The streaming platform will be bringing the Pro Padel League and Ultimate Fan Zone to viewers in Mexico and Central America

Mediapro North America has brokered a distribution agreement with TUBI, FOX Entertainment’s free ad-supported streaming service, to bring Pro Padel League (PPL) and Ultimate Fan Zone (UFZ) to audiences in Mexico and Central America for the next two seasons.

PPL is the first and only professional padel league based in the United States, featuring a global competition with events in the U.S., Mexico, and Spain. The 2025 season will bring together 10 professional teams competing in 90 matches—45 men’s and 45 women’s—offering fans an unparalleled showcase of elite padel. The season kicked off in Miami from June 19 to 22, followed by stops in San Sebastián, Spain, from July 10 to 13, and Guadalajara, Mexico, from August 14 to 17. The excitement continues with the All-Star Game in The Hamptons from August 30 to September 1, culminating with the PPL Cup Finals in New York City from October 16 to 19.

All matches will be available on TUBI, via the FOX Channel on TUBI, wherever the streaming platform is available in Mexico and Central America, fully produced with Spanish-language commentary. Meanwhile, UFZ is a dynamic sports entertainment series designed to bring the excitement of American football closer to Hispanic audiences. Featuring appearances by NFL legends such as Shawne Merriman, UFZ will deliver a minimum of 60 shows across over 20 NFL markets.

The agreement grants TUBI the rights, via the FOX Channel on TUBI, wherever the platform is available in Mexico and Central America for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. The agreements, managed and brokered by Mediapro, highlight the company’s continued commitment to expanding access to premium sports content throughout Latin America.

The program is produced in collaboration with 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO)

RTVE, in collaboration with 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), is currently working on ‘La Garita’, a new show featuring the comedians J.J. Vaquero and Álex Clavero, who will be playing two security guards with free access to the RTVE facilities in the summer. The program will be taking over from ‘La Revuelta’ for the duration of David Broncano and his team’s holidays.

The RTVE corridors, despite it being summer are a hive of activity and full of famous faces who’ll be chatting to J.J. Vaquero and Álex Clavero in random conversations which will be taking place in the funniest of spots. Over the summer, the two security guards, with not much interest in their job and too much time on their hands, decide to fill up their office with Beta-Cam and VHS video players, a plasma TV and a comfortable sofa to watch everything they can get their hands on, the entire RTVE back catalog, to which they’ve got free access. 

Every night, away from prying eyes, Vaquero and Clavero, as bored security guards, take a look back at some of the classic shows on Spanish television improvising as they watch and making their sarcastic observations without losing sight of the times their living in.  

J.J. Vaquero and Álex Clavero 

At the helm of this particular hideaway will be J.J. Vaquero and Álex Clavero, two comedians who’ve joined up to become a fun comedy duo with a growing following for their off-beat on the edge comedy. 

Both from Valladolid, they’re currently starring in the show ‘Nunca llueve a gusto de todos’, they’ve got a long track record in comedy. Vaquero, was part of Central Comedy, and has worked with the leading TV and radio networks in Spain as well as travelling the length and breadth of the country with his stand-up shows. Clavero is the closest to a jack of all trades as it comes: scriptwriter, actor, comedian, commentator, presenter and all round cheerleader. 

Columbia’s most important football league partners with GRUP MEDIAPRO once again for the provision of the video refereeing system 

Columbia’s most important football league (DIMAYOR) and GRUP MEDIAPRO have recently extended their agreement a further 18 months until 31st December 2026. The group will continue to provide the VAR system for the different competitions organized by the Columbian professional football ruling body.

As a result of the strategic alliance which kicked off in 2019, close to 1,900 matches have been covered. In addition to the BetPlay League, the video refereeing system has been used in matches played in the BetPlay Tournament, the BetPlay Cup and the Betplay Women’s league for the final match days.

Over the five and a half years since the agreement was signed, the video refereeing system has performed at an effectiveness rate of 99.82% and 3 calls for referees to train in the use of the system has seen 70 referees now qualified to operate the system. The system was also used on special occasions such as the last league match day across the entire league and which required the use of VAR systems from countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal, the USA and Venezuela, a logistical capability which only GRUP MEDIAPRO is capable of delivering, guaranteeing refereeing transparency and fair play in all the matches across the match day.

With the renewal of the deal the agreement will stretch to 7 years operating in the Columbian League which was one of the first to implement VAR in South America. In this new phase GRUP MEDIAPRO will continue to invest in cutting-edge technology to update the service which will reach a total of 2700 matches with the VAR system in use.

Created by Iván Escobar and Antonio Sánchez Olivas, the filming of the comedy is slated for July in and around Madrid

‘Barrio Esperanza’ is the new RTVE series produced in collaboration with Globomedia (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO). Created by Iván Escobar (‘Vis a vis’, ‘Express’) and Antonio Sánchez Olivas (‘Express’, ‘Aída’) and set in a school, ‘Barrio Esperanza’ is a social comedy with a sharp sense of humor for all the family with Mariona Terés leading the ample cast. With a positive outlook and a sense of camaraderie, it highlights the importance of state education and getting a second chance in life. 

