Viacom (Argentina)
Televisión Federal (Telefé) is the company that runs Canal 11 from Buenos Aires (with studios in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area) and eight channels in the rest of Argentina: 8 from Córdoba, 5 from Rosario, 8 from Mar del Plata, 9 Bahía Blanca, 7 Neuquén, 11 from Salta, 13 from Santa Fe, 8 from Tucumán, and repeaters such as Canal 9 from Mendoza, Canal 11 from Formosa and Canal 13 from Río Cuarto.
It is the largest audiovisual production company in Argentina: it produces over 70% of its programming, a total of 5,100 hours of content a year.
Telefé also has an international division dedicated to selling formats and content all over the world, which is distributed as a paid content TV channel and has over 25 million subscribers in 22 countries.
Its content can be watched by streaming or on-demand on its web platforms. According to the company, it has about 21 million monthly streaming visualizations by 2.6 million monthly visitors.
Mother Company
Atlántida Comunicaciones (VIACOM)
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Joint stock corporation
Business Sectors
Copyrighted content use; film production
Individual Owner
Viacom is owned by American mogul Sumner Redstone, who, together with his family, owns 70% of stock of Viacom and CBS Corporation through the firm National Amusements. His daughter, Shari Redstone (Vice President of the board of directors of Viacom and CBS), is the next in line to lead her father’s business. Traditionally, the Redstones and their media were always open supporters of the US Democratic Party. Viacom is the fourth largest media conglomerate in the world and owns cinema studios, TV networks, paid TV channels, videogame companies, movie theater networks and theaters, among other businesses.
Other TV Outlets
Canal 11 (Buenos Aires)
Canal 8 (Córdoba)
Canal 5 (Rosario)
Canal 8 (Mar del Plata)
Canal 9 (Bahía Blanca)
Canal 7 (Neuquén)
Canal 11 (Salta)
Canal (Santa Fe)
Canal 8 (Tucumán)
Other Online Outlets
telefe.com
telefenoticias.com.ar
Media Business
Television content production and distribution
Telefé
Telefé Internacional
Film production and distribution
Telefé
Business
Film production and distribution
Telefé
Telefé Internacional
General Information
Founding Year
1989
Affiliated Interests Founder
It comprised Dicor Difusión Córdoba SA (Canal 8); Radiodifusora de Rosario Rader SA (Canal 5); Neuquén TVSA (Canal 7); Radio Visión Jujuy; Emisora Arenales de Radiodifusión SA (Canal 8 from Mar del Plata); Televisora Tucumana Color SA (Canal 8); Telenueva SA (Canal 9 from Bahía Blanca); Cuyo Televisión SA (Canal 9 from Mendoza); Compañía de Radio y Televisión del Noreste SA (Canal 11 from Salta) and Televisora Santafesina SA (Canal 13 from Santa Fe), and it owned 30% of Telefé. Its shareholders were Editorial Atlántida, Avelino Porto, Luis Zanón and Grupo Soldatti.
Employees
1.8
Contact
Prilidiano Pueyrredon 2989 Piso 2 (1640), Martinez, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Tax/ ID Number
30-63652916-4
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
USD 200 million (2016)
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
Missing data
Advertising (in % of total funding)
Missing data
Management
Executive Board
President
Vice President
Member of the board
Further Information
Meta Data
Number of employees in Telefé: between 1,700 and 1,800 (Source: Nosis)
Yearly revenue in 2016: number released to the press by Viacom authorities when Telefé network was purchased (see https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-acquires-argentine-tv-network-telefe-345m-947411)
Information about Telefé Internacional and website visits was obtained from the reports presented by Viacom before the SEC in 2018, available at https://ir.viacom.com/static-files/6255f82b-b25c-4234-bc7f-2e731dc3fd66
