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Mercedes Milá
María Mercedes Milá Mencos (born 4 April 1951) is a Spanish television presenter and journalist, most notable for her work on Spain's Telecinco's '' Gran Hermano'', the Spanish version of the reality television series '' Big Brother''. Biography Mercedes Milá was born in Esplugues de Llobregat on 5 April 1951, the daughter of José Luis Milá Sagnier, Count of Montseny, and Mercedes Mencos, and eldest of six brothers and sisters (including newscaster Lorenzo Milá). She studied Philosophy, but abandoned it and then studied journalism and arts in Barcelona, where he got a Bachelor's degree. She first worked as journalist in ''El Correo de Andalucía'', in Sevilla. Shortly afterwards she began working in the newsrooms of Spanish public broadcaster Televisión Española. She joined the sports division, where she remained between 1974 and 1978, when she was selected to co-host, along with Isabel Tenaille, the talk show ''Dos por Dos'' ("Two by Two"). After the show was can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esplugues De Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat () is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Formerly in the ''Barcelonès'', since 1990 it has been part of the Comarques of Catalonia, comarca of Baix Llobregat. During recent decades Esplugues has evolved from a predominantly industrial town to a more diverse service area, preserving, however, its cultural and historical identity. It is known for its characteristic old quarter, the only one in the Baix Llobregat area with such evocative and romantic areas. The winding ''Carrer de Montserrat'' goes through the sprawling architectural complex built between 1968 and 2017 by sculptor Xavier Corberó. The mansion of ''Can Cortada'' was home to the Rafael de Amat y de Cortada, Baron Maldà, author of Baron of Maldà, Calaix de Sastre, the most representative work of Catalan literature of the late 18th century. Esplugues holds a remarkable natural area with parks and green spaces such as the Park of Solidarity, the Park of Torrents and the Can Vidale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal Sur
Canal Sur ('South Channel') is part of Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA), the public broadcasting company of Andalusia. It was created by means of the devolved powers given to this autononomous community by an Act of Parliament in its statute of autonomy. Canal Sur consists of two signs, Canal Sur 1 and Canal Sur 2, broadcasting the same programming but in sign language and with subtitles. History On 28 February 1989 Canal Sur 1 TV was launched as the public broadcaster of the Autonomous Community of Andalucía. This means that it was funded by the regional government of Andalusia. Becoming the fourth Spanish autonomous community to have its own public TV channel after Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia. In its origins, Canal Sur broadcast programming of all kinds, including news, entertainment, cultural, sports and children's content. Canal Sur was launched with the aim of disseminating Andalusian culture, politics and values among its population and to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El País
(; ) is a Spanish-language daily newspaper in Spain. is based in the capital city of Madrid and it is owned by the Spanish media conglomerate PRISA. It is the second-most circulated daily newspaper in Spain . is the most read newspaper in Spanish online and one of the Madrid dailies considered to be a national newspaper of record for Spain (along with '' El Mundo'' and '' ABC)''. In 2018, its number of daily sales were 138,000. Its headquarters and central editorial staff are located in Madrid, although there are regional offices in the principal Spanish cities (Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Bilbao, and Santiago de Compostela) where regional editions were produced until 2015. also produces a world edition in Madrid that is available online in English and in Spanish (Latin America). History was founded in May 1976 by a team at PRISA which included Jesus de Polanco, José Ortega Spottorno and Carlos Mendo. The paper was designed by Reinhard Gade and Julio Alonso. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pepe Navarro (journalist)
José Navarro Prieto (Palma del Río, Córdoba; November 16, 1951), better known as Pepe Navarro, is a Spanish television presenter, journalist, television producer, and writer who has worked in television, journalism, and radio. Biography Born to Granadian parents, when he was just two years old, his family moved to Sabadell. At the age of 10, they traveled to France, only to return to Sabadell at the age of 11. There, he began his high school studies at the Salesian Sant Oleguer School, which he abandoned at the age of 15 to work. Two years later, at 17, he completed his higher education —5th, 6th, and COU— at Jaime Balmes Institute in Barcelona, self-financing himself as an employee of El Corte Inglés selling fans, giving math and gymnastics classes, working as a waiter, DJ, footballer, etc. He studied Scriptwriting, Writing, and Broadcasting at the Radio School of Radio Juventud in Barcelona, where he produced his first half-hour weekly program, "Welcome to Music", and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vanguardia
' (; , ) is a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1881. It is printed in Spanish and, since 3 May 2011, also in Catalan. It has its headquarters in Barcelona and is Catalonia's leading newspaper. Despite being mostly distributed in Catalonia, ' is Spain's fourth-highest circulation among general-interest newspapers, trailing only the three main Madrid-based ones – ', ' and '' ABC'' – all of which are national newspapers with offices and local editions throughout the country. The newspaper's editorial line leans to the centre of politics and is moderate in its opinions, but Francoist Spain, it followed Francoist ideology. It retains Catholic sensibilities and strong ties to the Spanish nobility through the Godó family. History and profile Beginnings On 1 February 1881 in Barcelona, two businessmen from Igualada, Carlos and Bartolomé Godó, first published the paper. It was defined as a ''Diario político de avisos y notícias'' (Political Newspaper of Announcements and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antena 3 (Spain)
