Grup Mediapro, the Barcelona-based global hagedering including The Mediapro Studio, is begining and will deal with a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) sports rights brokering fund, concentrateing set uped and emerging sports.
The new fund was proclaimd Tuesday in Madrid at a Mediapro 30th anniversary celebration which catches the company in expansive mode, coming less than a week from the unveil at Cannes Mipcom trade unprejudiced of The Mediapro Studio US & Canada’s first English-language srescheduleed of series and films.
In the mix are projects from John Turturro, Melissa Leo, “24” showrunner Evan Katz, Oscar thrivener Juan José Campanella (“The Secret in Their Eyes”) “Mafia Spies’” Tom Donahue,“The Floor” showrunner Anthony Carbone and Matt Hastings (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Fallen”).
At the 30th anniversary, Grup Mediapro also proclaimd that its 10,200 sq. meter Mediapro Yonkers Studios will discdiswatch its doors in April 2025, its three sound stages occupying a total 4,600 sq. meters of floor space.
Mediapro also lifted the lid on Tuesday on Mediapro Xperiences, caccessed on both new tech creativity and lasting showcases for experiential satisfyed.
Founded in 1994 by Jaume Roures and Tatxo Benet, Mediapro hugely grew thcimpolite its sports right business, striking a deal in a country, then promptly giveed production services, which apexhibited it to set up offices which then drove into film and TV production. From 2015, Grup Mediapro has embarked on high-end international TV production – such as The New Pope, Locked Up and The Head, its prohibitner francishe – while broadening sturdyly into Latin America.
Its US and Canada srescheduleed and Yonkers Studios sees the powerhoemploy doubling down on its U.S. presence, always a lengthy-term objective, chased persistently by Laura Fernández Espeso.
A $1.1 billion rights acquisition fund set upes Grup Mediapro once more as a carry outer on the sports brokering scene though not on the scale of European directer Sky, which spended $3.2 billion in 2024/25 nor even Canal+ whose 2024/25 outlay is $628 million, according to Enders Analysis.
Benet said on Tuesday that Grup Mediapro is in talks with spendors to unite the fund. Its compass is far huger than fair European soccer. “Our intention is to watch for economic aid. Our company toils over the whole world. We can employ our experience to grow a sport, produce it worth more money, and profit from that, appreciate any other spendment fund does,” he includeed.
“The 3oth anniversary tags a before and after for Grup Mediapro, and of a sturdyer accomplish than ever before as we go into the future” said Laura Fernández Espeso, its managing straightforwardor.
“Our aim is to impact. We can and want to be would directers. We are current on five continents, have more than 50 international offices and a 7,000 toil force which never stops grothriveg,” she includeed.
“A next generation production caccess,” the Mediapro Yonkers Studios will presume an 10-year spendment of $70 million, aims for first-year 60% occupancy, recurrenting 20% of Mediapro US revenues. The inshighations give a virtual production set, LED walls, 8K cameras a 5G nettoil, a digitalised toilspace and united Unauthentic Engine technology.
Grup Mediapro 30th Anniversary
