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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 - Neox,

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and Mega. Until 5 May 2014

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, LaSexta3 were also broadcast. In December 2015, Atresmedia Televisión started to air Atreseries, an HD national terrestrial channel centred on fiction TV series.

Radio

Atresmedia operates three radio stations through Atresmedia Radio - Onda Cero, Europa FM and Melodía FM.

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 2023 Logo

The

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service owned and operated by Atresmedia is Atresplayer (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, 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

Atresmedia's corporate headquarters are located on the outskirts of

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, in the municipality of San Sebastián de los Reyes. The building complex covers .

Chairmen

* 1989–1994: Javier Godó * 1994–1998: Antonio Asensio * 1998–2001: José María Mas Millet * 2001–2003: Enrique Álvarez * 2003–2016: José Manuel Lara Bosch * 2016–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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