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OUR CHANNELS
THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF PROGRAMMES
TELECINCO
Entertainment and social impact
Telecinco
is the generalist channel which leads the commercial television audience measurement ratings. It seeks,
through programming which is intended to enter tain, to inform, to acknowledge hard work, and at the same time to
collaborate in social projects. Some of its programmes are described below:
El programa de Ana Rosa
This is a morning magazine programme produced by
Telecinco with the collaboration of Cuarzo Producciones
and presented by Ana Rosa Quintana. It has been running
since January 2005, and is a leader among morning
television programmes,with its society chat sections, political
discussions, and other cultural and current affairs content.
Over 1,700 programmes have been broadcast, all of which
have reflected a sense of social commitment as one of
the programme’s main characteristics. In 2011, as in other
years, the programme created a charity calendar to raise
funds for the NGO Infancia sin Fronteras; it collaborated
with NGOs such as Mensajeros de la Paz or World Vision;
it drew attention to good causes such as the fight against
breast cancer - presenting the 2011 breast cancer campaign
-; it collaborated with projects in Haiti and Colombia; and
it reported on social problems affecting people on a daily
basis, providing help and support for those in need.
La Noria
This is a Saturday night magazine show presented by
Jordi González and Sandra Barneda. It focuses each week
on current social issues, interviewing famous people,
presenting political and social debates, and accompanying
these with investigative repor ts.