Mediapro, the host broadcaster in Spain, managed the distribution of the international signal produced by Formula One Management (FOM) for the Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth race of the F1 season and broadcast in 72 countries worldwide. The Mediapro Group provided services to 21 broadcasters who customised the signal from the track. The global TV audience for Formula 1 races is 527 million viewers.

Maldonado’s maiden F1 win was watched live in Spain by nearly 5 million viewers (39.7%, 4,975,000). The broadcast was the most watched race of the season so far on Antena 3.

Unitecnic, as a provider of audiovisual solutions and integrator of multimedia systems, worked on the design, installation and technical support for the broadcast infrastructure at the TV Compound for the distribution of the different signals for the broadcasters during the practice sessions, qualifying and the race itself, as well as the one-way signal relays.

The signal was also available online in 8 different countries including Spain via the Antena 3 website.

In the last chapter broadcasted by Antena 3, last Tuesday, the 8th of May, Calenda had to face the first full moon after the death of Captain Costa (Leonardo Sbaraglia), and the town was frightened by another attack of the werewolf. The broadcast of this episode became the most watched of the night, with 2670.000 viewers, and 14,7 % of audience share. “Luna, el misterio de Calenda” was the leader among the audience under 55 years old, reaching a share of 19,5% among viewers between 25 and 34 years old. Concerning national areas, the fiction series leaded in Andalusia (15,4%), Madrid (16,7%), Valencia (18,1%), Castile-La Mancha (21,4%), Aragon (13,9%), Murcia (14,7%) and Castile and León (26,3%). The most watched minute of the series was at 11.34 pm, when Sara tells Raúl that Isabel (the major’s wife) was collaborating with the judge’s husband, which was savagely murdered. At that moment, 3.002.000 viewers were watching the television series, which was reflected in the audience share (16,7%).

The television series, starred by Belén Rueda, Daniel Grao and Álvaro Cervantes, among others, was a great success last Tuesday, not only on television, but also on social networks, where it was very much followed. The hashtag #LunaCalenda5 was a national and international trending topic– most popular topic. Also, the series also has 12.000 fans on Facebook.

This new Globomedia production for Antena 3 has more and more surprising plot twists each week. This has produced great expectations among its followers. During the next episode, that will be broadcasted by Antena 3 on the 15th of May, Joel will realize the damage he has made, while being tied up in the wolf den during the night of the full moon. The young man cannot believe that he has become a werewolf. That is why he needs to find out who is the other werewolf of Calenda, the one that transformed him into what he is now. Also, the Guardia Civil will find the car of the major’s wife completely smashed into a tree. Sara (Belén Rueda) had secretly met her, after discovering that she gave secret information to her husband, Captain Costa. However, the judge arrived too late to the meeting, and everyone had left. They found Isabel’s car, but not her body. Again, the same pattern as the one of the Captains disappearance is repeated.

Mediapro provided consultancy services to Euroleague for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012 which saw Olympiacos Piraeus beat CSKA Moscow in the final in the Sinan Erden Arena in Istanbul. Mediapro is the exclusive Euroleague agent for the sale of the international rights.

Mediapro also provided services for the TV networks covering the games. Overon was responsible for the international distribution of the event, sold to more than 150 countries around the world.

Since its creation in 2000, Euroleague has worked closely with Mediapro as its partner in the sales of the rights to the competition and the production and distribution of the matches for the sporting event which is broadcast world-wide.

wTVision has begun work in Miami with the launch of the TV network Soi TV, (Sistema de Opinión Interactiva). The only 100% social network for the hispanic audience which reaches millions of homes in the United States via an innovative format which features real-time interaction with the programming schedule. The viewers can post their opinions about the news stories via Facebook, Twitter and the network’s web-site.

wTVision has offered a comprehensive support service which has allowed the client to build a network from scratch, working closely together with Imagina US. The wTVision play-out system, Channel Maker, was integrated with the Harris Nexio video server, the principal content source. The data sequence reaches the system via Broadway Systems and all the signals are relayed via the Snell video router, including the live broadcasts. All the channel graphics were developed in the Vizrt engine and in the Harris IconMaster base system.

