Tjarnarbíó Competitors

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service – Ríkisútvarpið, or RÚV for short - is an independent public service broadcaster, comprising television, radio and online services. The main objective of the National Broadcasting Service is to inform, educate and entertain. This triple role is reflected in its mission to provide the public with reliable news service and culture and entertainment content of the highest quality. We place particular attention on the Icelandic language, the history of the nation, cultural heritage and an active dialogue with the public. We furthermore place special focus on quality programming for children and young people. RÚV’s Archives are open and accessible to the public. RÚV is managed by an executive board made up of nine members, nominated by the Parliament and elected during a General Assembly in January each year, and by a management board chaired by the director-general. Among the emphases in the new strategy are upgraded services for young people; closer collaboration with the creative arts; more open development of ideas; news coverage in greater depth and a major drive in drama production. The strategy was unveiled at a conference on the future of media in the Broadcasting Centre on Efstaleiti. RÚV‘s history spans over 80 years with regular radio service starting in 1930. Television broadcasts begun in 1966 and the website RUV.is was launched in 1996. Today RÚV is comprised of the following services: • TV channels: RÚV, RÚV 2 • Radio channels: Rás 1, Rás 2, Rondó • Internet and mobile platforms: www.ruv.is, podcasts and apps

Because of its geographical location midway between North America and Europe, Iceland has a tremendous advantage when it comes to hosting conferences and meetings. Now, with the new 28.000 square meters (258.000 sq ft) Concert and Conference Centre, Iceland will acquire facilities that will easily accommodate larger international conferences, conventions with accompanying trade shows and promotions for any group meetings of large organisations and companies.

Borgarleikhúsið er stærsta og best búna leikhús landsins, 10.400 fermetrar að stærð. Að auki telst það í hópi best búnu leikhúsa Evrópu. Í upphafi voru sviðin tvö, Stóra sviðið og Litla sviðið. Stóri salurinn er blævængslaga með einu, hallandi gólfi og tekur 529 manns í sæti, en sá litli er sexhyrndur með breytilegri sætaskipan og tekur að jafnaði um 170 manns í sæti, en hefur tekið hátt á þriðja hundrað gesta. Í október 2001 var þriðja sviðinu bætt við, Nýja sviðinu, sem í dag er fullkominn ,,svartur kassi“ sem býður uppá mikla möguleika hvað varðar rýmisnýtingu. Sæti eru fyrir 300 áhorfendur. Þriðja hæðin, kaffileikhúsið; lítill salur við mötuneyti starfsmanna, hefur auk þess verið notaður við ýmsar uppákomur, fyrirlestra og sýningar en salurinn tekur um 70 manns í sæti. Leikið hefur verið á ýmsum öðrum stöðum í húsinu eins og í forsal leikhússins, í starfsmannarými baksviðs og boðið hefur verið upp á sviðsettar skoðunarferðir um allt leikhúsið.