Fiction, as industry and format, is one of the most representative cultural and media products of television in Ibero-America. In addition, every OBITEL yearbook has a comparative chapter that provides a general panorama of the member countries. The results of this monitoring are presented through the singularities and tendencies of fiction in each country. OBITEL is made up of eleven national research groups that throughout a year systematically monitor fiction shows that are broadcast through open television channels in their respective countries.
The present OBITEL Yearbook is the sixth of a series started in the year 2007, and it reflects the maturity of a methodological model that combines quantitative study with the contextual analysis of television fiction, its transmediation into other screens and the sociocultural dynamics that are circumscribed to each of the different member countries.