''Horizonte'' is a Spanish television program directed and presented by journalist

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. It premiered in 2020 as a program dedicated to the

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, owing its existence to a similar monograph in Jiménez's main program ''

Cuarto Milenio ''Cuarto milenio'' is a Spanish television program directed and presented by journalist Iker Jiménez and Carmen Porter. The program has been broadcast weekly on television channel Cuatro since November 2005, being the channel's longest runni ...

'', though later expanding to other relevant topics, like politics, science and

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, in 2021. It was broadcast in

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's prime time with high audience ratings, reaching near three millions viewers in its fifth episode, before being moved to the same niche in

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History

In March 2020, mystery investigation program ''

'' became notorious due to a series of episodes broadcast in February, dedicated to the then incipient

, in which several boards of guest experts accurately predicted the national impact that it would go on to have. Among the guests there were physicians and scientists like Tomás Camacho, Miguel Ángel Pertierra, José Miguel Gaona, Julio Mayol, César Carballo and Javier Cantón, as well as communicators of geopolitics like Col. Pedro Baños and Pablo Fuente, all of which were periodically invited to the program. Media impact in Spain was such that, when ''Cuarto Milenio'' put its broadcast on hiatus due to the situation, its director

had to dispel rumors of political censorship exerted by the

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, whose management of the pandemic had been strongly criticized in the program. In September, to accompany its return to television, ''Cuarto Milenio'' produced a special, two-part episode dedicated to continue gathering information about the COVID-19 pandemic. The first part was titled ''Origen'' and broadcast on 6 September, doubling ''Cuarto Milenios usual audience ratings with a 13.3% share, while next week it followed ''Horizonte'' with 11.6%. Due to the episodes' success, the channel promoved the creation of an independent program where the team would keep addressing the pandemic, bringing again the usual experts from ''Cuarto Milenio'' along with new guests. The initially named ''Informe Covid con Iker Jiménez'' premiered on 24 September, achieving similar ratings, and its broadcast became weekly, in parallel to that of ''Cuarto Milenio''. On 22 October it changed its name to ''Horizonte: Informe Covid'', achieving that night its maximum ratings thanks to a video interview, the first in continental Europe, with controversial Chinese virologost

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. The following episode gathered a board to analyze her claims. Started 2021, from a special episode on 7 January onwards, the program stopped focusing solely on the pandemic and spread its range to other fields of science and politics, including a reportage about big data and

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. The program was moved from Telecinco to Cuatro next week, shortening its title to ''Horizonte'' and making ''Informe Covid'' a segment, and made its debut in the new channel with a live analysis of the

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in United States.

Team

Hosts

(direction and presentation) * Carmen Porter (direction and co-presentation) * Pablo Fuente (direction and co-presentation)

Guests ''(Informe Covid)''

* José Alcamí (

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and

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) * Francois Balloux (

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) * Pedro Baños ( Ejército de Tierra Colonel) * Tomás Camacho (physician and

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, Análisis Clínicos Vithas Lab) * Carmen Cámara (physician and immunologist,

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) * Javier Cantón (virologist, Medialab UGR) * César Carballo (physician,

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) * Simon Clarke (microbiologist,

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) * Alfredo Corell (immunologist, Spanish Society for Immunology) * José Miguel Gaona (psychiatrist,

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) * Toni García Arias (schoolteacher) * Fernando García-Sala (physician, Sociedad Española de Pediatría) * Adolfo García-Sastre (physician, Mount Sinai Hospital) * Amós García Rojas (epidemiologist, Asociación Española de Vacunología) * Marc Gil (paramedic) * África González (immunologist, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas) * José Luis Jiménez (

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) * Yuan Lee (journalist and activist) * Richard Lessells (physician, KwaZulu-Natal University) * Daniel López Acuña (epidemiologist) * Salvador Macip (biologist,

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) * Manuel Martínez-Sellés (physician, Colegio de Médicos de Madrid) * José María Martín Moreno (epidemiologist,

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) * Luis Enrique Martín Otero ( Ejército de Tierra Colonel, Red Española de Laboratorios de Alerta Biológica) *

(virologist,

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) * Martin Michaelis (pharmacist, Kent University) * María Montoya (virologist and immunologist,

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council ( es, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote res ...

) * Muhammad Munir (virologist, Lancaster University) * Luke O'Neill (

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) * Paolo Palma (immunologist,

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) * Miguel Ángel Pertierra (physician, Colegio de Médicos de Málaga) * Miguel Pita (biologist,

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) * Kaled Safadi (physician, Safadi Group) * Tomás Segura (

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, Hospital Universitario de Albacete) * José Antonio Trujillo (physician, Colegio de Médicos de Málaga) * Fernando Uribarri (physician, Hospital San Rafael)

Guests (other)

* José Luis Barceló Mezquita (journalist) * Alán Barroso (

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) * Juan Bordera (

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) * Sergio Candanedo (YouTuber) * Antonio Miguel Carmona (analyst and economist) * Laura Cuesta (analyst,

Universidad Camilo José Cela The University Camilo José Cela (UCJC) is a private university established in 2000 and based in Madrid, Spain. Its main campus, located in Madrid-Villafranca, includes undergraduate studies (bachelor's degrees) in five integrated faculties (Comm ...

) * Jano García (analyst and economist) * Pilar García de la Granja (journalist) *

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(criminologist and psychologist) * Serafín Giraldo (Unión Federal de Policía) * Judith Hidalgo (economist, ACTUA) * Jesús Miguel Ibáñez Godoy (physicist,

University of Granada The University of Granada ( es, Universidad de Granada, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apar ...

) * Maite Mompó (environmental activist) * Álex N. Lachhein (naturalist) * Selva Orejón (judicial expert and analyst,

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) * Gullermo Rocafort (lawyer and economist) * Nicolás Rodríguez (analyst, Dathos Proyectos y Big Data) * Roenlared (YouTuber) * Antonio Tovar (researcher, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía) * Enrique de Vicente (journalist and sociologist) * Wall Street Wolverine (YouTuber) *

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(YouTuber)

References

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External links

Official webpage
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