Annual And Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

measures. Moreover, our way of doing business, which is recognised by and recognisable to our stakeholders, is still the best possible defence in the face of a swiftly changing media landscape. We were the first to understand – and to understand more accurately than our competitors – that the focus of our business must be our content. We proved able to break resistance to change so as to become Spain’s leading content factory. We create quality brands, brought into being by the best professionals and bringing together both prestige and audience ratings. The useful life of our content goes beyond conventional linear broadcasting, and includes third parties in the value chain. The emergence of Atresmedia Studios , which was founded to create, design and produce for other operators, is therefore the natural consequence of a horizontal strategy that cuts across the Company and places us at the forefront of the industry. That same strategy has enabled us to acquire 50 million subscriber households around the world via our international channels and to become a leading player in the main markets with our fiction series. And, on the strength of our high-quality offering and our consistent commitment to always provide the best product, even in the awareness that results might not be immediately forthcoming, in 2017 Atresmedia tasted success in its news and current affairs programming, and thus enhanced its influence in wider society. To be influential and become a benchmark source of news on the topics that the public is genuinely concerned with is a wonderfully valuable attribute that sets us apart from new operators and buttresses our leadership position. The plural and diverse nature of our Group , our professionalism, our ability to respond swiftly and our consistent willingness to serve the public, unsullied by short-term tactics or gimmicks, clearly shone forth last year, which was a period laden with crucial events. Atresmedia Radio and Atresmedia Televisión led their respective fields in meeting the needs of society, making our brand an undisputed benchmark for news and current affairs. In 2017 we proved that ours is a highly dynamic Company by opening up new lines of business and strengthening existing ones | 12 | ATRESMEDIA  |  ANNUAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2017