Antena 3 (Spain)

For other uses, see Antena 3.

Antena 3
Launched	25 January 1990 (1990-01-25)
Owned by	Atresmedia
Picture format	576i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV), 16:9
Audience share	13.4% (2013, [1])
Slogan	Actualízate (Upgrade)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	San Sebastián de los Reyes
Sister channel(s)	laSexta Neox Nova Mega Atreseries Antena 3 HD laSexta HD
Website	http://www.antena3.com/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Mux 69, Mux 45 (Andorra)
Satellite
Movistar+	Channel 3
Cable
Euskaltel	Channel 3
R	Channel 3
Telecable	Channel 3
Vodafone TV	Channel 3
IPTV
Movistar+	Channel 3
Orange TV	Channel 3
Streaming media
Antena 3	Watch live

Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Atresmedia which also owns Onda Cero, one of Spain's most listened to radio stations. It started broadcasting via analogue throughout Spain on 25 January 1990 with a programme fronted by journalist Miguel Ángel Nieto, thus becoming Spain's first nationwide private television station; before this, RTVE had a state monopoly.

Some of the most popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, Física o Química, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado. Some of its programmes, such as "Física o Química" and "Tu cara me suena" gained international success and many duplicate programmes were produced worldwide. Antena 3 is listed as the third channel on television sets throughout Spain, except certain autonomous communities where the autonomous television station occupies channel 3. Its current headquarters are located in San Sebastián de los Reyes, near Madrid.

Antena 3 headquarters

Programming

Further information: List of programs broadcast by Antena 3

The biggest winners for the channel are The Simpsons, El Internado, DEC, El Diario (a daily talk show run by Sandra Daviú) and the Noticias (particularly the evening edition run by Matías Prats).

Antena 3 dramas and sitcoms in the past and present include ; Manos a la obra, Canguros, La casa de los líos, Los ladrones van a la oficina, Hermanos de leche, Vecinos, Cañas y barro, Compañeros, Un paso adelante, Policías, Fuego, El pantano, Ada madrina, Dime que me quieres, Lleno por favor, ¿Quién da la vez?, Farmacia de Guardia, Menudo es mi padre, Nada es para siempre, Aquí no hay quien viva, and Los hombres de Paco.

Further information: List of programmes broadcast by the Antena 3

Antena 3 Internacional

Antena 3 Internacional is another channel owned by Grupo Antena 3, with distribution handled by MVS Comunicaciones. The channel serves the Americas (including the United States, Mexico and Central America) and the Caribbean. Antena 3 Internacional was founded in 1995. The channel retransmits programs from the domestic Antena 3 schedule, along with live news programming, but due to rights issues with others who might hold rights to their shows in the Americas, some programming might air on a delay of several months or only after its original run has been completed.

Logos

1989–1992	1992–2004	2004–

Fake Gdim Izig photos Scandal (Western Sahara)

Antena 3 has been fined €215,000 by the Court of first instance of Brussels for repeatedly misusing fake photos of a homicide to illustrate what the channel presented as Moroccan police brutality at Gdim Izig (Laayoune) in Western Sahara. The pictures in fact show bodies of victims of a quadruple homicide in Casablanca. The Rachidi family whose relatives' photos have been "repeatedly misused in bad faith" is still awaiting for "a public apology" from Antena 3.

See also

• Atresmedia
• RTL Group

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)