ATV
Main channel of Grupo ATV, a media conglomerate that is part of a Latin American Communication Network Albavisión, which is owned by the Mexican broadcaster Remigio Ángel González González, who lives in Miami. Grupo ATV is composed of eleven TV channels (ATV, ATV+ Noticias, ATV Sur, La Tele, Red TV, their HD versions and Arpeggio TV) and a webpage (atv.pe). The release of ATV Norte has already been planned.
ATV ranked third in overall audience share nationwide (IBOPE 2015) and it is the second largest television signal with national coverage (CPI 2016). Its programming combines international production (series in English and Spanish) with local production (information blocks and the reality Combat skills).
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Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
Grupo ATV (Albavisión)
Group / Individual Owner
Foxton S.A.C.
Company established in 1997 to manage trade-related and general industry activities. In 1999, its funders resigned and the company is managed by the Cúneo Lobiano brothers: Marcello, Bruno and Sergio. In 2015, Marcello Cúneo resigned to the company and Gustavo Enrique Welsh is appointed as its CEO. Foxton S.A.C. It is the main shareholder of companies: Andean S.A.C. Broadcasting, Television Continental S.A.C., Alliance S.A.C., Nor Peruvian Broadcasting S.A.C., Atlantis Investment S.A.C., all linked to ATV Group.
Marcello Vittorio Cúneo Lobiano
Chairman of the ATV Group. Mechanical Engineer with postgraduate studies in the United States. Former Chairman of the Board of the Sociedad Nacional de Radio y Televisión (2013-2014) and current treasurer of the organization (2015-2016). Minority shareholder of companies: Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C., Inversiones Atlántida S.A.C., Nor Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A.C. and Alliance S.A.C., all of which are linked to the ATV Group. Peruvian, married with two children. .
General Information
Founding Year
1980
Founder
Domingo Palermo Cabrejos, Julio Vera Gutiérrez, Ezio Piaggio Álvarez Palacios, Fernando Barco Saravia
Affiliated Interests Founder
Peruvian,Civil engineer, married to Sonia María Ibargüengoitia Campanella. Also founder of Nor Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A. Former Education Minister during Alberto Fujimori’s administration (1996), was part of the team that negotiated with the terrorists of the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) for the release of hostages held in the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Peru in late 1996.
Peruvian, Civil engineer, married to Graciela Abad Vásquez de Vera. He voluntarily went into exile to Costa Rica after being involved in a failed military coup led by General Jaime Salinas Sedó against the government of Alberto Fujimori in November 1992. His son assumed leadership of the channel momentarily until his return in 1996. The administration of the channel rotated between the founding father, the son and the wife, until it was declared insolvent and the Board of creditors was formed in 1998
Capitalist partner in the creation of Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C., represented in the directory by Fernando Barco Saravia. Because of his sympathy for the Acción Popular political party (AP), he was one of the main financiers of the presidential campaign of Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1980). When AP lost the 1985 presidential election, Tizón Pacheco decided to sell his percentage of shares Julio Vera Gutiérrez.
Ceo
Gustavo Enrique Welsh
Affiliated Interests Ceo
General Manager of Grupo ATV. Argentine, First Lieutenant (R) of the Weapons Command Force of the Argentine Army. General Manager of Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C., Foxton S.A.C., Nor Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A.C. and Inversiones Atlántida S.A.C., companies linked to the Grupo ATV.
Editor-In-Chief
Marcello Cúneo Lobiano
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Chairman of the ATV Group. Mechanical Engineer with postgraduate studies in the United States. Former Chairman of the Board of the Sociedad Nacional de Radio y Televisión (2013-2014) and current treasurer of the organization (2015-2016). Minority shareholder of companies: Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C., Inversiones Atlántida S.A.C., Nor Peruana de Radiodifusión S.A.C. and Alliance S.A.C., all of which are linked to the ATV Group. Peruvian, married with two children.
Other Important People
Nicolás Lúcar, Andrea Llosa, Pamela Vértiz
Affiliated Interests other important people
Periodista, conductor del noticiero matutino “Aquí y ahora” (ATV) y de un segmento radial en Exitosa. Ex conductor de los programas dominicales “La revista dominical”, “Tiempo Nuevo” (América TV), “Día D” (ATV), “Punto final” (Latina). Casado con Frances Crousillat, hija del expresidente del directorio de América Televisión, José Enrique Crousillat. Los Panama Papers revelaron que Lúcar y su esposa crearon una empresa offshore en Islas Vírgenes Británicas para manejar las finanzas de un talk show.
Periodista, directora y conductora del programa “Nunca más”, uno de los más sintonizados de ATV. Casada con el camarógrafo y productor televisivo Luis Ávalos Gómez, con el que tiene dos hijos.
Journalist, host of Sunday program “Día D” of ATV and of the afternoon news segment of ATV+ Noticias. Married to the Commercial Manager of Alianza Consultores S.A.C., Alfredo Salazar Maurer, with whom she has two children.
Contact
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C. : US$ 116.5 million (S/. 330. 8 million) 2014
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
Andina de Radiodifusión S.A.C. : US$ 74.60 million (S/. 254.1 million) 2015
Market Share
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Further Information
Headlines
PÉREZ, Melissa. El fantasma de la mafia. Semanario Hildebrandt en sus trece, semana del 4 al 10 de noviembre del 2011.
Meta Data
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Sources
CPI. Cobertura y calidad de señal televisiva y radial a nivel nacional urbano 2016. Market report N° 08, octubre 2016.
COYA, Hugo. Genaro: Los secretos, escándalos, triunfos y fracasos del gran mago de la televisión peruana. Lima, Editorial Planeta Perú S.A., 2015.
LÓPEZ, José Fernando. “Los fantasmas detrás de “El Fantasma””. En: Revista Poder, Febrero 2011, N° 21, págs 70-78.
VIVAS, Fernando. En vivo y en directo: Una historia de la televisión peruana. Lima, Fondo Editorial de la Universidad de Lima (2° edición), 2008.