Chellomedia Takes Control of Sogecable Doc Channel

LONDON/MADRID, March 22: Liberty Global’s Chellomedia,
through its Iberian TV business Multicanal, has taken control of Documanía, the
factual channel operated by Sogecable.

Multicanal will merge Documanía with its existing
documentary channel Odisea. The agreement also includes the carriage of Odisea
on the channel bouquet offered by Digital+. The new Odisea channel will be
available on the platform from April in the slot previously occupied by
Documanía. The revamped Odisea is being billed as the largest documentary
offering in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, reaching 3.5 million homes in
Spain via Digital+ and cable operators (Ono, R, Telecable) as well as Imagenio
and Jazztelia TV; and 1.5 million homes in Portugal, via TV Cabo, Cabovisao,
and other cable operators.

Odisea was launched in Spain ten years ago featuring content
on nature, technology, society and culture. Documania has been on air for 14
years with an output that includes nature, science, society, art, culture,
history and current affairs.