Antena 3 (''Antena Tres'') is a Spanish terrestrial television channel part of Atresmedia, of which it is the flagship station. Its current headquarters are located in San Sebastián de los Reyes. Some of the most popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include '' Aquí no hay quien viva'', ''Física o Química'', '' El barco'', '' Los Protegidos'', ''The Simpsons'' and ''El Internado''. Some of its programmes, such as ''Física o Química'', '' Money Heist'' and '' Your Face Sounds Familiar'' gained international success and recognition, leading to many duplicate programmes being produced worldwide. Antena 3 is generally listed as the third channel on television sets throughout Spain, except in certain autonomous communities where the regional station occupies channel number 3. History It was launched on Christmas Day, 25 December 1989 when it began test transmissions, and then later, it commenced its official broadcasts throughout Spain exactly one month later on 25 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 (Catalonia)
TV3 () is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programmes only in Catalan and Aranese, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies, although Spanish is not dubbed or subtitled. TV3 is also a founding member of FORTA. It is funded by the regional autonomous government, the Generalitat de Catalunya, through the CCMA. History TV3 started its trial broadcasts on 10 September 1983 (a day right before the National Day of Catalonia), but its regular broadcasts started a few months later, on 16 January 1984. TV3 was the first television channel to broadcast only in Catalan. In 1985, TV3 expanded its coverage to Andorra, Northern Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, also Catalan-speaking territories. Since 1985, Montse Armengou Martín has co-directed award-winning documentary films. One year later, TV3 inaugurated it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four Provinces of Spain, provinces or eight Vegueries of Catalonia, ''vegueries'' (regions), which are in turn divided into 43 Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarques''. The capital and largest city, Barcelona, is the second-most populous Municipalities in Spain, municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous List of metropolitan areas in Europe, urban area in the European Union. > > > ''Catalonia'' theoretically derived. During the Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine chroniclers claimed that ''Catalania'' derives from the local medley of Goths with Alans, initially constituting a ''Goth-Alania''. Othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was originally founded in 1935 and Random House was founded in 1927. It has more than 300 Publishing imprint, publishing imprints. Along with Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House is considered one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers. On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase of Penguin Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became the sole owner of Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann's German-language publishing group Verlagsgruppe Random House will be completely integrated into Penguin Random House, adding 45 imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadena SER
La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is a Spanish radio network established in 1924, with a regular listenership of 4,139,000 reported in 2018. The acronym SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company). Cadena SER broadcasts nationwide, with its main studios located on Gran Vía in Madrid. The network operates studios across Spain, providing local and regional news and information, with each location producing between 2 and 3.5 hours of programming daily. Owned by Unión Radio, majority controlled by the PRISA group, Cadena SER is affiliated with other media entities including music radio stations such as LOS40, Cadena Dial, Radiolé, and the national daily '' El País''. History On November 14, 1924, at 18:30, station EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona initiated regular broadcasts as Spain’s first licensed radio station under General Miguel Primo de Rivera government. Seven months later, on June 17, 1925, Unión Radio launched station EAJ-7 Radio Madri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñaki Gabilondo
José Ignacio Gabilondo Pujol (born 19 October 1942), better known as Iñaki Gabilondo, is a Spanish journalist and broadcaster. He is one of Spain's best-known news anchors. Biography The second-born in a family of nine, Gabilondo studied Philosophy and Literature with Journalism at the University of Navarra. He started his career aged 21 at Radio Popular, which later became Cadena COPE. He stayed there until 1969, when he became the director of his local Radio San Sebastián, affiliated to the public Cadena SER. Two years later, he directed the news department of Cadena SER in Seville. In 1978 he directed and hosted ''Hora 25'' on Cadena SER in Madrid, until he became the TV news director of Televisión Española, the Spanish public TV network, two years later. After starting in January 1981, his first night in front of the cameras was during Antonio Tejero's '' coup d'etat'' on 23 February 1981. He soon started to host the 9pm edition of ''Telediario''. He became well-known f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
