The Government off nine channels of television - La Rioja

If the Ministry of Industry not solved within six weeks viewers will have nine fewer chains on their screens. Of the 24 national licenses, it will go to 15. The solution to avoid this disaster is complex and requires a movement of such magnitude that will revolutionize the Spanish audiovisual spectrum or cause an earthquake that made alarm bells in Brussels. Only with a royal decree can prevent Spanish viewers run out nine channels, dozens of workers go to the street which companies lose their investment or producing left without a place to shelter their proposals. A solution that the industry has placed on the table of the minister Jose Manuel Soria and it has repeatedly rejected. To understand this conflict, “easy solution”, insist on a permanent industry sources, date back to 2004, when the socialist government proposes and designs the model analog Travel Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). A journey paid by broadcasters and is a model throughou t the world for its implementation, since in just four years Spain had virtually DTT installed in all homes.

A change that gave huge profits to different sectors (aerial installers, Freeview receiver manufacturers to adapt to the XXI century old appliances or television.) And expenditure of “hundreds of million “for private broadcasters, who were forced to get out of anything numerous side channels for DTT advance like the rest of Europe. “More channels means spending twice, but twice the income,” said industry sources.

This change in television model, from analogue to digital, follows the approval of a new audiovisual law in May 2010 that reflects that may be granted leave without any competition. On July 16 of that year, the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero assigned a digital multiplex four channels with national coverage at six companies then operating in Spain. But this deal was appealed to the Supreme Court (SC), which gave reason to Ingest 2002 in its approach to a judgment of November 2012. The March 22, 2013, the Government decided to withdraw the Cabinet decision of another Council of Ministers, in this socialist case and nullified the grant of licenses. Under the planned deal, Mediaset (Cuatro and Telecinco), Veo TV (Editorial Unit) and Net TV (Vocento) lose two channels while Atresmedia (Antena 3 and La Sexta) would remain without three.

But failure was not only the TS for the plaintiffs, but opened the door to his solution: a real simple decree or transactional arrangement. The Executive Zapatero made the blunder approve the audiovisual law a month and a half before giving the green light to the new channels. “But these chains predate the law passed in May 2010. Born before, during development of DTT own “argue from the sector, and underlined that all these brands scrupulously follow the law:” All have their license. Where it has been a government shutdown without further nine chains? It’s not in Venezuela. ” From the government’s decision to close the channels, the Union of Commercial Television Associates (Uteca) has attempted to understand the Minister Soria that the solution to this conflict is not in the closure of TV channels, which affects 7% of the audience, and having side effects. The U.S. Embassy has also been forwarded to the Executive of Mariano Rajoy concern about the effects it can have on domestic companies as Disney, Viacom, Discovery Channel or Sony, you may be left without television.