Sociedad General de Televisión Cuatro, S.A.U., better known by their trade name Sogecuatro, was a Spanish

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 media company that operated the Spanish television channel Cuatro. It operated as a subsidiary of the audiovisual division (Sogecable

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) of the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA

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.

On May 28, 2010 the Council of Ministers

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 authorised the transfer of the broadcasting license from Sogecable to their subsidiary.

On December 28, 2010 parent company PRISA TV

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PRISA Televisión, S.A.U is the leading pay TV company in Spain, created in 1989 and controlled by PRISA. It was the first company to introduce interactive systems and specially Digital Television in Spain...

 sold Sogecuatro to Gestevisión Telecinco, now known as Mediaset España, for 485 million euros and a 17.3% stake in the buying company.