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 via RTL Group.
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 LaSexta are the flagship channels. In addition to these channels, Atresmedia Televisión operates three other national terrestrial channels - Neox, Nova and Mega. Until 5 May 2014 Xplora, Nitro, LaSexta3 were also broadcast. In December 2015, Atresmedia Televisión started to air Atreseries, an HD national terrestrial channel centred on fiction TV series. Channel Emissions start Image format Availability Antena 3General channel 25 January 1990HD Nationwide and International (As Antena 3 Internacional for Selected Europe Countries, United States, and Latin America Spanish Speaking Countries) laSextaGeneral channel 27 March 2006Spain NeoxEntertainment channel 30 November 2005 Spain NovaEntertainment channel 30 November 2005Spain MegaEntertainment channel 1 July 2015Spain AtreseriesEntertainment channel 22 December 2015 Spain and International (as Atreseries International Feed for Selected Europe Countries, United States, and Latin America Spanish Speaking Countries)
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.
The video-on-demand streaming 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 telenovelas for Novelas Nova subscribers, and access to original content under the Flooxer brand.
Corporate affairs
Headquarters Atresmedia's corporate headquarters are located on the outskirts of Madrid, 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 Official Official website
Financial Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. — Google Finance Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. — Hoover's