Boomerang TV

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Grupo Boomerang TV
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Entertainment
Founded1998;27 years ago (1998)
Founders
  • Pepe Abril
  • Pedro Ricote
  • Juan José Diaz
Headquarters
Madrid
,
Spain
Key people
Jorge Pezzi (CEO)
Parent Lagardère Studios (2015–2020)
Mediawan (2020–)
Divisions
  • Boomerang TV Chilé
  • Boomerang TV Italia
Website www.grupoboomerangtv.com

Boomerang TV, S.A. also known as Grupo Boomerang TV (Grupo BTV) is a Spanish independent audiovisual entertainment production company that is owned by French audiovisual production & distribution company Mediawan. It was founded in 1998 by Pepe Abril and Pedro Ricote

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History

In October 2010, Boomerang TV and Grupo Godó who launched a joint venture Barcalona-based production company Veranda TV four years ago in 2006, jointly established a Catalonia-based Spanish fiction & factual production company Nova Veranda with Verana's Carles Gené named CEO of the joint venture production company. [1]

In May 2015, French entertainment production division Lagardère Entertainment alongside its parent company Lagardère Active had brought an 82% majority stake Grupo Boomerang TV including its divisions and had it placed under Lagardère Entertainment, marking Lagardère Entertainment's first international acquisition outside of France and their first expansion into the international television market along with their expansion of their operations into Spain & their entry into the Spanish television market, Grupo Boomerang TV founders Pepe Abril, Pedro Ricote and Juan José Diaz continued to run the company under Largarère Entertainment. [2] [3]

In 2016, Boomerang TV launch its Chilean division based in Chile,

By January 2017, Boomerang TV sold their Galician-based production company Portocabo who co-produced The Avatars with the former to its general director Alfonso Blanco [4]

Five years later however in June 2020, French audiovisual production and distribution company Mediawan was in exclusive negotiations to acquire Largardère's entertainment production & distribution division Lagardère Studios that include their Spanish entertainment production subsidiary Grupo Boomerang TV for €100 million in order to expand Mediawan's international production output including their entry into the Spanish television market. [5] [6] [7] Five months later in November of that same year, Mediawan completed its acquisition of Grupo Boomerang TV's French entertainment production & distribution parent company Lagardère Studios from Lagardère, effectively marked Mediawan's expansion into the Spanish television market with Boomerang TV became Mediawan's Spanish production subsidiary. [8] [9] [10] A week later on the 11th of that same month following Mediawan's acquisition of Grupo Boomerang TV's former French entertainment production & distribution parent Lagardère Studios, Mediawan established a Spanish production hub named Mediawan Studios Spain that brings Mediawan's Spanish production companies under one group with Boomerang TV being moved under the new production division. [11]

On March 28, 2023, Grupo Boomerang TV announced that they've hired former founder & CEO of LaCoproductora Jorge Pezzi as their new CEO of the Spanish production company with their co-founders Pedro Ricote and Juan José Diaz stepped down as co-CEOs & presidents after leading the Spanish production company for 25 years. [12]

Filmography

TitleYearsNetworkNotes
Los misterios de Laura 2009–2014 La 1
El secreto de Puente Viejo 2011–2020 Antena 3
Toledo, cruce de destinos 2012
La Voz 2012–present Telecinco/Antena 3co-production with Talpa (seasons 1–6) and ITV Studios (season 7–)
Top Chef España 2013–2017Antena 3
The Time in Between 2013–2014Antena 3
The Avatars [13] 2013–2014 Clan TVE
Disney Channel Italia (Italy)		co-production with Portocabo, Fly Distribuzione TV and Brave Films
La Voz Kids 2014–presentTelecinco/Antena 3co-production with Talpa (seasons 1–5) and ITV Studios (season 6–)
Acacias 38 2015–2021La 1
Top Dance2016Antena 3
The Vineyard [14] 2021 Amazon Prime Video co-production with Atresmedia Studios
Between Lands 2023 Atresplayer
La Moderna [15] 2023–2025La 1co-production with Mediawan
¿Algo que declarar? [16] Summer 2025La 1co-production with NBCUniversal Formats

References

  1. ↑ "Grupo Godó and Boomerang partner to create a production company". The Vangaud (in Spanish). October 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ Bruneau, Marie-Agnès (May 28, 2015). "Lagardère buys Spain's Boomerang TV". C21Media. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ Hopewell, John; De Pablos, Emiliano (May 28, 2015). "Lagardère Active Kick Starts Euro Expansion Buying 'Mysteries of Laura's' Boomerang TV". Variety. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ De Pablos, Emiliano (April 22, 2017). "Series Mania: Lagardere's Atlantique, Spain's Portocabo Co-Develop TV Drama 'Hierro' With Movistar Plus, Arte France". Variety.
  5. ↑ Sudip Kar-Gupta (22 June 2020). "Mediawan to buy Lagardère Studios and form new holding company". Reuters . Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Waller, Ed (June 22, 2020). "Mediawan set to build Euro powerhouse". C21Media. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  7. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (June 22, 2020). "Mediawan To Acquire Lagardère Studios; Creates Pan-European Alliance With Stakes In Leonine, Good Mood". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (November 2, 2020). "Mediawan Completes Takeover of 'The Eddy' Producer Lagardere Studios". Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mediawan completes Lagardère deal". C21Media. November 2, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  10. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (November 2, 2020). "Mediawan Completes Takeover of 'The Eddy' Producer Lagardere Studios". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  11. ↑ Kaminsha, Karolina (November 11, 2020). "Mediawan forms Spanish production hub". C21Media. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  12. ↑ Pinto, Jordan (March 28, 2023). "Pezzi named CEO of Mediawan's Boomerang TV as Ricote, Diaz exit". C21Media.
  13. ↑ Akyuz, Gün (October 5, 2015). "KiKa catches teen drama Avatars". C21Media.
  14. ↑ Silvestre, Juan (14 February 2019). "'La templanza', de María Dueñas, entre las nuevas 20 series de Amazon Prime Video". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (27 September 2023). "Crítica de 'La Moderna': una serie que aspira a ser un clásico con pedigrí en la línea de 'La Promesa'". Bluper (in Spanish) – via El Español.
  16. ↑ "RTVE ficha a Pablo Chiapella como presentador de un nuevo dating show para las noches de La 1". El Diario (in Spanish). June 12, 2025.
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