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Grupo Telefe
Televisión Federal S.A.
TypePrivate
IndustryMass media
FoundedOctober 20, 1989; 36 years ago (1989-10-20)
FoundersAvelino Porto
Editorial Atlántida
Soldatti family
Luis Zanón
Televisoras Provinciales
Headquarters
Ave. Sir Alexander Fleming 1101, Martínez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
OwnerTelevisión Litoral S.A. (84.14%)
Atlántida Comunicaciones S.A. (12.53%)
Enfisur S.A. (3.33%)
ParentGrupo Televisión Litoral
Websitemitelefe.com

Grupo Telefe (legally Televisión Federal S.A.) is an Argentine media company founded on October 20, 1989. The company holds and operates the license for LS84 TV Channel 11 in Buenos Aires, the flagship station of the Telefe television network, as well as stations in Córdoba and Santa Fe. Headquartered in Martínez, Buenos Aires Province, the company has been owned by Grupo Televisión Litoral since October 23, 2025.

History

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Televisión Federal S.A. was established in 1989 with the aim of participating in the bidding process to operate a television station in the city of Buenos Aires. On September 21, 1989, President Carlos Menem, two months after taking office, decided to re-privatize Buenos Aires' Channels 11 and 13.[1] Jorge Rachid, then Secretary of the Press, alleged that prosecutor Germán Moldes had offered him more than US$1.3 million in bribes to have Channel 11 privatized in favor of Franco Macri and businessman Silvio Berlusconi. Rachid also claimed that the prosecutor acted as the judicial operator of José Luis Manzano, another media businessman.[2]

At the time, the company's principal shareholders included Televisoras Provinciales S.A., which consisted of Dicor Difusión Córdoba S.A. – Channel 8 of Córdoba, Radiodifusora de Rosario Rader S.A. – Channel 5 of Rosario, Neuquén TV S.A. – Channel 7 of Neuquén, Radio Visión Jujuy S.A. – Channel 7 of San Salvador de Jujuy, Emisora Arenales de Radiodifusión S.A. – Channel 8 of Mar del Plata, Televisora Tucumana Color S.A. – Channel 8 of Tucumán, Telenueva S.A. – Channel 9 of Bahía Blanca, Cuyo Televisión S.A. – Channel 9 of Mendoza, Compañía de Radio y Televisión del Noroeste S.A. – Channel 11 of Salta, and Televisora Santafesina S.A. – Channel 13 of Santa Fe – with a 30% stake, and Editorial Atlántida, through Enfisur, with a 14% stake. The company's other shareholders were Avelino Porto, rector of the University of Belgrano and former Minister of Health of Argentina from 1991 to 1992, the Soldatti family, and Luis Zanón.[3][4]

The bidding process for Channel 11 was won by Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino (Artear), owned by Grupo Clarín. However, because it had also obtained the license for Channel 13, it had to choose between the two stations. Artear decided to retain Channel 13, and Channel 11 consequently went to Televisión Federal.[5] Televisión Federal assumed operation of the license on January 15, 1990,[6] and adopted the name Telefe on March 5 of the same year.[7]

The newspaper Ámbito Financiero questioned both transactions, alleging that they were acts of corruption intended to benefit Grupo Clarín:

Lamentable!… Se trata de una adjudicación directa eliminando a los tres oferentes para dejar solo a Clarín… El ala política del gobierno, encerrada entre funcionarios inescrupulosos o inhábiles, termina arrojando cada acto de privatización, que tiene el apoyo de los sectores progresistas de la comunicación, en un círculo de inmoralidades, privilegios y violaciones de la ley.

