Cuatro

Cuatro
Launched	November 7, 2005
Owned by	Sogecable
Audience share	7.8% (, )
Country	Spain
Website	www.cuatro.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Channel 4
Digital	Mux 67
Satellite
Digital+	Channel 4 and 14
Cable
ONO	4
R	Dial 74
Euskaltel	4
Telecable	4
IPTV
Imagenio	4
Orange TV	4
Jazztelia TV	4

Cuatro ("Four") is a Spanish private television channel, on air since November 2005. Owned by Sogecable, it is broadcast on the TV frequencies licensed to that company in 1990 and previously used by Sogecable for the analogue transmission of its pay-per-view channel Canal+.

History

In 2006, Cuatro scored a massive coup by striking a deal with the Spanish Football Federation and Spain's national football team allowing it to show all of the team's matches, and it also concluded an agreement with rival channel La Sexta to share the rights to broadcast the games of general interest in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It snatched this licence from TVE, who had held the rights to the national team's matches for years. In 2008, together with satellite platform Digital+, owned by the same company, Cuatro secured the rights to broadcast the UEFA Euro 2008 championship^[1], scoring the highest ratings in the history of Spanish television (since 1992)^[2]. The 2 broadcasters also achieved rights for 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Programmes

• Cuarto Milenio (English: Fourth Millennium). A mysteries' program directed by Iker Jiménez.
• El Hormiguero (English: The Anthill).Laught show, with Pablo Motos.
• El Gran Quiz. Spanish version of The National Lottery People's Quiz
• Éstas no son las noticias (English: These are not the news). News parody
• Factor X Spanish version of The X Factor
• Fama a bailar a dance talent show.
• Fifty Fifty. Quiz show, with Silvia Jato.
• Las mañanas de Cuatro (English: Cuatro's mornings). Daytime magazine show, with Concha García Campoy.
• Nada x aqui (English: Nothing around here). Magician show.
• Noticias Cuatro 1 (English: Cuatro News 1). With Manu Carreño, Manolo Lama, Javier Ruiz and Mónica Sanz. News, sports, weather.
• Noticias Cuatro 2 (English: Cuatro News 2). With Iñaki Gabilondo, Silvia Intxaurrondo and Manu Carreño.News, sports, weather.
• Noticias Cuatro Fin de Semana (English: Cuatro News Weekend). With Miguel Ángel Oliver, Marta Reyero, Juanma Castaño and Nico Abad. News, sports, weather.
• Password. Spanish version of the American game show.
• Peking Express an adventure show.
• Saturday Night Live Spanish version of American NBC's show "Saturday Night Live".

Former programmes

• Alta tensión (English: High Voltage). With Luis Larrodera. Quiz show.
• Brainiac (Spanish version).
• Channel Nº 4. Talk show, with Ana García Siñeriz and Boris Izaguirre.
• Desnudas (English: Naked). Coaching show.
• Gran Slam (English: Grand Slam). Quiz show, with Nico Abad (formerly).
• Las noticias del guiñol. Satirical puppet show, Spanish version of Les Guignols de l'info.
• Money, money. Spanish version of Show Me the Money.
• Noche Hache (English: Hache Night). Late night hosted by Eva Hache.
• Visto y oído (English: Seen and heard). Magazine show, with Joaquín Prat Jr. and Raquel Sánchez Silva.

Series

National

Current series

• Cuestión de Sexo (English: A matter of sex).
• Hay alguien ahí (English: Is anyone there?).

Former series

• Cuenta atrás (English: Countdown).
• Génesis: En la mente del asesino (English: Genesis: on the murderer's mind).
• Gominolas (English: Gumdrops).
• HKM.
• Los simuladores (English: The pretenders).

Foreign

Current series

• Alerta Cobra ("Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei")
• Alias
• Cinco hermanos ("Brothers & Sisters")
• Californication
• Embrujadas ("Charmed")
• Dexter
• Gladiadores Siglo XXI ("American Gladiators")
• Entre Fantasmas ("Ghost Whisperer")
• Eureka
• Anatomía de Grey ("Grey's Anatomy")
• House
• Primeval
• Kyle XY
• Las Vegas
• Medium
• Psych
• Pressing Catch: WWE SmackDown!
• Pressing Catch: WWE RAW
• The Closer
• The Office
• Viajero en el Tiempo ("The Journeyman")
• El Club contra el Crimen ("Women's Murder Club")

Former series

• Amistades peligrosas ("Dangerous Friendships")
• Betty ("Ugly Betty")
• Felicity
• Friends
• Humor Amarillo ("Takeshi's Castle")
• Joey
• Juzgado de Guardia ("Night Court")
• LAX
• Mad Men
• Metropolis ("Boomtown")
• Nikita
• Pesadillas de Stephen King ("Nightmares and Dreamscapes")
• Queer as Folk
• Roma ("Rome")
• Salvando a Grace ("Saving Grace")
• Scrubs
• Torchwood
• V
• Weeds

Animation

• Astro Boy
• Baby Blues.
• Bleach
• Cow and Chicken
• Cowboy Bebop
• Dragon Ball
• Dragon Ball Z
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• Full Metal Alchemist
• Funky Cops
• G Force
• Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Kevin Spencer
• MÄR
• Mission Hill
• Mucha Lucha
• Naruto
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• The Oblongs
• Outlaw Star
• Paranoia Agent
• Pink Panther
• Pretty Cure
• RahXephon
• Samurai 7
• Samurai Champloo
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Sheep in the Big City
• South Park
• Ulysses 31

Reality

Current series

• Ajuste de Cuentas (English: Settlements).
• El Encantador de Perros (Dog Whisperer) The American TV show dubbed in Spanish.
• Fama ¡A Bailar! (English: Fame, let's dance). Spanish version of the Swedish TV show Floor Filler.
• Granjero busca esposa. Spanish version of Farmer Wants a Wife.
• Hermano Mayor. Spanish version of the French TV show "Le Grand Frère".
• Pekín Express. Spanish version of the Dutch/Flemish show "Peking Express".
• Supernanny (Spanish version).

Former series

• Tienes Talento. Spanish version of the Got Talent series.

• Circus. Más difícil todavía (English: Circus. Even more difficult).
• Factor X. Spanish version of the British TV show The X Factor.
• Fama School (English: Fame School). Spin-Off of Fama ¡A Bailar! with teenagers.
• Madres adolescentes. Spanish version of the British TV show Help Me, I'm a Teen Mum.
• La batalla de los coros. Spanish version of Clash of the Choirs.
• ¡Qué Desperdicio! (English: What a waste!).
• SOS Adolescentes (English: SOS Teenagers).
• Soy lo que Como (English: I am what I eat).
• Supermodelo. Spanish version of America's Next Top Model. With Judit Mascó.
• Fama ¡A Bailar! . Version of 2009. Website ^[3]

Docu Shows

Current series

• 21 Días (English: 21 Días).
• Callejeros (English: Street Wanderers).
• Callejeros Viajeros (English: Traveler Street Wanderers). Spin-off of "Callejeros".
• Desafío Extremo (English: Extreme Challenge).
• El Último Superviviente (Man vs. Wild) The British TV show dubbed in Spanish.

Former series

• Benidorm
• Hipodromo (English: Horse Racecourse).
• Hospital.
• Ola Ola (English: Wave Wave).
• 1 Equipo (English: 1 Team).

References

1. ^ Cuatro y Digital + emitirán en exclusiva la Eurocopa 2008 · ELPAÍS.com
2. ^ Los penaltis de España - Italia, lo más visto de la historia de la televisión · FórmulaTV.com
3. ^ Fama 3 Official WebSite

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)
• Sogecable