La Sexta
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| Launched | March 27, 2006 |
| Owned by | Gestora de Inversiones Audiovisuales La Sexta |
| Audience share | 5.2% (2008, EGM) |
| Country |  Spain |
| Headquarters | Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona |
| Website | http://www.lasexta.com/ |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Barcelona & Madrid, Spain |
| Key people | Emilio Aragón (Chairman of the Board), José Miguel Contreras (CEO) |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Television stations |
| Employees | 650 |
| Website | http://www.lasexta.es/ |
La Sexta (usually shown as laSexta, "The Sixth") is the sixth nationwide broadcast television station in Spain. It is privately owned and began broadcasting in 2006.
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[edit] History
La Sexta began broadcasting on March 27, 2006 but only for Madrid and Barcelona. As of June 1, 2006, 85% of the Spanish population can receive it.
On August 9, 2006, La Sexta secured the rights to Saturday Liga football matches in Spain, having outbid the FORTA (association of TV channels of the Autonomous Communities) which has held the rights for over fifteen years.
On May 16, 2007, La Sexta announced that they secured a five-year Formula One exclusive broadcasting deal beginning in 2009.[1]
[edit] Shareholders
Shareholders of Gestora de Inversiones Audiovisuales La Sexta, S.A.:
- 51% GAMP (Grupo Audiovisual de Medios de Producción), made up of:
- 69.95% Grupo Árbol-Globomedia (Emilio Aragón) and Mediapro
- 9.8% Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa (Basque bank)
- 8.25% El Terrat (Andreu Buenafuente)
- 12% Bainet (Karlos Arguiñano)
- 40% Televisa (a Mexican broadcast network)
- 9% smaller investors such as Gala Capital (property of George Soros)
[edit] Programming
Shows include My Name Is Earl, Surface, Law & Order, The Sopranos, NCIS, The King of Queens, According to Jim, Everybody Loves Raymond, Family Guy, Futurama, Bones, Prison Break.
Despite La Sexta's signal only being available to approx 80% of the Spanish television audience (mostly via digital terrestrial which is still to take off in Spain), the channel managed to secure the rights to the 2006 World Cup. As a result of its limited reception, it ended up sharing the transmission rights with the other new private channel, Cuatro, which simultaneously broadcast matches of a national interest.
Similarly, La Sexta screened the 2006 FIBA World Championship during August 2006, as well as broadcasting the EuroBasket 2007 being celebrated in Spain.
[edit] Prime Time
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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| 3:00 PM | Futurama | ||||
| 3:30 PM | Sé lo que hicisteis... | ||||
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| 5:30 PM | My Name Is Earl | ||||
| 6:00 PM | Prison Break | ||||
| 6:30 PM | Navy NCIS | ||||
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| 7:30 PM | JAG | ||||
| 8:00 PM | La Sexta News 8:00 | ||||
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| 9:00 PM | Family Guy | ||||
| 9:30 PM | El Intermedio | Robin Hood | |||
| 10:00 PM | Film | Sé lo que hicisteis la ultima semana | Reaper | Bones | Film |
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| 12:00 PM | Buenafuente | Todos a 100 | |||
| 1:00 AM | My Name is Earl | Entourage | The Office | Larry David | |
[edit] References
- ^ F1 bags $1.5bn in Spanish TV deal. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Spanish)
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