— Ámbito Financiero, December 26, 1989.[8]

In 1992, Televisión Federal and Raconti S.A. acquired Radio Continental,[9] with the sale being approved by the national government in 1995.[10]

In April 1998, it was announced that Televisoras Provinciales had sold its stake in Televisión Federal to Atlántida Comunicaciones and that seven of the ten companies that made up Televisoras Provinciales—Compañía de Radio y Televisión S.A., Dicor Difusión Córdoba S.A., Emisora Arenales de Radiodifusión S.A., Neuquén TV S.A., Rader S.A., Telenueva S.A., and Televisora Santafesina S.A.—had accepted Atlántida Comunicaciones' offer to acquire their respective licenses.[11][12] The transaction involving the last of these companies was completed in September of that year, with all of the acquired stations becoming part of Grupo Telefe.[13] The owners of Channels 7 in Jujuy, 8 in Tucumán, and 9 in Mendoza did not accept Atlántida's offer to acquire their licenses.[11]

On November 30, 1999, Constancio Vigil, general director of Atlántida Comunicaciones, announced that the Telefónica Group, which held a 30% stake in the company, would acquire 100% of Telefe's shares, its eight television stations, and the Continental and FM Hit radio stations for approximately US$530 million.[14][15][16][17]

At the same time, it was announced that Telefónica would acquire a 50% stake in Azul Televisión (formerly owned by Prime Television), which included Channel 9 and its three stations in the provinces. Both transactions were approved by the Secretariat for Competition Defense and Consumer Protection on April 19, 2000.[18] Telefónica completed the acquisition of both television operations on May 19 of the same year.[19][20][21]

In late March 2000, it was announced that Telefe's parent company, Atlántida Comunicaciones, had acquired Channel 8 in Tucumán.[22]

On November 28, 2001, the Federal Broadcasting Committee ordered the Telefónica Group to sell, within 12 months, one of the television stations in Buenos Aires—either Channel 9 or Channel 11—and one of the stations in Mar del Plata—either Channel 8 or Channel 10.[23] On July 4, 2002, Telefónica ultimately divested itself of Channels 9 and 10 by selling its stake in Azul Televisión to HFS Media, a company led by Daniel Hadad and Fernando Sokolowicz, while retaining Telefe's Channels 8 and 11.[24][25][26]

On November 17, 2004, Telefónica announced the sale of the licenses of Radio Continental to Prisa Group for US$10.5 million.[27]

On December 6, 2012, Telefe submitted its voluntary compliance plan to the Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) in order to comply with the Audiovisual Communication Services Law. The plan proposed selling Channel 7 in Neuquén and Channel 9 in Bahía Blanca.[28][29]

The plan was approved on December 16, 2014, two years after its submission, leaving the two stations subject to sale.[30][31][32]

On December 29, 2015, Decree 267/2015, published on January 4, 2016, amended several provisions of the law.[33] Among the amendments was Article 45, which had established that a license holder could not reach more than 35% of the country's population through its free-to-air broadcasting services. Following the removal of the national coverage limit,[34] Telefe was no longer required to sell the two stations and could retain its eight stations in the interior of the country.[35]

On February 2, 2016, the Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (ENACOM), which succeeded AFSCA, decided to archive all compliance plans, including Telefe's. As a result, Telefe was no longer required to sell any of its television stations.[36][37][38]

On November 3, 2016, it was announced that the American company Viacom had reached an agreement to acquire Telefe and its television stations for US$345 million.[39] The acquisition was completed on November 15.[40][41][42][43]

ENACOM approved the transfer of Telefe and its licenses to Viacom on March 30, 2017.[44][45][46]

On August 13, 2019, CBS Corporation and Viacom announced an agreement to merge their respective business operations, including Grupo Telefe, under the CBS corporate structure, which would subsequently be renamed ViacomCBS.[47][48][49][50]

The merger was completed on December 4, 2019.[51][52][53]

On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS was renamed Paramount Global.[54]

On October 23, 2025, Grupo Televisión Litoral, led by businessman Gustavo Scaglione and associated with José Luis Manzano, acquired 100% of Telefe from Paramount Skydance for approximately US$100 million, returning the network to Argentine ownership after 25 years under foreign control.[55]

