The broadcasting stations of Localia that were associated with this network without being a property of the group Prisa will keep on expressing their own programming

While, which were a property 100 % of the publishing company of 'The Country' stopped doing last day of the year 2008.

Localia began to express at the beginning of 2000 and it was provided with about 90 broadcasting stations placed in the principal Spanish cities. But last November 12 the Council of Administration of Pretaut, society property of Hurry, decided to stop the activity of the company before the "difficulties and incoherence" that, in his opinion, presents the current regulative frame.

Also, from Hurry arguían other reasons, like the "saturation" of licenses of Terrestrial Digital Television (TDT), the "untidy" development of the sector or the economic crisis and the fall of the advertizing investment, without recovery perspectives in short and half term", as was pointing out a bulletin.

Also, was indicating the group that the "nonperformance of the period in the licenses authorization, and the political arbitrariness with which some contests of regional TDT have been solved, they have aggravated the situation of determinant form".


(Efe, 07/01/09)