On 29 September 1982, the Executive Council of the Catalan Autonomous Government (Generalitat de Catalunya) passed the Bill concerning both the creation of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation (then Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió, now Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals) and the regulation of the Generalitat’s radio and television broadcasting services. The final text, after going through the stage of a parliamentary commission marked by a clear consensus, was passed by the plenary of the Catalan Parliament on 18 May 1983, and the Law was published in the Generalitat’s Official Gazette (Diari Oficial de la Generalitat, DOGC) on 14th June. Named as Law 10/1983 of 30th May of the Creation of the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation Public Body (Corporació Catalana de Ràdio i Televisió, CCRTV), it was one of the first laws unanimously passed by the Catalan Chamber.

The first law of the Corporation was in force until 18 October 2007, date in which the current Law 11/2007, of 11th October, on the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation under its new name Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) was published in the DOGC. For more than twenty-three years, the law on the creation fulfilled its main objective, namely that of contributing in a decisive manner towards the linguistic and cultural normalisation of Catalan radio and television, as well as that of playing an essential role in the impulse and development of the Catalan audiovisual industry.