Telecinco
Telecinco is a
Spanish television station, the leading Spanish private TV companies, created by
Silvio Berlusconi. It started broadcasting on
March 3 1990. It was the second private TV company, after
Antena 3.
It's owned by
Mediaset Investimenti(50.1%),
Vocento (13%) & Free-Float (36.9%). On 1997, changed her corporate identity from
Tele 5 to the current
Telecinco, dropping Berlusconi's flower logo in the process.
Its current hit shows include
Los Serrano, Hospital Central, El Comisario, Caiga quien Caiga and Motivos Personales. Former hits include
Médico de Familia, Al salir de clase,
Periodistas,
7 Vidas, and talk show
Cronicas Marcianas. Other programs that have been broadcast on Telecinco include
Hamtaro and
Pokémon, both of which are also on
Jetix in Spain.
On June 2005, it started broadcasting the fourth season of reality/talent show
Operación Triunfo. The previous three seasons were broadcast by
TVE, who turned down a fourth.
Telecinco has recently digitalized their production facilities. This will allow broadcasting of up to 16 different languages, 5.1 surround sound, interactive services, widescreen (
16:9) programming, or even
high-definition television in the future (it currently broadcasts in 4:3 and mono in
dtt). In 2005 it started to air two new channels for the digital terrestrial television: Telecinco Estrellas ('Telefive Stars'), devoted to tv series and films; and Telecinco Sport.
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Website of Telecinco (Spanish)*
Investor Relations of Telecinco (English)
