Alfred Costageneral director of Valencian public television In Puntpresented his “irrevocable” resignation this Wednesday. The journalist was at the head of Valencian public radio and televisionwhich he joined in 2018 as broadcast manager.
The general director of À Punt communicated his decision on Wednesday to the staff of the public entity, to whom he sent a letter in which he explains that his resignation is “the result of deep personal and professional reflection.” In addition, he indicates that he hopes that this step “will allow us to accelerate the transformation process public media provided for by the new law. Alfred Costa alludes to law promoted by PP and Vox when they still governed in coalition in the Valencian Community, a rule that was applied to the Corts with the votes in favor of both parties.
Likewise, Costa leaves the General Management at an opportune time for Valencian television in terms of audience. With the coverage that the company has made of the DANAthe channel managed to reach its better audience data.
On this issue, Costa highlighted “the titanic effort and sacrifice staff of a good part of the staff [la sección de] “The company and the management team” during the “extraordinary coverage” of the worst cold snap of the century, although it extended it to the “recent years” during which they “worked through public media” .
The general manager also linked this mammoth effort to the team’s commitment to the “values of transparency, independence And proximity“, which “have never resonated so much in the homes of the hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens who trusted À Punt from the first minute of the drama.”
In this sense, he emphasized that even the management team committed to “taking up the challenge of carrying out a commercial and television project where all Valencians feel represented”. without any exclusion“. Alfred Costa did not forget to mention the staff, not only of the television itself, but also those hired by the producers with whom À Punt works, who shared “from the first minute”, he detailed, “the concern and the talent to connect from the informationhe entertainment and the fiction with an audience who asked to listen.
Financial support and offer to Vilaplana
As for these production companies, in fact, the journalist indicated that they were able to understand from the start “the requests and needs of new audiovisual realities in general, but also the many particularities of the Valencian model of radio and television. Thus, he clarified that the Valencian public always “needs vital basic financial support develop a competitive industry in a market in constant renewal”, due to the war with private channels, with which they compete without being able to resort, like them, to advertising.
Alfred Costa’s resignation comes after the offer of Carlos Mazon has Maribel Vilaplana. The Valencian president had lunch with the journalist during DANA’s black day, Tuesday October 29. The president of the Consell took advantage of the meeting to offer him the leadership of À Punt, now vacant with the departure of Costa. However, Vilaplana rejected it.
