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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Catalonia Festival of Arab and Mediterranean Film: from November 3rd to 8th 2015 at the Filmoteca Catalunya. Convinced that cinema helps us know and understand the world around us, the “Mostra” was created to fill a void in the Catalan cultural panorama by showing and championing Arab and Mediterranean cinema in Catalonia. By screening films …
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FC Barcelona, a soccer club, announced on its website it had sold its TV rights to Telefonica on February 18th, thus terminating its contract with Mediapro. “The financial offers of Telefonica and Mediapro were identical. Our decision was strategic: Telefonica is a company that wants to expand globally, taking a bet on innovation” announced vice-chairman …
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