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Spain: TV ad revenues fall by 3.3%

Television advertising revenues in Spain fell by 3.3 per cent to €1.73 billion in 2022 – far off the pre-pandemic €2 billion – according to a report from Infoadex. Mediaset took the worst hit with a 7.4 per cent drop to €710 million, whereas Atresmedia – owner of Antena 3 and La Sexta among others […]

February 23, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Atresmedia profit down 6.3%

Atresmedia, one of the largest TV operators in Spain, and owner of Antena 3 and La Sexta among other channels, saw its profit fall by 6.3 per cent to €74.8 million in the first nine months of the year. Revenues dropped by 1.6 per cent to €654.4 million as a result of advertising falling 4.1 […]

October 21, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Avid accelerates collaboration and content production for Atresmedia

Avid has announced that Atresmedia will achieve a dramatic leap in remote workforce collaboration, efficiency and flexibility, along with the ability to easily scale its operations with its transition to Avid’s subscription-based tools and platforms for content production. The Spanish multichannel broadcaster has signed an agreement for upgrading and cross-grading existing user seats on the […]

September 10, 2022

Atresmedia, Mediaset boost profits

Spain’s largest private TV groups, Atresmedia and Mediaset, ended 2021 with healthy financial results – mainly due to the rise of ad revenues. Atresmedia’s profit amounted to €118.5 million, five times more than the previous year. Atresmedia’s turnover reached €963.3 million, up 11.2 per cent with its EBITDA growing 132 per cent to €172.5 million. […]

February 28, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Mediapro auctions Qatar World Cup FTA rights

Spanish media group Mediapro has put its TV rights to Qatar’s Football World Cup 2022 up for public auction targeted at FTA channels. The deadline for bids is February 11th for channels interested in broadcasting the matches, with Mediaset, Atresmedia and RTVE assumed to be among the bidders. The move indicates Mediapro has abandoned its […]

January 12, 2022From David Del Valle in Madrid

Atresplayer launches on Apple TV

Atresmedia’s OTT service Atresplayer has been added to Apple TV claiming to be the first streaming service available on the app. Atresplayer distributes all Atresmedia’s TV channels – Antena 3, La Sexta, Neox, Nova, Mega and Atreseries – both on live and VoD, as well as TV series and original programmes (documentaries and even entertainment […]

November 19, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Atresmedia doubles profits

Spanish TV group Atresmedia, owner among others of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta, has doubled its profit to €79.9 million in the nine months to September versus €39.9 million the same period last year. EBITDA was €120.3 million, up 64.4 per cent versus the same period last year with net revenues increasing by 14.6 […]

October 22, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Atresmedia profits fall 7.5% in Q1

The pandemic-fuelled ad crisis has taken its toll on Spanish TV group Atresmedia which has seen its profit fall by 7.5 per cent in the first quarter to €20.1 million. Total revenues amounted to €204 million, down 8.7 per cent on the same period last year. Atresmedia’s EBITDA fell by 3.6 per cent to €34.6 […]

April 30, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Profits fall at Mediaset and Atresmedia

The pandemic crisis has taken a big toll on the financial results of Spain’s two biggest TV groups, Mediaset and Atresmedia. Both saw their profits fall in 2020 by 15.6 per cent and 79.8 per cent to €178.7 million and €23.9 million, respectively. Atresmedia, operator of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta among others, experienced […]

February 25, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: Vodafone adds Atresplayer

Vodafone Spain has added the Atresmedia-owned streaming platform, Atresplayer, to its offering. Vodafone’s subscribers will now have access to all Atresplayer offers, including exclusive content and linear channels (Antena 3, La Sexta, Neo, Nova, Mega and Atreseries) for €2.99 a month. The service enables subscribers to download content and view everything aired from the last […]

January 21, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid