Mega (Spanish TV channel)

Mega is a Spanish television channel owned by Atresmedia. Its programming is aimed towards a male audience.

Mega

Country	Spain
Broadcast area	Nationwide and Andorra
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Atresmedia
Sister channels	Antena 3 LaSexta Neox Nova Atreseries
History
Launched	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)
Links
Website	mega.atresmedia.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Mux 69

The network is available on digital terrestrial television (TDT as it is known in Spain) as well as cable and satellite.

History

On May 6, 2014, Atresmedia was forced to close Nitro, Xplora and la Sexta 3 channels due to a supreme court ruling, so the programming aimed at the male audience had to be placed on other group channels such as Neox or LaSexta.^[1] After this event, Atresmedia sought to recover the license that was leased to Gol Televisión, setting the end of 2015 as a limit.^[2]

In May 2015, Atresmedia and Mediapro signed the rescission of the frequency rental agreement, since Mediapro would launch a new channel in association with BeIn Sports, so Gol Televisión would stop broadcasting.^[3] During June 2015, Gol Televisión broadcast free-to-air for a few hours to promote the new channel, ending its broadcasts on June 30, which also meant the end of pay DTT in Spain.^[4]

After recovering the frequency, Atresmedia announced that the new channel would be called Mega,^[5] finally, the channel began broadcasting on July 1, 2015.^[6]

Programming

Mega's programming is aimed at a male audience, including series, action movies, factuals, documentaries and reality television, as well as sports talk shows such as El Chiringuito de Jugones and the retransmission of programs that had been broadcast on Antena 3 and La Sexta. Most of the documentaries, factuals and reality shows broadcast on Mega are produced by The History Channel.^[7]

References

1. "» Noticias » Economía Cierran nueve canales de TDT, entre ellos tres de Atresmedia y dos de Mediaset". RTVE (in Spanish). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
2. "Atresmedia recuperará la licencia de GolTV antes de que acabe 2015". Telemanía (in Spanish). Mediaset España Comunicación. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
3. "Atresmedia lanzará Mega tras acordar con Mediapro rescindir alquiler de GolT". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
4. "El fracaso de la TDT de pago en España". Bluper (in Spanish). El Español. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
5. "Atresmedia Televisión crea un nuevo canal: Mega". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). 28 May 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
6. "Atresmedia lanza Mega, el canal masculino que competirá contra Energy y Discovery Max". ecoteuve (in Spanish). El Economista. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
7. Hernández, Clara (1 July 2015). "El nuevo canal en abierto Mega aterriza en la parrilla con la vista puesta en el público masculino". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Mega on Facebook
• Mega on Twitter