Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV, S.A. (Net TV Management Company) is a Spanish digital terrestrial television channel operator. The multiplex currently hosts Squirrel and Squirrel2.
History
Sociedad Gestora de Televisión Net TV was formed in 2000 as a consortium between Vocento, Viaplus, Globomedia, Telson, and a series of additional minority stakeholders including, and TF1 of France. It and won concessions from the government of Spain in 2000, with Net TV receiving two DTT slots, expanding to four in 2005.[1] The main network, general entertainment, began broadcasting in 2001; in 2005, it was joined by a second new network, music video channel Fly Music.[2]
Vocento acquired a 48.5 percent stake in Pantalla Digital, which owned 26.24 percent of Net TV, from Avánzit in October 2003.[3]
2008: Enter Disney and Intereconomía
Net TV closed March 3, 2008, at which time it was ranked 26th among all TDT channels; Vocento's local TV channels continued to air some of its programs.[4] It was replaced by Intereconomía TV after Intereconomía bought a 25 percent stake; the change marked the channel's return to the digital lineup.
Another major change in investors occurred that year when Dinamia sold its 20 percent share in Net TV to The Walt Disney Company. Fly Music—which was dead last in audience share, ranking 70th—remained on the air temporarily until Disney Channel debuted on July 1, 2008.[5]
Expansion and contractions
After the Spanish government granted Net TV and other multiplex holders a full four channels in 2010, two new channels launched in the span of a week on the Net TV licenses in September 2010: MTV and, which had previously launched earlier that year as a brand for Vocento-owned local stations and moved entirely to its national slot. One year after launching La 10 nationally, on September 20, 2011, Vocento announced the channel would close due to poor viewership; it then reached a deal in January 2012 for
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References
- Fernando Cano. Moncloa deniega a Vocento la autorización para vender el 25% de su TDT a Viacom El Español, July 31, 2017, retrieved June 23, 2020^
- Un canal generalista y otro musical, la propuesta de Vocento para Net TV ABC, November 26, 2005, retrieved June 23, 2020^
- Vocento compra a Avánzit el 48,5% de Pantalla Digital por tres millones de euros