Mediapro signs former RTVE, TV Azteca executive


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 13 May 2016




Javier Pons, former director of RTVE’s TV network and executive producer at TV Azteca, has been appointed GM of Mediapro’s production unit Globomedia.



mediapro sedeThe executive’s main goal in his new role will be strengthening Globomedia’s presence in content production business in Spain and, particularly, internationally. The Mediapro unit is already a well-established brand in the international market, achieving, for example, global recognition at MIPTV with Pulsaciones.

Javier Pons started his career in radio, working for Grupo Prisa (former Canal+ owner) and M40, then becoming general manager of El Terrat between 1999-2007, TVE (2007-2010) and Mexico’s TV Azteca (2014-2015). He was recently involved in launching DKiss, Radio Blanca’s new DTT free-to-air (FTA) channel in Spain.

Among Globomedia’s latest productions are some of most internationally successful formats produced by the Spanish industry, such as Vis a Vis and Águila Roja, in addition to well known news and entertainment shows like El Intermedio and Zapeando.