Jaume Roures, Tatxo Benet and Gerard Romy founded Mediapro in April 1994, in Barcelona, Spain. 25 years later, the company has a presence in 36 countries with an axis that comprises four business units: contents, audiovisual rights, audiovisual services, digital, and e-sports.
So far in 2019, the company, led by Roures and Benet has been taking big steps for their growth goals for this year, which they commented are related with internationalization, production and the creation of a new generation of storytellers.
These steps include the birth of The Mediapro Studio at the start of this month, in the aim to multiply the amount, quality and international scope of their productions worldwide; the creation, in January, of an official creative writing and script masters program with the Complutense University in Madrid, as part of their strategy in shaping a new generation of creators, together with the initiative of Mediapro Labs, announced at the end of 2018; and more recently the announcement made on Tuesday, April 2, regarding the purchase of Tri-Lite TV, a Canadian production company with 20 years of experience to win terrain in the American continent.
Grupo Mediapro stated that in this 2019 they will also expand their activities in Latin America and consolidate their presence in Asia, as well as boost their digital area.
In 2018, the group obtained 20% more income than in 2017 and closed with a record billing of 1.967 million Euros.