Grup Mediapro Launches $1.1 Billion Sports Rights Fund, Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary in Expansive Mode
variety.comGrup Mediapro, the Barcelona-based global holding including The Mediapro Studio, is launching and will manage a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) sports rights brokering fund, targeting established and emerging sports.
The new fund was announced 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 fair of The Mediapro Studio US & Canada’s first English-language slate of series and films.
In the mix are projects from John Turturro, Melissa Leo, “24” showrunner Evan Katz, Oscar winner 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 announced that its 10,200 sq. meter Mediapro Yonkers Studios will open its doors in April 2025, its three sound stages occupying a total 4,600 sq.
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