Iván Escobar, Antonio Sánchez Olivas, Laura Fernández Espeso and Javier Mendez are the executive producers of the new fiction series, with filming slated to start in July and which will take place in and around Madrid.

Sandra Gallego (‘Vis a vis’, ‘Caronte’) and Iñaki Peñafiel (‘Express’, ‘La pasión turca’) will be directing the 8 episodes of the series based on a script by Iván Escobar and Antonio Sánchez Olivas, written together with Raquel Haro, Abraham Sastre, Marta Sánchez, Javier Reguilón, Raúl Díaz and Aurora Parrilla.

Esperanza got it all wrong: with her boyfriend, the company she kept and how she earned her money. One mistake after another which finally saw her end up in prison. However, it’s never to late to mend your ways and make up for lost time. Do second chances really exist? They probably do, although society might not be ready for them especially when an ex-con is your kid’s primary school teacher. 

Mariona Terés (‘Mariliendre’, ‘Paquita Salas’) will be playing the role of Esperanza, heading a cast which also includes Alejo Sauras (‘Estoy vivo’), Mariano Peña (‘Aida y vuelta’, ‘Aida’), Juan Vinuesa (‘Campeones’, ‘Paraíso’), Ana Jara (‘4 estrellas’), María Isabel Díaz Lago (‘Vis a vis’, ‘En los márgenes’), Guillermo Campra (‘Calladita’, ‘Águila roja’), Carlos Librado ‘Nene’ (‘La Moderna’), Ángel Héctor (‘La promesa’, ‘Caronte’) and Ruth Nuñez (‘Yo soy Bea’), in a series which will also feature a host of child actors.

‘Barrio Esperanza’ is an inspiring series which takes place in a familiar setting for viewers. In a school where in addition to learning, friends are made, arguments are had, chalk and board rubbers get thrown, first loves are forged…. both the teachers and the students spend more hours in class than with their families. And as happens with family, you can’t choose your classmates but they’re often there in the most important moments of your life. ‘Barrio Esperanza’ is also the story of those teachers who made an impact on our lives and who we’ve never really forgotten.

The Movistar Plus+ original series in coproduction with 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), adds a new international triumph 

‘Celeste’, a Movistar Plus+ original series co-produced by 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), created by Diego San José and directed by Elena Trape, continued its international winning streak its presentation at the Italian Global Series Festival, where it won the awards for Best Series and Best Actress for Carmen Machi, both in the comedy category.

‘Celeste’, executive produced by Laura Fernández Espeso, Javier Méndez, Alejandro Flórez and Diego San José, for 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), and by Fran Araujo from Movistar Plus+, was one of the most popular series at the inaugural edition of the Italian international festival, which took place this week in the neighboring cities of Rimini and Riccione.

The awards presentation took place during the festival's closing ceremony, held on Saturday in Riccione, where Celeste showrunner and creator Diego San José received the award for Best Series and collected the Best Actress award on behalf of Carmen Machi. This new dual recognition for ‘Celeste’ comes after the series triumphed at Series Mania, Europe's foremost TV co-production forum for series, held annually in Lille, where it also took out the awards for Best Series and Best Actress in the “International Panorama” selection.

The success of ‘Celeste’ began at the 2024 San Sebastian International Film Festival, where it was screened at the Velodrome to great public enthusiasm. The series was subsequently screened in the Official Selection of Serielizados Fest in Barcelona, where Diego San José received the award for Best Screenplay. Since then, ‘Celeste’ has continued to receive recognition, including, in addition to the aforementioned distinctions, awards such as the Fotogramas de Plata and the Almería International Film Festival (FICAL) award for Carmen Machi, as well as the Best Comedy award for the series. Likewise, at the Feroz Awards, ‘Celeste’ was awarded as Best Comedy Series, and Diego San José together with Daniel Castro and Oriol Puig -also screenwriters of the series-, received the Alma Award for Best Comedy Series Screenplay.

The Mediapro Studio Distribution is responsible for worldwide distribution of the series, with a second season already confirmed.

The digital platform Chilevisión and the ‘MiCHV’ app broadcast the urban street dancing competition 

Mediapro Chile provided audiovisual production services for the national final of the Red Bull Dance Your Style Chile 2025 competition, which saw 16 dancers fight it out for a spot in the international final which is set to take place on October 11th in Los Angeles, USA. The street dance event, which was held last Saturday at the Sala de Artes inside Mapocho Station in Santiago de Chile, was broadcast across the digital platform Chilevisión and the ‘MiCHV’ app.

Equipment used for the production included 9 cameras, 6 Broadcast cameras with operators, 5 tripod cameras, 1 feather cam, 1 Cinecam, 1 PTZ for DJ, 1 POV, set mics, video return monitors, a Replay system, a Playout clips set-up, a GC system, a graphics package and a communication system.