Divisions

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  • Mi Telefe

Stations

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Owned stations

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Province License city Station Channel Operated since
Analog Digital
City of Buenos Aires LS 84 11 34 1990
Córdoba Córdoba LV 85 8 29 1998
Santa Fe Rosario LT 84 5 38 1998[a]
Santa Fe LT 82 13 N/A 1998[a]

Notes:

  1. 1 2 The station was owned by Compañía de Televisión del Atlántico S.A., a direct subsidiary of Atlántida Comunicaciones,[18] from 1998 to 2004, when the company was absorbed by Televisión Federal. Nevertheless, during that period it was considered part of Grupo Telefe.

Formerly operated stations

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Province License city Station Frequency Period operated Notes
Buenos Aires Bahía Blanca LU 80 9 1998–2023[a] Station sold to Televisión Litoral and La Nueva Provincia.
Mar del Plata LRI 438 94.1 MHz 2001–2004[b] Station sold to Prisa Group.
LRI 486 8 1998–2022[a] Station sold to Neomedia.
City of Buenos Aires LS4 590 kHz
105.5 MHz		 1992–2004 Station sold to Prisa Group.
Neuquén Neuquén LU 84 7 1998–2023 Station sold to Alpha Media.
Salta Salta LW 82 11 1998–2023[c] Stations sold to Televisión Litoral. Currently operating independently.
Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán LRK 458 8 1998–2023[d]

Notes:

  1. 1 2 The station was owned by Compañía de Televisión del Atlántico S.A., a direct subsidiary of Atlántida Comunicaciones,[18] from 1998 to 2004, when the company was absorbed by Televisión Federal. Nevertheless, during that period it was considered part of Grupo Telefe.
  2. ↑ The station was owned by Radio Estéreo S.A., a direct subsidiary of Enfisur.[56] Nevertheless, it was considered part of Radio Continental.[27]
  3. ↑ The station was owned by Compañía de Televisión del Noroeste S.A., a direct subsidiary of Atlántida Comunicaciones,[18] from 1998 to 2004, when the company was absorbed by Televisión Federal. Nevertheless, during that period it was considered part of Grupo Telefe.
  4. ↑ The station was owned by Televisora Tucumana Color S.A., a direct subsidiary of Atlántida Comunicaciones,[22] from 2000 to 2004, when the company was absorbed by Televisión Federal. Nevertheless, during that period it was considered part of Grupo Telefe.

