The company is once again attending the strategic market for fiction with the presence of its Distribution team and the participation of creators and producers from the Studio in panel discussions and at premieres
THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO will once again attend this year’s edition of Series Mania, the European co-production event for fiction series par excellence and taking place in Lille (France) from March 21 to 28. In addition to presenting an impressive slate championed by The Mediapro Studio Distribution, the company will also be present on panels discussions and in different competition sections.
‘Celeste’, the tax thriller created by Diego San José and starring Carmen Machi broadcast in Spain by Movistar Plus +, takes part in the International Panorama competition section. San José, actor Clara Sans, and series cast member, and series executive producer and director of 100 Balas (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), Alejandro Flórez, will be present in Lille on Saturday, March 22 to attend the premiere of the first three episodes of this scripted fiction making its international debut at the festival.
‘Fusion’, produced by Wild Sheep Content and Act4 and distributed by The Mediapro Studio Distribution has been selected along with nine other international productions for "its artistic merits and global appeal" in the first edition of the Series Mania Buyers Upfront. This initiative aimed at international buyers will take place on Monday 24 March at the Lille Chamber of Commerce, where the ten series shortlisted will try to convince the jury they have what it takes to be named the winner. The 6-part series narrates the story of a talented chef who tries to clear his name and win back his family after being unjustly imprisoned. When society turns its back on him, his last resort is to accept dirty money to set up a fine-dining restaurant as a cover for a money laundering operation, endangering not only his parole, but also his life and that of his loved ones.
The curtains will be brought down on THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO’s participation at this year’s Series Mania by María José Rodríguez, General Director of Globomedia (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO), who appears as a panel member in 'Docu series "True Crime, Cult, Sports & Celebrities": The new unifying genre?' on Wednesday, March 26 at 12pm at the Théâtre Marie Curie. In a session moderated by journalist specializing in international television Nick Edwards, Rodríguez, together with her colleagues, will address how entertainment docuseries have exploded onto streaming platforms with hugely attractive results both in terms of audience and budget. The panel also features executives Myriam Weil (Federation Studios), Dolores Emile (Netflix France), Ava Knight (Fifth Season) and Beatrice Rossmanith (Mothership Media Consultancy).
Once again, this year The Mediapro Studio Distribution will have its stand at the Lille Grand Palais, venue of the event and where, in addition to the content already mentioned, it will showcase production highlights from the slate including the 5 Goya award-winning film El 47, among many other awards; franchises such as The Head 3, released on Hulu Japan at the end of January after premiering on MAX last December; series such as ‘El mal invisible’, scheduled to premiere March 24 on TV3 and the 3Cat platform, and ‘Tales from the void’, chilling horror stories based on the Reddit page NoSleep; not to mention documentaries and biopics starring sports icons such as Williams and Real Madrid, ‘Cómo no te voy a querer’, among many other productions.
A journey from his beginnings in the audio world to his recent appointment as Director of Fiction Sound at Telson (GRUP MEDIAPRO)
The new series produced by THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO and 3Cat is set in Barcelona
The end of April 2020. Right in the middle of the COVID-19 lock-down, the authorities arrest a man accused of killing a series of homeless people in Barcelona. Using the same pattern for each murder, killing them why they were asleep and using extreme brutality. Based on the real-life story, Lluís Arcarazo created 'Quiet', a series directed by Marta Pahissa and starring David Verdaguer and Ángela Cervantes, who play two murder cops who are in charge of the case. The rest of the cast features Alex Brendemüh, Melina Matthews, Roger Guitart and Victoria Kantch, among others.
Monday 24th March sees the premiere of the first two episodes. The remaining six episodes are set to be released one by one weekly.
Group staff produced the broadcast signal from the REC music festival
GRUP MEDIAPRO was responsible for the production of the REC, one of the most important music festivals in Chile, which took place on March 15th and 16th at Bicentenario Park and the Biobío Theatre in Concepción. Staff from Mediapro Chile put in place a comprehensive technical deployment which featured 14 cameras and a drone to cover 38 concerts from four different stages. A cultural event which saw both performers from both home and abroad taking part and included bands and singers such as Suede, Garbage, Julieta Venegas and Los Tres as headline acts.
The festival broadcast signal was aired on Chilevision and across different digital platforms. Mediapro Chile has a long track record in live event production and has provided services for festivals such as Viña del Mar and Lollapalooza.
At the 30th edition of the awards organized by the Catalan Association of Audiovisual Viewers
‘El 47’, the film directed by Marcel Barrena and produced by THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, continues its triumphant awards march. March 19th saw them win the Zapping Award for Best National Film Production at the 30th edition of the Catalan Association of Audiovisual Viewers awards. Bernat Elias, the executive producer of the film was on hand to pick up the award on behalf of the whole team.
Over the course of the awards ceremony which took place last Wednesday at the Auditorio L’Illa in Barcelona, Andreu Buenafuente picked up the Zapping Award for Best Presenter for his show ‘Vosaltres Mateixos’, an El Terrat/3Cat production. ‘Vosaltres Mateixos’ saw Buenafuente return to TV3 with a weekly comedy show, which sees the comedian out and about interviewing ordinary people on the street after a successful career chatting to famous faces.
Produced by El Terrat (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO) and Encofrados Encofrasa, it has accumulated close to 4.7 million unique viewers
‘La Revuelta’ landed on La 1 to shake up Spanish television and after a 100 shows it’s consolidated itself as the most watched entertainment show across the season.
Since its premiere on September 9th, ‘La Revuelta’, produced by RTVE in collaboration with El Terrat (THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO) and Encofrados Encofrasa, has become the most watched entertainment show of the season, with close to 4.7 million unique live viewers (4,657,000) and in total more than 4.8 million with the recorded show (4,828,000). More than 33 million Spanish viewers tuned in across the 100 shows.
David Broncano, Ricardo Castella, Grison, Sergio Bezos and Jorge Ponce, together with the rest of the team Lalachus, Valeria Ros, Yunez Chaib, Pablo Ibarburu and Pantomima Full, fill the stage every night at the Príncipe Gran Vía Theatre in Madrid with their off-beat humor which reaches audiences of all ages and sectors of society.
‘La Revuelta’ has become the mouthpiece for social issues in Spain: topics such as the housing crisis, the value of science and research, equal rights and opportunities. These and many other causes have found a window of opportunity in the prime-time broadcast slot.
The excellent audience figures have been accompanied by warm praise from the audiovisual sector, with the Ondas 2024 award for best entertainment show, the four Iris Awards from the Spanish TV Academy (best presenter, David Broncano), best entertainment show, best direction and best script) and the ‘Comunica con conciencia’ award from the Gypsy Foundation.
