Atlántico Televisión launches on Movistar Plus, taking channel 10 slot

Atlántico Televisión has begun broadcasting on Movistar Plus, according to reports published on 8 July 2026. The addition places the channel at dial 10 on all of the platform's receivers in the Canary Islands, immediately after channel 9, which is reserved for Televisión Canaria.

According to information released, this position puts the private channel alongside the main national free-to-air broadcasters. Sources linked to the group itself describe the dial 10 slot as "a recognition of the standing achieved by the first private regional broadcaster" in the Canary Islands.

Signal reach

Outside the Canary Islands, Atlántico Televisión's signal is included in the group of channels that Movistar Plus dedicates to regional broadcasters from Spain's various autonomous communities. This distribution means, according to the sources, that Canarian programming will reach more than five million subscribers across the country.

Within the archipelago, the platform has more than 250,000 subscriber households in the Canary Islands — a figure that, according to the data provided, exceeds the combined reach of all other pay-television platforms operating in the archipelago, which together have fewer than 20,000 subscribers. The channel's programming will continue to broadcast on regional DTT as well.

Five years on air

Atlántico Televisión launched on 30 May 2021 and has established itself, according to the sources, as the leading private regional broadcaster in the Canary Islands. The channel maintains continuous news coverage 365 days a year, in a format described as inspired by the major US news networks.

According to the published information, it is the only private continuous-news channel currently operating in Spain; in the public sector, that role has long been filled by RTVE's Canal 24 Horas.

On audience figures, the sources cite Kantar Media data — whose meters also record the channel's regional DTT signal in the Canary Islands — showing that Atlántico Televisión reaches a cumulative monthly average audience of close to 400,000 viewers.

The media group

Atlántico Televisión is part of Grupo Plató del Atlántico, which also owns Diario de Avisos and which, according to the information released, is the largest multimedia group in the Canary Islands. Most of the channel's production takes place at Plató del Atlántico Studios, described as the largest audiovisual complex in the archipelago.

The group is also planning further short-term investment. According to the sources, Atlántico Televisión will open new studios in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in September, and before the end of the year will have operational bureaus on the remaining islands.

Both accounts of the news agree on the main figures and dates, although sources from the group's own publishing arm — Diario de Avisos — describe the arrival on Movistar Plus as "a historic step" and "a new milestone" in the channel's history, while external coverage limits itself to characterising the move as a step in the broadcaster's expansion.