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MEDIASET ESPAÑA COMUNICACIÓN, S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
1. CORPORATE PURPOSE OF THE MEDIASET ESPAÑA
COMUNICACIÓN, S.A. GROUP COMPANIES
MEDIASET ESPAÑA COMUNICACIÓN, S.A. - PARENT
Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A. (“the Company” or “the parent”) domiciled at the Carretera de Fuencarral to
Alcobendas, nº 4, 28049 Madrid, was incorporated in Madrid on March 10, 1989.
The Company is devoted to the indirect management of Servicio Público de Televisión, and at December 31, 2015,
operates six different TV channels: Telecinco, Factoría de Ficción, Boing, Cuatro, Divinity and Energy. The licenses to
operate these channels were granted as follows:
• Based on the terms of the concession granted by the government as per the General Communications
Secretary’s resolution of August 28, 1989, and a concession contract ratified by public deed on October 3, 1989,
as well as the transactions resulting from these arrangements.
• This agreement was renewed for ten years from April 3, 2000 by virtue of a Council of Ministers’ resolution
dated March 10, 2000.
• A Council of Ministers’ resolution of November 25, 2005 extended this concession agreement as well as those
of other national concessionaires to include three DTT (digital terrestrial television) channels.
• A Council of Ministers’ resolution of March 26, 2010 renewed this concession for an additional ten years.
The Company has made all the investments required to start digital transmissions pursuant to Royal Decree
2169/1998, of October 9, which approved the Spanish National Technical Plan for Digital Terrestrial TV.Without
prejudice to the above and in conformity withTransitional ProvisionTwo of Audiovisual Law, on May 3, 2010, the
Company requested that the concession be changed to a license to offer an audiovisual communication service.
Under the Council of Ministers’ resolution of June 11, 2010, the concession became a 15-year license to offer
an audiovisual communication service.This license is automatically renewable for the same period provided the
Company meets the requirements of Article 28 of the Audiovisual Law 7/2010, of March 31.
• Since the analogical blackout on April 3, 2010 (when analogical broadcasts ended), and by virtue of Additional
ProvisionThree of Royal Decree 944/2005 on May 4, 2010, the Company has access to a multiple digital license
with national coverage, which increased the channels it managed to four.
• Following the acquisition of Sogecuatro, S.A. in 2010, the Company obtained Cuatro’s multiplex licenses (Cuatro
and three more channels).
NOTES TOTHE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AT DECEMBER 31, 2015
EXPRESSED INTHOUSAND OF EUROS