Neox (formerly Antena.Neox) is a Spanish television channel run by

Atresmedia Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A., previously Grupo Antena 3, is a Spanish media group, present in the television, radio and filmmaking industries. Significant shareholders include Grupo Planeta and Bertelsmann. On 6 Mar ...

History

The channel was launched as Antena.Neox in 2005 together with Antena.Nova, this with the aim of strengthening the Antena 3 brand in the recently launched

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in Spain. At first Neox was a channel that mixed children's and youth programming. In 2006 Antena 3 and

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signed an agreement to broadcast content produced by CBS, Showtime and UPN, which would be programmed on Antena.Neox, Antena.Nova and Antena 3 until the Showtime and UPN brands were implemented on the Spanish television replacing Neox and Nova, however, the change was not carried out in the end due to the distribution of broadcasting rights with other Spanish channels. However, Antena 3 obtained the rights to broadcast future productions of CBS Corporation. On January 1, 2009 Antena.Neox was renamed as Neox 8 in order to associate the channel with that logical channel number on

. Finally, on August 6, 2010, it adopted the current name. On December 30, 2011, the channel premiered "Feliz Año Neox", a special year-end program that is broadcast one day before the established date and which became an annual tradition of the channel. In 2013, the channel initiated a policy to improve children's programming with the introduction of Neox Kidz, a cartoon container that is broadcast in the morning. In May 2014, the channel added docuseries and movies to its programming due to the closure of

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and la Sexta 3, in addition to adding new series and children's content to the signal. In October 2017, the channel temporarily incorporated ''

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'' into its daytime program, because Antena 3's morning show had to be extended in its time to cover important political information at the time. Finally, in September 2018 The Simpsons began to be broadcast exclusively on Neox, completely abandoning Antena 3. On May 23, 2019, the channel achieved its best audience record to date when 1,636,000 people tuned in to the final chapter of ''

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'', which meant a 9.8% audience at the time and an average of 4.4% daily audience.

Programming

Generally, the channel shows children's programmes during the morning, and films and general during the evening and night hours. The channel is geared towards children aged 7 to 14, and international successful series, such as ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their ch ...

'', ''

How I Met Your Mother ''How I Met Your Mother'' (often abbreviated as ''HIMYM'') is an American sitcom, created by Craig Thomas (screenwriter), Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005 to March 31, 2014, follows the main c ...

'', ''

Two and a Half Men ''Two and a Half Men'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015. Originally starring Charlie Sheen in the lead role alongside Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones, t ...

'', '' The Middle'' and ''

Modern Family ''Modern Family'' is an American family sitcom television series created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for 11 seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. It follows the lives of th ...

''. It also builds on Antena 3's most popular programming, such as ''

'' and '' The Goldbergs''. The channel is available on

(TDT as it is known in Spain) as well as cable and satellite.

References

External links

* {{Spanish television stations Television stations in Spain Atresmedia Televisión RTL Group Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2005 2005 establishments in Spain Atresmedia channels