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Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launched on 3 March 1990, becoming the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels and the second private channel in Spain. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the biscione-absent flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel logos. History On April 4, 1986, the Council of Ministers of Spain approved private television in the country, the legislation was approved in 1988. On August 25, 1989, the contest was held to obtain three private television licenses, the which were granted to Gestevisión Telecinco, Grupo Antena 3 and Sogecable. Tele 5 began transmissions experimentally in 1989 to officially begin broadcasting on March 3, 1990, although with limited coverage in Madrid and Barcelona. In January 1991, it achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediaset España
Mediaset España (), full name Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A., is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian company MFE - MediaForEurope. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic channels and a film production subsidiary, Telecinco Cinema. Created in 1989 as ''Gestevisión Telecinco'', it was then granted one of the first licenses for private free-to-air analogic terrestrial TV broadcasting in Spain. In 2009, already in the TDT transition era, Gestevisión agreed with PRISA's Sogecuatro to merge their businesses (most notably their flagship channels Telecinco and Cuatro), with in exchange of a minor participation of PRISA as shareholder of Gestevisión. In 2011, the media conglomerate was renamed to Mediaset España Comunicación S.A. PRISA eventually sold its remaining shares in 2015. History 1989–1993: The early years Gestevisión Telecinco was established on 10 March 1989, to participate in the government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuatro (TV Channel)
Cuatro (stylized as cuatro°, "Four") is a Spanish free-to-air television channel that was launched in November 2005. Owned by Mediaset España, the Spanish subsidiary of the Italian Mediaset group, it is broadcast on TV frequencies licensed to the previous owner Sogecable in 1990 and previously used by them for the analogue transmission of its pay-per-view channel Canal+. History In 2006, Cuatro scored a massive coup by striking a deal with the Royal Spanish Football Federation and Spain's national football team allowing it to show all of the team's matches, and it also concluded an agreement with rival channel La Sexta to share the rights to broadcast the games of general interest in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It snatched this licence from TVE, who had held the rights to the national team's matches for years. In 2008, together with satellite platform Digital+, owned by the same company, Cuatro secured the rights to broadcast the UEFA Euro 2008 championship, scoring the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaSiete
LaSiete ''( en, The Seven)'', formerly known as ''Telecinco 2'', was a Spanish digital terrestrial television channel, operated by Mediaset España. It began its broadcasts on 18 February 2008, replacing Telecinco Sport. On 18 May 2009, Telecinco 2 changed its name to ''LaSiete''. In early February 2014, it was confirmed that ''LaSiete'' would become a telenovela channel. On February 14, 2014, ''LaSiete'' officially became a new telenovelas channel and broadcast telenovelas until its closure in May. History The channel ceased broadcasting on 5 May 2014, as a consequence of a sentence by the Supreme Court that annulled the concessions for nine channels broadcasting in DTT, because their permissions for frequencies were granted without the required public consensus and assignments system according to the Audiovisual Law. Logos Telenovelas Past Telenovelas *''La Tempestad'' (February 14-April 21, 2014) *''Mentir para Vivir'' (February 14-April 22, 2014) *''Destilando Amor'' (Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boing (Spanish TV Channel)
Boing is a Spanish free-to-air television channel launched in 2010 and owned as a joint venture between Mediaset España and Warner Bros. Discovery through its International unit. When Cartoonito and Cartoon Network were shut down on 30 June 2013, many of their programmes were moved to Boing, alongside new Boomerang programmes. Series on the channel are also available in English via a secondary audio feed. Additional Boing feeds are available in Italy, France and Sub-Saharan Africa, with Cartoon Network and Boomerang also being available in those territories. History On 28 November 2008, Telecinco and Turner, reached an agreement to introduce a children's programming block on the Telecinco channel, with some 42 hours of weekly programming. Three days later, the Boing drawing container began in Telecinco and Telecinco 2. Months later, on 11 May 2009, Boing went from Telecinco 2 to Factoría de Ficción, of the same group, with the same contents and similar schedules, since Teleci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecinco Sport
Telecinco Sport was a Spanish sport channel available on TDT, and owned by Gestevisión Telecinco. On 18 February 2008, the channel was closed, and the frequency was given to Telecinco 2. Programming Programmes of Telecinco Sport were provided by Eurosport News, that provided news bulletins related to national and international sporting events in a schedule between 7.30 a.m. and 1 a.m. Initially it transmitted sport news every 15 minutes, and repeats of Formula One races and Superbikes Superbike racing is a category of motorcycle racing that employs highly modified production motorcycles, as opposed to MotoGP in which purpose-built motorcycles are used. The Superbike World Championship is the official world championship series, t ... External links {{Spanish television stations Defunct television channels in Spain Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008 Spanish-language television stations Telecin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Factoría De Ficción
