Spanish TV channels include both public and private options. La 1 is the first Spanish TV channel belonging to the public corporation RTVE. It has general programming for all ages and first aired in 1956 under different names. La 2 is also part of RTVE and focuses on cultural and public service programming. Private channels include Antena 3, Cuatro, Telecinco, and La Sexta. They offer a variety of genres like news, series, films and sports. Successful shows on the different channels include Masterchef, The Simpsons, and El Hormiguero.
2. Is the first Spanish TV channel, group belonging to the Spanish public corporation Radio Television. It has a
generalist programming for all ages.
It is the first TV channel that aired in Spain, the official start broadcasting on October 28, 1956. Since then he has
received several names like VHF, First Program, National Program, Channel One, BBC1, First or the current La 1 .su
latest slogan is "Part of Your Life" the name Spanish Television has also been used to refer only to this channel,
although the group manages more channels. From 2009-2012 he was leader of hearing in Spain.
Some of the programs of La 1 that have been successful are Masterchef,Aquí la Tierra or Cuéntame como pasó.
LA 1
3. Is the second television channel of Spanish Television, group belonging to the Spanish public corporation Radio
Television. Its programming is based on cultural and public service spaces, with a minority vocation regarding his
brother's channel 1. It is headquartered in San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona.
The channel began broadcasting in evidence in 1966 through the UHF technology, so that in his early years he was
associated colloquially with that name. He also received other denominations as Cadena II, Second Chain, Second
TVE-2 Program or until the 1990s, with the emergence of private television and adopted its current name.
This channel is usually for documentaries,but it plays spanish films too.
LA 2
4. Is a private Spanish television channel broadcast by TDT and the pay-TV platforms Movistar TV, ONO and Canal +. It
is operated by Atresmedia Television, part of Atresmedia, along with other companies like Atresmedia Radio (Onda
Cero, Europe Melody FM and FM), Movierecord or Unipublic.
Their regular analog broadcasts began on January 25, 1990, with a program presented by journalist Miguel Ángel
Nieto, 2 a month before had presented likewise the start of emissions tests December 25, 1989 as the first private
channel to issue for Spain.
Its central studios are located in San Sebastián, in the Community of Madrid.
There are many programs on Antena 3 who have had great success, as The Simpsons, El Hormiguero or Atrapa un
Millón.
ANTENA 3
5. Is a Spanish private television channel, state-wide, operated by Mediaset Spain Communication, -group belonging to
shareholders of the Italian company Mediaset (41.55%) - which has a generalist programming dedicated to a young,
male audience, which offers mainly foreign fiction series and programs produced and sports facilities, magazines and
informativos.Desde January 2011, following the completion of the merger with Telecinco, its center passed emissions
Mediaset facilities in Madrid's Fuencarral .
This channel has achieved great success with programs like Hermano Mayor or El Hormiguero(before it moves to
Antena 3).
CUATRO
6. Is a Spanish private television channel, national, operated by Mediaset Spain Communication, -group belonging to
shareholders of the Italian company Mediaset (41.55%) and Grupo PRISA (3.66%) - which has a general programming
for all ages which offers an alternative content to different TVs. In addition, from 2004-2008 he was leader of
hearing in Spain, one year after the 1 surpassed until 2011. Its headquarters is located in Madrid's Fuencarral, 9 in
what were once the Roma Studies.
Some of the programs of Telecinco that have been successful are Pasapalabra,Sálvame or El Programa de Ana Rosa.
TELECINCO
7. (stylized laSexta) is a Spanish chain and open state level emitted through the TDT and the pay-TV platforms Movistar TV, Canal
+ ONO and exclusively in digital format. It is one of the chains Atresmedia, along with Antena 3, Neox, Nova, the pay channel Gol
TV, signals generalist HD (Antena 3 HD and La Sexta HD), Antena 3 Premium and Antena 3 Internacional .
The programming is generalist, progressive trend, although with special presence of humor and entertainment programs,
Americans series, discussions of social and political analysis, and sports.
The Sixth is controlled through Atresmedia studies in San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid). Previously, when it was owned by the
Investment Manager Audiovisual Sixth, the chain had two offices, one in the Ciudad de la Imagen in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid),
where news programs and diverse logistics were recorded, and another in the Imagine building of Esplugues de Llobregat
(Barcelona), where continuity and emission was managed.
In 2013 it recorded a net profit of € -35 million.
The current director is Antonio García Ferreras
There are many programs on La Sexta who have had great success, as El Intermedio,Zapeando or Sé lo que Hizísteis
LA SEXTA
