El Toro TV

El Toro TV (formerly Intereconomía Televisión) is a Spanish television channel owned by Farnesio Ventures, S.L. and associated with Grupo Intereconomía, whose founder Julio Ariza remains a prominent on-air presence.

Founded in 2005 after acquiring the broadcast licence of Expansión TV, the channel initially focused on economic and financial news before broadening into general right-wing political commentary programming. The channel self-identifies as right-wing, while multiple independent Spanish news organisations have characterised its editorial line as closely aligned with the far-right party Vox. After accumulating severe financial losses from 2013 onwards, Grupo Intereconomía formally declared insolvency in March 2015. Following bankruptcy proceedings that concluded in 2019, Intereconomía Televisión was formally acquired by Farnesio Ventures, S.L., a company owned by José Luis Hernández De Arce, and renamed El Toro TV on 14 March 2019. Courts subsequently found Ariza, as the group's sole administrator, judicially liable for the bankruptcy proceedings, ordering him to pay a combined total exceeding €15 million across two separate rulings in 2023. Having lost its national TDT broadcast licence in 2014 following a Supreme Court ruling, El Toro TV currently operates through limited regional TDT frequencies in the Community of Madrid and Sagunto (Valencia), as well as through internet streaming and selected paid cable platforms.