Festival Internacional de Radio y Television Cuba in Havana
Organised by ICRT, Cuba's state broadcasting institute created in 1962 and renamed in 1975, this event functions mainly as a professional trade gathering for the radio and television industry, with exhibitor stands, cooperation agreements, master classes and audiovisual showcases for delegates rather than a public arts festival. A closing artistic gala is its main element open to general audiences.
This festival grows out of Cuba's state broadcasting apparatus, the Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television, a body created in 1962 as the Cuban Broadcasting Institute and renamed ICRT in 1975 when it absorbed television alongside radio under a single institutional structure.