Factoría de Ficción is a Spanish free-to-air television network owned by Mediaset España. It was launched on 18 February 2008 as ''FDF Telecinco'', replacing Telecinco Estrellas. On 25 July 2009 it changed its logo and name only to "Factoría de Ficción" (Spanish for ''factory of fiction''). It is a 24-hour channel and airs both syndicated and original television series and films. It is available on free-to-air digital television, and cable television.La industria audiovisual en España – Acadenmia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión, Corporación Multimedia – 2010 Page 190 "Sin embargo, el operador siempre ha contado con una señal dedicada a la redifusión de sus series de producción propia -Telecinco Estrellas en origen y Factoría de Ficción en la actualidad-, uno de sus contenidos tradicionalmente más ..." Programming Factoría de Ficcion airs syndicated television series, both international and local, most of them reruns of series previously aired on sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divinity (TV Channel)
Divinity is a private Spanish television channel owned by Mediaset España, whose programming is aimed to target women. Divinity began test broadcasts on 1 March 2011 before fully launching on 1 April 2011. LaNueve project With the expansion of the number of channels in 2010, before the merger of Telecinco and Cuatro, Telecinco was considering launching a free channel dedicated to women. The channel would have been launched on 1 September 2010 as "LaNueve" (The Nine) corresponding to its logical channel number on digital terrestrial television. Its programming would have included: current affairs, entertainment, fiction series and informative spaces for women. A month after the announcement, Telecinco announced that the project was dropped and replaced by a children's channel, Boing. The project was finally resumed and La Nueve started broadcasting on 2 January 2013. The programmes are mainly repeats of series previously shown on the other Mediaset channels, especially Telecinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nueve (Spanish TV Channel)
Nueve was a private Spanish television channel owned by Mediaset España Comunicación. Their programming is aimed at more conventional women. Nueve officially began broadcasting its programming on January 21, 2013 (20 days after starting the test broadcasts). The channel uses the song "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi for its jingle and theme. History Project TV-channel With the expansion of the number of channels in 2010, before the merger of Telecinco and Cuatro, Telecinco was considering launching a free channel dedicated to women. The channel would have been launched on September 1, 2010 as "LaNueve" (The Nine) corresponding to its logical channel number on digital terrestrial television. Its programming would have included: current affairs, entertainment, fiction series and informative spaces for women. A month after the announcement, Telecinco rescinded the project and replaced it with a children's channel: Boing. Recovery of the project and launch the channel On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telecinco Estrellas
Telecinco Estrellas was a Spanish television channel operated by Gestevisión Telecinco. It is available 24 hours a day on digital terrestrial (TDT in Spain), satellite and cable. The channel specialises in drama and comedy programmes from around the world. Examples of programming include ''Mentes Criminales'' (Criminal Minds) and ''Yo Soy Bea'' a local version of ''Betty la Fea'' (Ugly Betty). On 18 February 2008, the channel was closed, and the frequency was given to FDF Telecinco FDF may refer to: * Djiboutian Football Federation () * Factoría de Ficción, a Spanish free-to-air television channel ** Factoría de Ficción (TV channel, 2000–2007), a defunct Spanish specialty television channel available on cable and satel .... References External links Official website Telecinco Defunct television channels in Spain Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008 Spanish-language television stations Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediaset
Mediaset Italia S.p.A., also known as Mediaset, is an Italian-based mass media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. The company is controlled by the holding company MFE - MediaForEurope. Founded in 1987 by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the group competes primarily against the public broadcaster RAI, the privately owned La7 and (through Sky Group Limited) Comcast's Sky Italia. Mediaset's headquarters are in Milan, Lombardy. Many of its studios are located in the Milano 2 area of Segrate, a municipality bordering Milan, where broadcasts of local station TeleMilano (now airing nationally as Mediaset's Canale 5) began in 1978. After merging with various local broadcaster to form the Canale 5 syndication, much production was moved to Cologno Monzese, where the infrastructure of the former Telealtomilanese was present. The company currently has three main television production centres, in Milan (Segrate, Cologno Monzese) and Rome. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Vasile
Paolo Vasile (born 1953) is an Italian businessman and film and television producer. He served as the CEO of Gestevisión Telecinco/Mediaset España from 1999 to 2022. Biography Born in Rome in 1953, Vasile was the last of four siblings, son to producer, screenwriter, director, author and critic Turi Vasile and Silvana Gualdi. He studied Anthropology and worked as film producer for ten years. An acquaintance of media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi since the early 1980s, Vasile switched cinema for television, reportedly encouraged by his wife Ana Lisa. He became deputy director general of Mediaset and responsible for the production facilities of the company in Rome. Berlusconi sent him to Spain in 1998 in order to get Telecinco back on track, becoming Berlusconi's right-hand man in Spain. After Vasile was appointed CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energy (TV Channel)
Energy (Stylized as E.) is a private Spanish television channel owned by Mediaset España. Its programming is aimed towards a male audience. It began test broadcasts on 27 December 2011 before fully launching on 9 January 2012. Programming Energy airs syndicated television series, both international and local, most of them reruns of series previously aired on sister channels Telecinco and Cuatro. It also includes sports broadcasts, news documentaries, movies and international foreign fiction series. Devoted largely to broadcast sporting events and the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the UEFA European Football Championship, Copa del Rey, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFS Futsal Men's Championship; NBA basketball and the Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
