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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT REPORT 2015
INTERNET
The Group considers Internet a strategically important current and future activity.
Based on this premise, it is important to highlight the fact that the Mediaset websites performed magnificently in 2015,
growing 33.8% in single surfers with respect to 2014.
Telecinco.eswas once again theTV website with most views, with an average of 9.8 million monthly visits.
Divinity.es, the
Group’s fashion and celebrity website, reached a record number of viewers, with an average number of users totaling
1.5 million, while
Cuatro.comattracted 3.9 million monthly visitors.
Our Group has always pioneered interactivity with viewers through mobile apps related to its most successful programs,
registering over 11 million downloads on smartphones and tablets, with the most popular being Mitele (4.5 million),“La
Voz” (1.6 million), “Gran Hermano” (2.6 million), Mediaset Sport (0.5 million), and “Moto GP” (0.4 million).
TREASURY SHARES
At December 31, 2015, the Company held 19,476,506 of its own shares, representing 5.32% of share capital in circulation.
During the year, 40,686,142 securities were amortized, equivalent to 10% of the parent’s share capital, which had been
classified as treasury shares.
PAYMENTS TO SUPPLIERS
During 2015, the average payment to the Group’s national suppliers was 77 days. This difference is notable when
compared to the maximum stipulated by payment arrears regulations, and is exclusively due to the rigorous control
exercised by the Group with regard to mercantile and tax requirements to be met by invoices received, meaning that
they are not paid until the incidents detected have not been resolved.The Group scrupulously meets its commitments
with regard to legislation aimed at battling late payments.
MEDIASET ESPAÑA SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE
After two years of solid advances and one of a transition, during 2015 the European Stock Exchanges were highly
volatile, characterized by a rise during the first half of the year, supported by lax ECB monetary policies, while the second
half performed poorly due to uncertainties surrounding China’s economy as well as those of other emerging countries,
which fostered a massive securities dump.
Eurozone indices ranged from the rise of the Milan FTSE MIB (at the top end) at a 12.7% to Spanish IBEX 35 rate (at
the bottom), leading to a drop of 7.15% to 9,544 points, with an annual high of 11,866 points on April 13.The previously-
mentioned risk factors exerted a negative effect on global markets which, in addition to growing political uncertainty
arising from the Catalonian elections and the fragmented political panorama reflected in December’s General Elections,
were responsible for the considerable hesitancy of investors.
These uneven European level results were in line with the German DAX and the French CAC40, which rose 9.6% and
8.5% respectively, while the UK FT100 ceded 4.9%.
The ascendant US indices halted for the first time in six years, reflecting S&P 500 (-0.7%) and Dow Jones (-2.2%) losses.