Factoría de Ficción

Factoría de Ficción is a Spanish free-to-air television network owned by Mediaset España.[1] It was launched on 18 February 2008 as FDF Telecinco, replacing Telecinco Estrellas. On 25 July 2009 it changed its logo and name only to "Factoría de Ficción" (Spanish for factory of fiction). It is a 24-hour channel and airs both syndicated and original television series and films. It is available on free-to-air digital television, and cable television.[2][3][4]

For the 2000–2007 television station, see Factoría de Ficción (pay television).

Factoría de Ficción
CountrySpain
Broadcast areaSpain
Andorra
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerMediaset España
Sister channelsTelecinco
Cuatro
Boing
Divinity
Energy
Be Mad
History
Launched18 February 2008 (2008-02-18)
ReplacedTelecinco Estrellas
Former namesFDF Telecinco (2008–2009)
Links
Websitewww.factoriadeficcion.com

History

The origins of this channel go back to Factoría de Ficción, a pay television channel that was co-owned by Grupo Antena 3, Gestevisión Telecinco and the production company Globomedia, this channel broadcast television series produced by the three companies and was closed on July 1, 2007 due to contract renewal problems with Digital+.[5]

On February 18, 2008, Telecinco recovered the name of the channel for the launch of its new DTT signal, called FDF Telecinco replacing Telecinco Estrellas, but only broadcasting series of own production or from its catalog of series acquired abroad.[6] In July 2009 the channel was renamed Factoría de Ficción, a name it has kept since then.[7] In its beginnings, the channel also broadcast cartoons, but in 2010 they were withdrawn from the signal to be relocated to Boing, a new Mediaset channel dedicated to children's programming.[8]

In November 2015 Mediaset relaunched Energy as the company's second channel dedicated to broadcasting series, so FDF's programming began to focus on Spanish series and movies, as well as some general entertainment programs, while most of the foreign series bought by Mediaset España began to be broadcast on Energy.[9]

Programming

Factoría de Ficcion airs syndicated television series, both international and local, most of them reruns of series previously aired on sister channels Cuatro and Telecinco.

Foreign series

Local series

References
  1. Mediaset España. "Quiénes somos?" (in Spanish). 30 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. Rosario de Mateo, Laura Bergés, Rosario de Mateo Pérez, Laura Bergés Saura – Los retos de las televisiones públicas. Financiación, servicio ... 2009 – Page 68 "En este grupo se pueden incluir las sociedades Grupo Editorial Telecinco (gestión de derechos), Estudios Picaso Factoría de Ficción (producción audiovisual), Premiere Megaplex (salas de cine), Cinematext (subtitulado), Canal Factoría de Ficción ..."
  3. Verónica Baena Graciá Fundamentos de marketing: Entorno, consumidor, estrategia e ... 2011 – Page 159 "La nueva cadena completará así la estrategia de Telecinco en su familia de canales, compuesta actualmente por Cuatro, orientada al público joven; La Siete, una ventana al contenido de Telecinco y Cuatro; Factoría de Ficción, único canal ..."
  4. La industria audiovisual en España – Acadenmia de las Ciencias y las Artes de Televisión, Corporación Multimedia – 2010 Page 190 "Sin embargo, el operador siempre ha contado con una señal dedicada a la redifusión de sus series de producción propia -Telecinco Estrellas en origen y Factoría de Ficción en la actualidad-, uno de sus contenidos tradicionalmente más ..."
  5. "Desaparece Factoría de Ficción". Espinof (in Spanish). 21 June 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. "Telecinco reestructura su TDT con Telecinco 2 y FDF". Fórmula TV (in Spanish). 15 February 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. "Telecinco estrena nueva imagen en Factoría de Ficción". Panorama Audiovisual (in Spanish). 24 July 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. "Boing, un nuevo canal de Telecinco dirigido a los niños y a los adolescentes Televisión". elmundo.es (in Spanish). 2 August 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. "Energy se transforma en el canal masculino de series USA". Vertele (in Spanish). 28 November 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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