The management of the sources with the base system and the switch system is possible thanks to the Channel Maker plug-ins for each software and hardware set-up. A configuration project chooses between the relevant controllers and subsequently coordinates each one via commands for each remote unit and all in real-time.

The project included: the management of the play-list for Nexio; the selection of Snell input; graphics meta-data, bugs, tickers, EPG’s, OnAir-Next graphics, data-feed and play-out control in VizRT; play-out reports for advertising contracts; video checking in the play-out servers, configuration selection in the play-out servers in the IconMaster; sequencing application for final operator use which features complete control of the broadcast.

During both the live and recorded programmes, a variety of graphics are shown live with information feeds from Facebook and Twitter, with the stories being updated in real time.

For the live programmes and the real-time link-ups, Soi TV uses Studio CG, a content management system that includes editing, managing and controlling graphics in real time. The highly user-friendly software allows users to introduce information and launch it seamlessly in real time. It also allows for the creation of new templates and forms for graphics when needed.

Channel viewers can see the network via live online streaming or via their own TV set.

Given the good results obtained by the participants in the Interpretation Course for disabled people, the Globomedia Foundation, with the Federation of Social Platforms Pinardi, have decided to organize an additional workshop with the same group of students.

The first module of the course has had 36 teaching hours of performance theory and practice, and has focused on drama. From the 17th of May to the 5th of June there will be a second part, with 18 hours more, planned to facilitate the interpretative key points and enhance the participants’ talent for comedy. The course will be conducted in Globomedia’s falicities two days a week.

Luis San Narciso, Globomedia Artistic Director, will continue to lead the list of teachers, that will be completed with the actors and “coaches” Eliana Álvarez, Tonucha Vidal and Andrés Cuenca, the last two being members of the Globomedia Casting Department. In addition, the actor Pepe Viyuela (“Aída”) will collaborate in the workshop, bringing his experience as a comedian.

The selection of participants was based on the type and degree of disability and its compatibility with the attendance at the course, as well as other factors, related to the ability and willingness of the applicant for acting.

Media sports marketing managed the activities in the four different hospitality venues for the Santander Bank at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend held at the Montmeló Track for close to 600 guests.

Santander had its own space inside the F1 Paddock Club, the sport’s most sought after hospitality area. As is usual, the bank also had a triple box suite in the pit-lane as well as its Platinum Suite in the main stand. Media Sports also managed the Gold Suite area for Santander Global Markets and Banking.

A new event this year saw the organization of a party in suite in the pit-lane for the media with the drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in attendance. More than 120 journalists from around the world enjoyed a magic show which saw the drivers take part as well as the cocktail dinner afterwards. The company also managed the party which the bank organized for its guests at the Llotja de Mar in Barcelona on Saturday night.

Media sports marketing, who deployed a team of 15 staff to manage the project, is responsible for all the Santander Bank’s public relations activities related to F1. The bank is one of the Ferrari team’s lead sponsors.

Momento Cuervo

Mediasports also created the “Momento Cuervo” inside the Sauber team’s motor-home. An expert cocktail maker prepared a host of different drinks for the guests who included media, sponsors and other invited VIP’s with Cuervo tequila, a sponsor of the Sauber team.

Less than a month away from the release of Pol 3.14’s second studio album, little by little, more details on the work of the Globomedia Música artist are emerging. On the 25th of April, the video of “Jóvenes eternamente”, the title track of the album (which will be ready on the 6th of June) came out. Also, this week we found out that the first single will be “Un millón de mariposas”, an unreleased song of which a preview can be found on youtube. The label of the song has defined “Un millón de mariposas” as “a pop song in every sense of the word, with a positive message and a melody that invites to happiness”.

“Un millón de mariposas” was composed by Pol himself, just like the other eleven tracks of the disk. Although the album will be released next month, some songs, like “Jóvenes eternamente”, have been a revolution among the fans of this artist from Madrid. All of the videos of this track, which have been used in “El Barco” and "”Fuga de cerebros 2”, for example, had more than 700,000 views on youtube. Pol’s channel on the popular video sharing website has now accumulated a total of 10 million views.