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The 18th DocsBarcelona festival was held from May 25th to 31st. 42 films from 26 countries were screened. As every year, the themes chosen and the ways of treating them were many and varied. Reflecting on the economy, “Falciani’s Tax Bomb”, a German-Spanish film from Ben Lewis, opened the festival. Among the very strong characters …
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Lagardère Active has announced the acquisition of an 82% stake in Grupo Boomerang TV (Grupo BTV). The remaining 18% are still owned by the founding members, who will continue the daily management of the Group. Created in 1998, Grupo BTV is a leading independent Spanish producer for broadcasting (drama and once-only TV) and has initiated …
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Mediaset España and Grupo Godó have signed an agreement for the former to buy 40% of the capital of Catalunya Emissions Digital SA. Until now this company has been the exclusive property of Grupo Godó, owner of several channels in Catalonia (8TV RAC 105 TV, Barça TV). The newspaper “La vanguardia” reports that this alliance …
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On May 14th the Spanish Parliament passed a new law concerning the sale of television rights in Spanish football. It establishes a collective distribution of the income from TV rights to reduce the current imbalances between how much La Liga’s small and large clubs receive. 92% of the rights will be allocated to professional football …
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The Spanish actor Antonio Resines has been acting-chair of Spain’s Academia de Cine since last February’s resignation of producer and distributor Enrique Gonzalez Macho, for “personal reasons”, less than a year after his re-election. On April 1st, when nominations closed, the only candidate was Antonio Resines. He was joined by two candidates for the posts …
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BeIN Sports, the Qatari sports channel whose bouquet is available in Qatar, France, the USA and North Africa, will launch its sports channel in Spain on August 1st. Probably the channel will be broadcast on pay-TV platforms. The distribution agreement between Al Jazeera and Mediapro was announced by Jaume Roures at the New Communications Forum. …
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Non Stop People, a 24-hour channel for news about celebrities, broadcast in France exclusively on the CanalSat bouquet since November 2012, is preparing to launch in Spain on June 1st. Non Stop People in Spain will be a news channel 7 days a week, 24 hours a day showcasing contemporary international and Spanish stars. It …
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