There have been developments in the communications sector this past week. Cristina Garmendia, who served as Minister of Science in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's government, has decided to step down as president of the Mediaset television group. Mario Rodríguez, until now the company's corporate general manager and director of institutional relations, takes over as the new president. Also in the audiovisual world, the Mediapro Group is strengthening its market and advertiser services with the creation of a market research department. This new division is headed by Kike Lozano, formerly the general manager of the audiovisual consultancy Geca.

The Chinese investment group that controls Mediapro has decided to mark a turning point, replacing Tatxo Benet as CEO after nearly 30 years leading the company alongside the other two partners who have also departed, Jaume Roures and Gerard Romy. Where will this audiovisual giant go now? Will it remain a company with Catalan roots? We discuss this with Benet in this interview.

Since Marc Murtra joined Telefónica, the company has been undergoing a flurry of internal changes. This week, the news was the replacement of the company's long-time director, Javier de Paz, who will remain with the company in other roles, but not on the board. Likewise, Mediapro's long-time icon, Tatxo Benet, is also leaving the audiovisual giant and will be replaced by Sergio Oslé, the former president of Telefónica Spain, as its executive chairman.

The Chinese investment group Oriente Hontai has decided to mark a change of pace for the Catalan production company Mediapro. According to the The Confidential, the former president of Telefónica Spain, Sergio Oslé, will be the company's new executive president, replacing Tatxo Benet. This afternoon, the news was announced to the more than 6,800 employees of the audiovisual giant. For much of its existence, the Mediapro brand was inextricably associated with the names of Jaume Roures and Tatxo Benet. Roures was also dismissed from the group in October 2023, after agreeing to his separation, dissatisfied with the ownership's future plans. Now it is Benet who is leaving, without having seen his desire to remain at the top of the company fulfilled, albeit with a different management structure and a consensus CEO.

A few days after being sued by Mediapro, the audiovisual giant he founded and left a year and a half ago, Jaume Roures is attacking the company and, in particular, its other managing partner, Tatxo Benet. In a conversation with Jordi Basté on RAC1, the producer reflected on the breakup of a friendship that dates back to when the two began working together in 1983, founding TV3. Roures explained that he left him "a lot of money that he used to fund the Censorship Museum and build his entire image as a patron" and that he should return in a couple of years. "The only thing I can think of is that he's paving the way to not return it to me. I can't find any explanation," he concluded.

The communications company Mediapro has filed a complaint against Jaume Roures, one of the founders, for misappropriation of shares in a company that was part of the group, Versatil Cinema. According to the report, The Newspaper And the ACN has confirmed that the lawsuit has been accepted for processing by Barcelona's 25th investigating court. The company is said to have demanded that Roures hand over ownership of Versatil Cinema, considering it to be one of its subsidiaries. Roures ceased to be a managing partner of Mediapro after thirty years in October 2023.

The unions CNT Barcelona, ​​CGT Catalunya, and Comisiones Obreras have called a strike at the various Mediapro companies responsible for broadcasting La Liga matches for the final three matchdays of the competition. Among the affected matches that could not be broadcast on television due to the strike is the derby between Espanyol and Barça, where the Catalans could emerge champions. The workers called to the strike are those responsible for the production, direction, and broadcasting of the matches, as well as the assembly, disassembly, and transport of audiovisual equipment.

A change of script has emerged for the football league regarding its television broadcasts. The competition, which operates under the LaLiga brand, announced this Monday that it has completed the selection process for audiovisual production providers and that, for the next five seasons, it will work with the European company HBS and Telefónica (through its subsidiary TSA). The decision thus excludes the Catalan production company Mediapro, which had been in charge of the production in recent years. The packages put out to tender correspond to all First and Second Division matches. A related content generation package was also offered, but it has fallen through.