Shot on location in Mexico, the United States and Paraguay, it combines sport and criminal investigation in a six-part series

ViX+ and THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO premiere of “Cenizas de la gloria”, a docu-series filmed on location in Mexico, the United States and Paraguay against the backdrop of the world of sports and analyzing criminal cases involving several prominent Mexican athletes from the world of football, boxing, baseball and wrestling, premiered on TelevisaUnivision's premium SVOD platform on Thursday, September 22. 

“Cenizas de la gloria” is the second production fruit of the strategic content creation alliance between TelevisaUnivision and THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, and the first to premiere on ViX+, after the announcement of the drama series “Las Pelotaris 1926”.

With a combination of sports documentary and true crime, over six episodes “Cenizas de la gloria” addresses the investigations into different criminal cases involving renowned sports figures in Mexico. The docuseries narrates the story of six athletes: Salvador Cabañas, Esteban Loaiza, Julio Cesar Chávez, Juana Barraza, José Alberto Loera Rodríguez and Ruben Omar Romano, who either as victims or perpetrators, all had connections to the world of crime.

“Cenizas de la gloria” is the creation of prestigious Mexican writer and journalist Juan Villoro, and expert in the world of sports having penned numerous articles on the subject, especially related to football. In addition to journalistic publications, Villoro has authored books such as El Testigo (XXII Premio Herralde de Novela), God Is Round and Balón Dividido and, among other distinctions, he has been awarded the Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Prize for Sports Journalism presented by FC Barcelona.

The series is directed by one of the strongest voices in documentary genre in Mexico and Latin America, Everardo González, whose works have been screened at the most important international film festivals around the world, including in Berlin, Toulouse, Locarno, Montreal, Sarajevo, Guadalajara, and Valladolid, in addition to the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival and the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. González is best known for his work, Devil’s Freedom, Amnesty International Award at the Berlinale, A 3 Minute Hug, Netflix original series in Latin America, and Children from the Narco Zone, nominated for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards.

Gabriela Remirez executive produces for ViX + and for THE MEDIAPRO STUDIO, Daniel Burman, Carolina Bilbao, Juan Pablo Santos, Laura Fernandez Espeso, Javier Méndez and Javier Pons.

The benchmark eSports competition can be seen from start to finish on the LVP Twitch channel (GRUP MEDIAPRO) 

The League of Legends World Championship is back, the most important event of the year in the eSports sector, with exclusive coverage of the competition in Spain via LVP (GRUP MEDIAPRO).

The Worlds 2022 will are set to kick off on September 29 with the Play-In qualifying round, which will be played live in Mexico City and which sees 12 teams taking part. The best four teams will go on to the main competition stage, which features 16 teams and which takes place in the United States from October 7, where the rest of the event will be hosted.The 16 teams in the competition will be divided into four groups of four with the top two in each group going through to the play-offs. The quarter-finals are set to be played between October 20 and 23, with the semifinals scheduled for October 29 and 30 and the grand finale to the competition on November 5. 

The highest-profile competition in the eSpprts calendar will be a special event for Spanish audiences because, as well as seeing the MAD Lions taking part, there will also be a record three Spanish players competing in the event, Javier “ElYoya” Prades (MAD Lions) and Iván “Razork” Martín (Fnatic), who’ll be taking part in the Play-In; and Víctor “Flakked” Lirola (G2), who’ll be starting in the main event of the Worlds. The Asian teams, which include the current champions EDward Gaming, are favourites to repeat last year’s win and be crowned the best League of Legends team on the planet 2022. 

The LVP broadcasts will feature the usual commentary line-up from the Superliga with Ainhoa “Noa” Campos, Jaime Mellado, David “Skain” Carbó, David “Champi” Pérez, Víctor “Wolk” Fernández and Sergio “Teshrak” Cerdán. In addition, for the Worlds joining the team will be some of the voices from the Superliga Second Division El Corte Inglés, such as Carlos “BebéCaster” Sánchez, Javier “Toad” Cepero and Fernando Cardenete, among a host of other surprises. 

Entire  competition coverage in Spanish available on the LVP Twitch channel. 

Eumóvil was responsible for the audiovisual production with the support of Mediatem, Overon and Adisar

GRUP MEDIAPRO recently produced the latest edition of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, which took place from September 14 to 18, strengthening its partnership with Ifema Madrid as its go-to provider of audiovisual services for the event. Eumovil was responsible for the production which also saw other group companies take part in the project: Mediatem, Overon and Adisar.

The services provided for Ifema Madrid included the recording and production of the fashion parades and the daily highlights packages of the collections presented, as well as live coverage of the event via the official website and across mobile devices. From the official satellite broadcasting lMBFWMadrid set, the group provided a non-stop 9 hours a day live connection from across all points of interest in Pavilion 14.1 at the Ifema Madrid Exhibition Center. Technical equipment highlights included the use of one of Europe’s most sophisticated OB vans.

Over the course of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week collections from some of the world’s leading fashion designers were presented as well as showcasing some of the best up and coming fashion talent on the EGO cat-walk. MEDIAPRO has been providing audiovisual services for Ifema since September 2013 for its twice yearly fashion shows.

