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and

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. On 6 March 2013, Grupo Antena 3 was renamed Atresmedia, thereby Antena 3 de Televisión changed to Atresmedia Televisión.

Divisions

Television

Atresmedia operates several channels through Atresmedia Televisión of which Antena 3 and

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are the flagship channels. In addition to these channels, Atresmedia Televisión operates three other national terrestrial channels -

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and

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. Until 5 May 2014

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were also broadcast. In December 2015, Atresmedia Televisión started to air Atreseries, an HD national terrestrial channel centered on fiction TV series.

Radio

Atresmedia operates three radio stations through Atresmedia Radio -

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, Europa FM and

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Film

Atresmedia Cine is the division responsible for producing film content. Atresmedia Cine is one of the most prominent Spanish and Latin American film producers. It was created in 2000.

Publishing

Atresmedia Publicidad is the division responsible for producing advertising material.

Event Management

Atresmedia Eventos is the division responsible for management of public events.

Web Content

Atresmedia Digital is the division responsible for management of internet content. Atresplayer - Logo 2018

The

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streaming service owned and operated by Atresmedia is (also stylized as ATRESplayer). In addition to content from the free-to-air linear television channels, it offers access to exclusive and original content for Premium subscribers — under the

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brand —, access to additional foreign serials and

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s for Novelas Nova subscribers, and access to original content under the

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brand.

Corporate affairs

Headquarters

Atremedia's corporate headquarters are located on the outskirts of

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, in the municipality of

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. The building complex covers .

Chairmen

* 1989–1992: Javier Godó * 1992–1997: Antonio Asensio * 1997–2001: José María Mas Millet * 2001–2003: Enrique Álvarez * 2003–2015: José Manuel Lara Bosch * 2015–present: José Creuheras

Shareholding

The majority shareholders of Atresmedia are Grupo Planeta-DeAgostini, S.L. (44.54%) and UFA Film- und Fernsehen GmbH (20.49%).

References

External links

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