A CRTN newsletter, a CRTN Facebook page with 2,000 followers and the CRTN YouTube channel round off our media service.

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