The channel will be showing the friendlies against Qatar, Uruguay and Japan 

OneSoccer, the home of Canadian soccer, will show live and exclusive coverage in Canada in both English and French of the three international friendly matches against Qatar, Uruguay and Japan due to be played by Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team (CanMNT) this fall in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The last chances Canadian football fans will be getting to see their team before their first appearance in the World Cup since 1986.

The Canadian men will take on FIFA World Cup hosts and current Asian champion Qatar this Friday, September 23rd at the Generali Arena in Vienna, Austria, at 1pm ET/10am PT and will move on to Slovakia’s Tehelné pole Stadium in Nové Mesto on Tuesday September 27th to play Uruguay (12pm ET/9am PT), a quarterfinalist in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On November 17th – just six days before their opening match against Belgium in the 2022 World Cup – the CanMNT will take play Japan, the 2019 Asian Cup runner-up, at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai.

OneSoccer personalities Andi Petrillo (2022 Canadian Screen award for Best Sports Host) and Oliver Platt will be onsite in both Austria and Slovakia to cover the match for Canadian viewers, while former CanMNT players Scott Arfield and Patrice Bernier will provide expert analysis from the OneSoccer studios in Toronto. Play-by-play commentary will be offered in both English and French.

OneSoccer, the first channel in Canada devoted 24/7 to football

Mediapro Canada works closely with Canadian Soccer Business managing the audiovisual rights to the Canadian Premier League around the world, the new professional men’s football first division league and the Canadian Championship, the most important competition in the country in which all the top professional teams take part.

The event was broadcast by Señal Colombia as well as via a simultaneous stream

Mediapro Colombia provided production and broadcast services for the “Radiónica Nación Rebelde” concert, held in the Jorge Eliecer Gaitán Theater in Bogotá on September 17th. For the production, GRUP MEDIAPRO used a 35 strong team along with an 8-broadcast camera set-up, three mini-cams, a robot camera, a steady cam and a crane.

The event broadcast, which was the entree for the cross-media “Nación Rebelde RTVC” project which takes a look-back at the history of Colombian musicians over the second half of the 20th century, was shown by Señal Colombia as well as a simultaneous streaming feed.

The Radiónica Nación Rebelde Concert saw performances from Kraken, Los Yetis, Spektra de la Rima, Frente Cumbiero and Banda Nación Rebelde featuring rock, pop, heavy metal, fusion, hip hop and punk tracks.

Yumminn, Grovy and Upwine, the three winning startups from this year’s edition, showcased the results from pilot tests carried out

The second edition of the Horeca Challenge, the initiative launched by GRUP MEDIAPRO, Damm, Familia Torres and PepsiCo to promote growth and technological transformation of the catering sector, came to a close this Wednesday with the presentation of the Demo Day. During the event, held at Tech Barcelona’s Pier 01 venue, the three winning startups from the 2022 edition, Yumminn, Grovy and Upwine, presented an evaluation of the results from the pilot tests carried out over the past few months thanks to co-financing from the partners who are the driving force behind the initiative. 

While the first edition of the initiative focused on innovative projects to boost the hospitality industry at such a crucial moment for the sector due to the immense impact from the pandemic; the organization for this year’s edition focused on the commitment to innovation to leverage the transformation of the bar and restaurant sector. On this occasion, the projects presented revolved around three challenges: enhancing services of delivery and takeaway channel using digital content; maximizing the use of hotel, restaurant and catering spaces through incorporating new uses; and improve efficiency of the channel’s value chain.

Yumminn, this edition’s winner in the category of improving the efficiency of hotel, restaurant and catering spaces value chain, enables customers to view and pay their tabs through an application integrated into the POS. The solution rolled out pilot testing at two different locations: a restaurant catering to around one thousand diners per day, and a rooftop bar, with positive results reported by both establishments. Allowing customers to pick up the check when and how they wish reduces the average table time by up to 15 minutes, thereby improving the establishment’s profitability. In addition, Yumminn also enhances customer experience by expediating payment processing, hence reducing waiting time. Thanks to the pilot test, the startup added several new features after consulting with clients, including Google Review and a web app to allow customer to visibility of table payments.

Upwine, the software that allows wine producers to connect with customers through interactive experiences, was the winning solution in the category of projects to develop delivery and take away channel services using digital content. The platform transforms wine tastings into an interactive digital experience that allows customers to interact and meet producers through videos while providing feedback about their products. The pilot was tested at a local take away to boost wine sales via this channel and resulted in increased wine sales thanks to this enhanced experience. 

Finally, Grovy, the workspace booking platform designed to promote hybrid office models and Smart working, was named winning proposal in the challenge to improve the use of hotel, restaurant and catering spaces through incorporating new uses. The pilot test allowed project organizers to reach collaboration agreements with over fifty partners obtaining valuable information about potential customers’ tastes and preferences. 

The event was attended by Marta Esqué, Strategy & Transformation Director at PepsiCo; Josep Batet, Open Innovation Manager at Familia Torres; Carlos Solana, Digital Business & Innovation Lead at GRUP MEDIAPRO; Jordi Torrent, Open Innovation Manager at Damm; Mar Galtés, Corporate Development Director of Tech Barcelona; and Mariona Gaspà, Head of FoodService Knowledge at AECOC.