PRIMERAN is accessible via the primeran.eus website, from all main SmartTV devices and in app format on Android and iOS devices

GRUP MEDIAPRO is responsible for the technical development of PRIMERAN, the new streaming platform in Basque launched last Friday. PRIMERAN, endorsed by the Basque Country, is accessible via the website primeran.eus, on all main SmartTV devices and in app format on Android and iOS devices.

This new Basque digital window open to the world offers more than 3,000 episodes of content, almost entirely in Basque, which features Basque and international production series, cinema, documentaries, sports, cooking shows, music and children's content, among others, as well as content created exclusively for PRIMERAN. The new free platform aims to disseminate both the Basque language as well as Basque audiovisual content throughout the world.

PRIMERAN is the largest digital platform for quality content in Basque and was developed by GRUP MEDIAPRO. The platform was created with the end user in mind, seeking to offer a personalized experience through multiple functionalities. PRIMERAN allows for the creation of several user profiles, favourites lists, a "continue watching" function, downloads for viewing offline, predictive search engine, recommendations and multiple layouts for optimal presentation of content, among many other features.

The platform was developed in line with the very latest industry standards, positioning  itself in the same league as global content platforms, and is designed to grow and evolve in accordance with viewers’ needs, trends and the entertainment market.

GRUP MEDIAPRO has developed other highly successful content platforms such as Gol Mundial, Bar TV, CaixaForum+ and Liceu+, among others. The group operates an Audiovisual Platforms Department, within the framework of the Innovation Area, which designs, develops and provides service throughout the OTT value chain.

The first edition of the awards will be highlighting the best singers and content creators of the year

Details are starting to emerge of the content for the upcoming  Boombastic Awards, the new stand-out musical awards which will be celebrating their first awards ceremony on November 10th as part of the ubeat LIVE Barcelona entertainment festival, organised by GRUP MEDIAPRO. In an event that will feature some very special masters of ceremonies who are yet to be announced, along with some famous faces from the current music scene in Spain making it an unforgettable three days full of concerts, tributes, and a host of surprises aside. In the next few days, the nominees for the different categories will be announced with 13 music and 8 content creation awards.

The event will be featuring all the year’s big names who’ll be walking down the red carpet and stopping for the traditional photo-call for the spectacular gala to be held at the Montjuïc Exhibition Centre. On the bill for the ceremony there will be a wide range of different acts, including live performances from both Spanish and international artists-some of them nominees as well as a host of surprises. And, of course the awards ceremony with 21 awards to be given away. The music awards categories include: Spanish singer of the year, international artist of the year, album of the year, freestyler of the year, best tour, best video, best collaboration, Spanish debut singer, international debut singer, best musical trend and best producer. In addition, for content creators, the awards are: Creator of the year, event of the year, best Instagram creator, best Tik Tok creator, best gamer, best streamer, best podcast and debut creator.

To select the winners in each category the jury made up of music and marketing professionals will be helped by votes from the general public. In the next few weeks the full line-up for the event will announced with tickets now available for purchase from www.ubeat.live.

Boombastic and ubeat LIVE

Boombastic is a circuit of festivals which has quickly become a must go-to event for generation z audiences and the lovers of urban music in Spain. This summer the festival has visited five different parts of Spain (Madrid, the Canary Islands, the Costa del Sol, Asturias and Alicante), and performers have included the likes of Farruko, Rauw Alejandro, Nicki Nicole, Bizarrap, Jaime Lorente, Maria Becerra, Duki, Trueno, Naty Peluso and Rels B, among many others. This year for the first time is promoting the Boombastic Awards, which highlight the best artists and performers as well as content creators in Spain with the awards presented as part of the ubeat LIVE Barcelona entertainment festival, to be held in Montjuïc.

Ubeat LIVE Barcelona is the entertainment festival for new audiences. It’s set to take place at the Montjuïc Exhibition Centre in Barcelona on the 10th, 11th and 12th November. In addition to the Boombastic Awards, the festival will also feature the grand finals of eSports competitions such as the League of Legends Iberian Cup, Crossfire MediaMarkt Intel VALORANT, MotoGP eSport Championship), music freestyle (OPEN FREE Estrellas, with singers such as Chuty and Skone), arena gaming, VR experiences , urban sports, live music and a host of other activities.

The tickets for ubeat LIVE Barcelona are now available at www.ubeat.live.

A light-hearted look at all the latest sports news with GxlDePaulinho

GOL PLAY has recently premiered “El Show de Paulinho” on its Twitch channel, a show which goes out from Monday to Friday from 12.00 to 14.00 and which takes a light-hearted look at all the latest sports news. With GxlDePaulinho, one of the hottest current streamers in Spain at the helm, they’ll be taking a look back all the day’s news as well as all the latest news from the LALIGA EA SPORTS and the Liga F with his own particular take on events, edgy debates and interviews with the protagonists.

The two-hour pure entertainment program sets out to try to bring younger generations closer to the sports world via the official GOL PLAY Twitch channel. The show premiered on Monday this week and adapts to the digital content requested by the new audiences. The best match summaries from the weekend’s action, interviews with players from LALIGA and the Liga F, press conferences all with the help of journalists such as Mónica Benavent, Irati Vidal, Albert Fernández and Alba Oliveros who all part of the program content team.

The new project launches with the idea that television and digital platforms can live together as alternative experiences and complement each other and is another step forward for GRUP MEDIAPRO in their strategy to adapt to new formats of digital content consumption. The challenge consists in adapting to the new habits of a digital eco-system which is increasingly interconnected and interactive and which sees traditional television becoming more and more integrated into new contexts. 