References

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  1. ↑ Leonardo M. D'Espósito (17 October 2011). "Sesenta años de la TV argentina: del vivo y directo a la vida en directo". Diario BAE. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "El fiscal Moldes: Jorge Rachid dijo que Moldes vino a Coimearme". Perfil. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ↑ López, Gustavo (21 November 2012). "El caso Telefónica". Infobae.
  4. ↑ "Segunda sección". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 23 October 1989. Retrieved 19 October 2017 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "Los canales de la década del 60". Diario El Día. La Plata, Argentina: El Día S.A. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "25 años celebrados en un día". Clarín. 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "¡Se cumplen 30 años de nuestra primera transmisión!". Telefe. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Sivak, Martín (2015). Clarín. La era Magneto. Buenos Aires: Planeta. pp. 143–144. ISBN 9789504947066.
  9. ↑ "La Radiodifusión en el Menemismo". robertexto.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Decreto 975/95". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 6 July 1995. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. 1 2 "El CEI lanza Telefé al mercado mundial". La Nación. 2 April 1998. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Editorial Atlántida está de compras". Clarín. 29 April 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Editorial Atlantida acquires TV Channels". Telecompaper. 14 September 1998. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Telefónica se quedará con la mayor parte del grupo Atlántida". Clarín. 1 December 1999. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Telefónica avanza en el control de Atlántida". La Nación. 1 December 1999. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Uno al gobierno, el otro al poder". Página/12. 1 December 1999. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Telefónica compra la TV más vista de Argentina". El País. 2 December 1999. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Resolución 53/00" (PDF). Secretaría de Defensa de la Competencia y del Consumidor. 19 April 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "Telefónica Media compró canal argentino Telefe". EMOL. 19 May 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  20. ↑ "Telefónica asumió el control de Telefé y Azul Televisión". Clarín. 20 May 2000. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Telefónica consolida su posición en la TV". La Nación. 20 May 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  22. 1 2 "Telefé adquirió Canal 8 de Tucumán". La Nación. 27 March 2000.
  23. ↑ "Telefónica deberá vender canales de TV". Clarín. 29 November 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "Un grupo encabezado por Daniel Hadad compró Azul TV". Clarín. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "Hadad es el nuevo dueño de Azul TV". La Nación. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  26. ↑ "Resolución 41/02" (PDF). Secretaría de la Competencia, la Desregulación y la Defensa del Consumidor. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  27. 1 2 "El grupo Prisa pagará ocho millones a Telefónica por dos radios argentinas". Cinco Días. 24 March 2004.
  28. ↑ "Plan de Adecuación de Telefe" (PDF). AFSCA. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  29. ↑ Crettaz, José (13 December 2012). "Las sorpresas que traen las propuestas de "adecuación"". La Nación. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  30. ↑ Crettaz, José (17 December 2014). "Aceptaron la adecuación de Telefé y regularizaron la situación de Canal 9". La Nación. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  31. ↑ "Telefe deberá deshacerse de Canal 7 de Neuquén". La Mañana Neuquén. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  32. ↑ "Ley de Medios: aprobaron que Telefónica se quede con Telefe". Clarín. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  33. ↑ "Decreto 267/2015". InfoLeg. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  34. ↑ Crettaz, José (30 December 2015). "El resumen del DNU que reforma las leyes de medios y de telecomunicaciones". La Nación. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  35. ↑ Sanguinetti, Andrés (5 January 2016). "El Gobierno cambia la Ley de Medios y crea un ente para controlar a las telefónicas y las firmas de cable". El Cronista. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  36. ↑ Cayón, David (3 February 2016). "Fin de la ley de Medios: archivaron todos los planes de adecuación y no hay obligación de vender señales". El Cronista. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  37. ↑ "Enacom dio de baja todos los planes de adecuación a la Ley de Medios". Ámbito Financiero. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  38. ↑ Crettaz, José (2 February 2016). "El Enacom archivó todos los planes de adecuación a la ley de medios". La Nación. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  39. ↑ Sardi, Maximiliano (3 November 2016). "Viacom compra Telefé por usd 400 millones". Perfil. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  40. ↑ "Se concretó la venta de Telefé al Grupo Viacom". La Nación. 15 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  41. ↑ Nani, Amilcar (15 November 2016). "La historia de Viacom, el gigante mediático que compró Telefe". Big Bang News. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  42. ↑ Berisso, Pablo (15 November 2016). "Viacom ya es el nuevo dueño de Telefe". Perfil. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  43. ↑ "Telefónica concretó la venta de Telefe a Viacom por USD 345 millones". Infobae. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  44. ↑ "Resolución 2062-E/2017". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  45. ↑ "Aprueban los traspasos de Radio América a Fontevecchia y de Telefé a Viacom". El Cronista. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  46. ↑ Alfie, Alejandro (30 March 2017). "El ENACOM asignó Radio América a Fontevecchia y aprobó la transferencia de Telefe a Viacom". Clarín. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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  48. ↑ "Viacom y CBS se fusionan en un gigante de medios de más de u$s 30.000 millones". El Cronista. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
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  54. ↑ "Adiós ViacomCBS: la compañía cambia su nombre a Paramount". TVLaint. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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  56. ↑ "Resolución 4/05" (PDF). COMFER. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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