HobbyConsolas is a Spanish video game magazine founded in 1991 by Hobby Press and published by Axel Springer SE. The first issue appeared in October 1990. The monthly magazine offers information about games for all consoles, and since 2012 has also covered video games for PC and mobile devices. In March 2014 it had a circulation of 32,129 copies, and had approximately 330,000 readers. Their official website is the fifth most visited Spanish video game website.
Micromanía is a Spanish computer game magazine. It was founded by the publisher HobbyPress, currently a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE. It was created in May 1985 and is one of the first magazines in Europe exclusively devoted to video games. It was first published soon after MicroHobby, which had been created just a few months earlier by the same publisher. The magazine in its two first periods was a major outlet supporting of the golden era of Spanish software. Micromanía celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010. In July 2012, Axel Springer sold Micromanía to other owner, focussing its video game coverage in its other magazine, Hobby Consolas. Micromanía team continues the printed magazine independently, published by BlueOcean Publishing.
Movistar Plus+ is the trade name of the subscription platform for digital television owned by Telefónica, which operates in Spain. The service is distributed via optical fiber and ADSL as well as with satellites such as Astra. The platform, which was officially launched on July 8, 2015, stems from the merger of Canal+, previously responsible for the satellite tv operations, and Telefonica's Movistar TV. It is the largest subscription television provider in Spain with 3.7 million customers and 45% of market share.
Rubén Doblas Gundersen, better known as elrubiusOMG or simply El Rubius, is a Norwegian-Spanish YouTuber whose channel primarily consists of gameplays and vlogs. He has the most subscribers in Spain and is among the 50 channels with the most subscribers of the platform in the world.
Luis Fernando Flores Alvarado, better known as Fernanfloo, is a Salvadoran gaming and comedy YouTuber. He has uploaded more than 544 videos, with over 10 billion total views. His channel has 46 million subscribers. As of July 2023, his channel is the 48th-most-subscribed channel on YouTube, and the fourth most-subscribed Spanish-speaking channel behind El Reino Infantil, Badabun and JuegaGerman. He is currently the most subscribed channel in El Salvador and Central America.
Arde Madrid is a Spanish period comedy-drama limited television series created by Paco León and Anna R. Costa, which premiered on November 8, 2018, on Movistar+. León also directed every episode of the series and stars in it, alongside Debi Mazar, Inma Cuesta and Anna Castillo. The series tells the story of the period which American actress Ava Gardner spent in Francoist Spain. On 14 November 2018, Movistar+ renewed the series for a second season, but on 3 May 2019, the creators announced their decision to not continue the series. The series premiered May 5, 2020 in the US and Canada on MHz Choice, a subsidiary of MHz Networks.
Vergüenza is a Spanish comedy television series starring Malena Alterio and Javier Gutiérrez. The fiction follows the developments in the marriage formed by Jesús (Gutiérrez) and Nuria (Alterio). Created, written and directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero and Juan Cavestany, the first season aired on Movistar+ in 2017.
Ibai Llanos Garatea, better known mononymously as Ibai, is a Spanish internet celebrity, streamer, and esports commentator. He was a content creator for G2 Esports from 2020 to 2021. He is the co-founder of the esports organisation KOI.
Gigantes is a Spanish crime drama television series. Created by Miguel Barros, Michel Gaztambide and Enrique Urbizu for Movistar+ based on the original idea by Manuel Gancedo and starring Isak Férriz, Daniel Grao and Carlos Librado, the fiction follows the history of the Guerrero, a family based in Lavapiés controlling an extensive criminal network. The two seasons of the series aired in October 2018 and March 2019, respectively. It has been described as a "story about moral corruption, the dissolution of the family and the extinction of masculinity".
La unidad is a Spanish police thriller television series. Produced by Movistar+ in collaboration with Vaca Films, created by Dani de la Torre and Alberto Marini, and starring Nathalie Poza, Michel Noher, Luis Zahera, Raúl Fernández, Carlos Blanco and Fele Martínez, it was released on Movistar + on 15 May 2020. It was renewed for a second season on 22 May 2020, which was released on 18 March 2022. It then got renewed for a third and final series, titled Kabul.
La Fortuna is a Spanish-American adventure drama television miniseries. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and starring Álvaro Mel, Ana Polvorosa, Stanley Tucci, T'Nia Miller and Clarke Peters, among others, it is an adaptation of the 2018 graphic novel El tesoro del Cisne Negro by Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral. It premiered on 30 September 2021 on Movistar+.
Paradise is a Spanish speculative fiction television series with mystery and adventure elements set in 1992. Produced by Movistar+ and Globomedia, it is directed by Fernando González Molina. It premiered on 4 June 2021.
Queer You Are is a Spanish television series created by Roberto Enríquez, representing a partially fictionalized version of his personal experiences. Directed by Alejandro Marín, the six-episode series stars Gabriel Sánchez, Carlos González, Candela Peña and Alba Flores, among others. Produced by El Terrat, it premiered on TNT on 18 June 2021 and became available to HBO Max subscribers, with English subtitles, on 26 October 2021.
Marcos Barragán Rosado, better known online as MarkiLokuras, is a Spanish YouTuber and content creator. He is known for playing Fortnite and with more than 1.6 million followers he is the 50th most followed Spanish Speaking streamer on Twitch.
El Inmortal. Gangs of Madrid is a Spanish crime drama television series produced by Movistar+, Telemundo International Studios and DLO Producciones. It stars Álex García in the leading role.
Rainbow is a 2022 Spanish fantasy drama film directed by Paco León, loosely based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film stars Dora Postigo, Áyax Pedrosa, Wekaforé Jibril, Carmen Maura, Carmen Machi and Luis Bermejo.
The Daughter is a 2021 Spanish thriller drama film directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca, which stars Javier Gutiérrez, Patricia López Arnaiz and Irene Virgüez.
Cristina López Pérez, better known as Cristinini, is a Spanish Twitch streamer and esports reporter. She is the host of the Ubeat program "Hoy No Se Sale," as well as a collaborator with Zapeando and Vodafone Yu.
Abril Abdamari Garza Alonso, better known as Ari Gameplays, is a Mexican Internet celebrity, streamer, YouTuber, TikToker, glamour model and cosplayer. With 6.7 million, her Twitch channel is the 23rd most-followed globally, and the third most-followed female streamer on the platform, as well as the 150th most-followed user on TikTok. She is also known as MiPriv creator.
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