The spy-thriller based on real-life events is an Oficina Burman production (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO)

The second season of “Iosi, el espía arrepentido” has this week released its trailer and official poster. The new episodes of the spy thriller based on real-life events is set to premiere on Prime Video on October 27th in more than 240 countries around the world. The Argentine Amazon Original series is an Oficina Burman production (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO) and the new season revolves around the terrorist attack on the AMIA building (the Argentine Israeli Association), the bloodiest terrorist attack in Argentine history committed in Buenos Aires in 1994. Iosi, the main character, continues to want to talk and tell his story to a famous journalist. It’s then when the the Israeli secret services ask him to investigate the biggest Argentine military secret: the Condor missile.

In the second season, the creator and showrunner Daniel Burman (Cecilia, Pequeña Victoria) shared the director duties with Sebastián Borensztein (La Odisea De Los Giles, Un Cuento Chino), who was also the chief script-writer along with Martín Hodara (La Señal). The cast includes Natalia Oreiro (Casi Muerta, Santa Evita), Gustavo Bassani (Argentina, Tierra de Amor y Venganza, Señales del Fin del Mundo), Mercedes Morán (Maradona: Sueño Bendito, El Reino),  Alejandro Awada (Historia de un Clan, Nueve Reinas), Carla Quevedo (Monzón, El Secreto de Sus Ojos), Marco Antonio Caponi (El Tigre Verón, Nadie Nos Mira), Matías Mayer (Barrabrava, Un Crimen Argentino), Minerva Casero (Argentina, Tierra de Amor and Venganza, Simona), Damián Dreizik (Loco Por Vos, Los olvidados) and César Troncoso (La noche de 12 años, Diciembre 2001), with special guest appearances from Moran Rosenblatt (Fauda, Hit & Run) and Itzik Cohen (Fauda).

The Oficina Burman team have received multiple awards for the first season. They recently picked up the award for best fiction series presented by the Argentine Arts and Science Academy in its annual Sur Awards, which came on the back of the General Society of Authors of Argentina award for the series’ creators Natacha Caravia Muñiz, Sebastián Borensztein, Daniel Burman, Andrés Sebastián Gelos and Sergio Enrique Dubcovsky in the TV Fiction category; six Silver Condor Awards presented by the Argentine Film Writers’ Association: best adapted screenplay (Sebastián Borensztein, Natacha Caravia, Andrés Gelós, Sergio Dubcovsky and Daniel Burman), best lead actor in a drama series (Gustavo Bassani), best female debut (Minerva Casero), best sound design (Jesica Suárez) and best original score (Federico Jusid); in addition to the Ibero-American Platino Film Awards for best actor in a mini-series or Tele-series for the actor Alejandro Awada for his role as Saúl.

“Iosi, el espía arrepentido” has also got its own podcast on the Amazon Audible platform. Presented by Lucía and Gerónimo Coldesina,it is available for Latin America and the United States.

The series created and starring Berto Romero is set to premiere on  Movistar Plus+ in the coming weeks 

“El otro lado”, the new Movistar Plus+ original series in collaboration with El Terrat (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), is set to be presented in the Velódromo section at the 71st edition of the San Sebastían International Film Festival on Sunday 24th. September. Berto Romero is making his debut in the horror genre with the series directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and Alberto de Toro.

Berto Romero (“Mira lo que has hecho”, “El Pregón”, “Tiempo después”, “Ocho apellidos catalanes”) head the cast list which also includes Andreu Buenafuente (“El Pregón”, “Tiempo después”), María Botto (“Código emperador”, “Malnazidos”), Eva Ugarte (“Mira lo que has hecho”, “El juego de las llaves”), Nacho Vigalondo (“Veneno”, “Colossal”, “Open Windows”), Albert García (“Rebooted”), María Pascual (“Amor de cans”) and Hugo Morenilla (“Campamento Newton”, “Un hombre de acción”).

Plot

Nacho Nieto, a journalist specialising in the paranormal, is having a hard time of it both professionally and personally. After a failed suicide attempt, he comes back to life with the ghost of his mentor hanging over him, Doctor Estrada, the legendary séance, who died more than 20 years ago.

At that point in his life he was also hit by a virulent case of poltergeists in a flat in the outskirts of Barcelona in Cardenal Cardona Street, which was considered the most important paranormal case in Spain for years. Nacho visits the flat where the events took place, where Eva and Ruben live, accompanied by the spirit of his mentor and with the help of Juana, his wingman at his old radio show.

Whilst Nacho is untangling the mystery of the house, he also has to face up to a dark secret from his past. A secret that relates him directly to Gorka Romero, his fellow crime investigator and who is now the benchmark for mystery reporting in Spain.

The 6-part 30-minute episode series is slated to premiere in the coming weeks.

Mediapro Mexico produces more than 1,400 programs a year for the American network

GRUP MEDIAPRO, from its base in Mexico City produces more than 1,400 programs a year via its international feed for Fox Sports in Spanish for the America market. This week has seen it reach its first anniversary broadcasting from the studios in Mexico.

Mediapro México produces on average 4 productions a day for the channel with a 60-strong team. From one of its four studios in Mexico City, equipped with changing rooms, control centre, post-production capability it provides a wide range of audiovisual services for Fox Sports, one of the leading sports channels in Spanish in the United States.