Spanish government awards new DTT channel to Prisa dissident shareholders close to Moncloa
The Spanish government awards a new DTT licence to Global Alconaba, Prisa shareholders, ruling out Mediaset in a politically charged move.
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Spanish government awards new DTT licence to Prisa's friendly shareholders
The Council of Ministers' award of a new DTT licence confirms the consolidation of a media ecosystem aligned with the interests of Moncloa, the Spanish prime minister's office. The government has chosen to hand the frequency to Global Alconaba, the group of rebel Prisa shareholders, rejecting Mediaset's bid despite its proven technical solvency and experience in the audiovisual sector.
Political criteria over technical solvency
The decision by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, led by Óscar López, is at the very least striking from a strictly economic standpoint. While Mediaset has a consolidated operating structure, its exclusion on the pretext of already holding eight frequencies raises questions about the true nature of this tender. The award to Global Alconaba, an actor with less experience in running channels, suggests that the project's profitability is secondary to the need to secure a new media mouthpiece before the six-month deadline for launching the channel expires.
The obsolescence of a subsidised business model
There is deep scepticism about the commercial viability of this new channel. The television advertising market, especially in the DTT segment, faces a structural decline in audiences, with younger demographics having definitively migrated to on-demand viewing. Funding a traditional television product in this context seems more a political survival strategy than a bet on innovation or efficiency in managing public assets.
The rollout of this new frequency raises an inevitable question: how long can a business model based on political affinity survive when the advertising market is turning its back on linear formats? For now, the answer lies behind the administrative silence over the real operating costs that the taxpayer will bear.
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The Council of Ministers' award of a new DTT licence confirms the consolidation of a media ecosystem aligned with the interests of Moncloa, the Spanish prime minister's office. The government has chosen to hand the frequency to Global Alconaba, the group of rebel Prisa shareholders, rejecting Mediaset's bid despite its proven technical solvency and experience in the audiovisual sector.
Political criteria over technical solvency
The decision by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, led by Óscar López, is at the very least striking from a strictly economic standpoint. While Mediaset has a consolidated operating structure, its exclusion on the pretext of already holding eight frequencies raises questions about the true nature of this tender. The award to Global Alconaba, an actor with less experience in running channels, suggests that the project's profitability is secondary to the need to secure a new media mouthpiece before the six-month deadline for launching the channel expires.
The obsolescence of a subsidised business model
There is deep scepticism about the commercial viability of this new channel. The television advertising market, especially in the DTT segment, faces a structural decline in audiences, with younger demographics having definitively migrated to on-demand viewing. Funding a traditional television product in this context seems more a political survival strategy than a bet on innovation or efficiency in managing public assets.
The rollout of this new frequency raises an inevitable question: how long can a business model based on political affinity survive when the advertising market is turning its back on linear formats? For now, the answer lies behind the administrative silence over the real operating costs that the taxpayer will bear.
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