The government granted two of the six new DTT licenses … – Reuters Spain

MADRID (Reuters) – Mediaset Spain and Atresmedia were among the winning of the contest of new television licenses in Spain, in a process that also listed Prisa and Vocento received no frequency as expected <. span id="midArticle_byline">

He said the Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria, the other four new licenses for digital terrestrial television (DTT) went to Real Madrid TV-in high frequency, like those of Mediaset and Atresmedia- operators, the chain 13 TV ( chain COPE), the television producer sequoia Group, through its subsidiary Central Broadcaster Media (CBM) – and the radio station Kiss FM (Radio Blanca) -these last three Standard Definition -.

The final granting of licenses has coincided with the recent advance by industry sources and it was opposed Prisa group, which said it would submit comments in a letter to the Council of Ministers and to the Secretary of State for Telecommunications.

“All of them have been valued according to the same criteria … the technical committee (responsible for carrying out the proposal to the Ministry) has, say, determined based on the Meeting these criteria that these were the six winners, “said Soria minister after the meeting of the Council of Ministers when asked about the criticism that could be creating a television duopoly with these licenses.

With more than four hours of television daily consumption in homes, Spain It is a country that offers great opportunities for private television. Last year, the advertising industry with a turnover of only 1,890 million euros.

Mediaset Spain and Atresmedia, operating 12 channels were left with 85 percent of the advertising pie in 2014.

Industry launched this competition, which was also presented the English Court after the Supreme Court ordered the closure last year of nine channels because licenses had been granted without competition public.

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