RTVE’s war: from Pedro Sánchez’s obsession against Pablo Motos to Broncano’s great salary

The decision of the Board of Directors of RTVE to dismiss the director of General Content of RTVE, Jose Pablo Lopezand the consequent dismissal of his ‘killer’, the interim president Elena Sanchezare collateral damage of the refusal on March 11 of the same body to sign for three seasons with David Broncanojust as La Moncloa wanted.

Informalia On February 28, this operation devised by Jose Miguel Contrerasassumed by Pedro Sanchez (and his right hand Oscar Lopez), negotiated by José Pablo López and finally stopped by Elena Sánchez, who since she blocked the incorporation (for more than 14 million euros for each of the three seasons) has personally negotiated the operation with Broncano himself, who even accepted one season with the option of another. Of course, accessing the second only by exceeding a very easy 7.5% share, which is more than 1 point below the average of La 1.

As we anticipated on February 28, the intention of Pedro Sánchez, advised by Contreras, was to turn David Broncano into the nemesis of Pablo Motoswhich has become the main television enemy of the socialist Government since Ana Rosa Quintanaencouraged by Mediaset, will loosen the political noise against Pedro Sánchez in the afternoons.

Broncano presents a show that costs an outlay of around 10 million euros annually to Movistar Plus+, of which two go directly into the pocket of the Jaén native. Now try to place The resistance to RTVE for 14 million euros (plus expenses), of which more than three will go into your pocket.

The resistance It is produced by Encofrados Encofrasa, owned by Broncano and two of his colleagues, Jorge Ponce y Ricardo Castilla. Mediapro takes care of the technical aspects.

Political operation

The attempt to sign Broncano for the public Corporation does not make as much sense from a television point of view but as a political maneuver to deactivate, or at least reduce, the Pablo Motos effect against Pedro Sánchez. The resistance It is a niche show, modern but minority, it is not streaming, and it will hardly be able to cope with a transversal format like The Anthill, television sources explain. However, its landing on TVE would undoubtedly take away some viewers from Atresmedia’s hegemonic offer, where they are not enthusiastic about the possibility of the operation going ahead.

The maneuver is of a political nature in the interest of La Moncloa, which got José Pablo López to close an agreement with Broncano while Movistar Plus+ did not put up much of a fight. Bad tongues even suggest that it does not hurt Telefónica to look good with the Government, now that SEPI has entered the multinational’s shareholding (to date with 3% and will soon reach 10%).

Elena Sánchez stopped the operation because she was not willing to give the green light to a contract that was too long on the unstable RTVE, in which José Pablo López tried to gain strength until the interim president thought she could get away from him. Because, as we have published in Informaliathe possibility is gaining strength that the Government, seeing both the Board of Directors of RTVE and Congress (which should renew 5 councilors and elect a seventh to replace the former president) are stuck José Manuel Pérez Tornero), could activate a decree-law similar to that of 2018.

At that time, Pedro Sánchez appointed sole plenipotentiary administrator Rosa María Mateo, who lasted 3 years in office. The appointment, yes, was ‘knocked down’ in 2021 by the Constitutional Court, which disgraced the Government for having haggled from debating the decision to the Senate (today in the hands of the PP).

Motorcycles and Sánchez

In November of last year, Pablo Motos exploded against the amnesty (“I am ashamed of being Spanish”) and showed his distance from the policies of Pedro Sánchez, to whom the showman asked on June 27 what the difference was between lying and changing one’s position. opinion.

The President of the Government came out alive, both The Anthill like the polls on July 26, but he did not forget his tension with Motos, who in 2019 laughed at the socialist for his refusal to attend the program: “Maybe he won’t come because we don’t have a place for him to land with the Falcon.”. Nor did La Moncloa like that the king of television nights revealed that year that the Government offered him to be a guest José Luis Ábalos instead of Sánchez himself: “It’s as if you ask the king to come and they bring you Froilán”he pointed.

In the last pre-campaign, Sánchez remembered Motos in several rallies: “We will see on prime time programs people who only represent themselves pontificate and insult without the right to reply”he pointed out about the weekly conservative-leaning gathering organized by The Anthill con Juan del Val, Tamara Falco o Cristina Pardo as opinionologists. Motorcycles answered: “Just in case it refers to us, I renew the invitation to our President of the Government, who did not want to attend in the last elections. “I will be happy to receive you and give you the entire hour to reply and say whatever you want.”

José Pablo López, genius and figure

Informalia is in a position to anticipate that José Pablo López is the Government’s main favorite to become sole administrator of RTVE. The intention of La Moncloa is to restore the man from Malaga, who after years of political games has fallen victim to a conjunction of councilors appointed by PSOE, PP and Unidas Podemos.

It is worth remembering that the director from Malaga was director of the Legal Department of La Sexta, he left the ‘Zapaterista’ network to direct the channel that was closest to ‘Marianism’, the episcopal and ruinous Trece, and in 2017 he was appointed general director of Telemadrid with enthusiastic support from the group that co-governed the Community of Madrid, Ciudadanos. His open war with Isabel Diaz Ayuso He brought him closer to progressive positions and made it easier for the Sanchista tandem composed of Contreras and the late Miguel Barroso to promote him to the general content direction of RTVE almost 2 years ago.

During this time, López has favored the Grupo Prisa production company (LaCoproductora, which has become a reference provider for RTVE) and has tried to make the universe Save me landed in the public Corporation at the hands of, for example, Belen Estebanvetoed by Elena Sánchez to serve as a member of the jury of dance as you can.

This Tuesday, UGT, a union close to the PSOE, came out in defense of López: “Given the time and manner in which it occurred, just before the dismissal of who made said decision, from UGT RTVE we request that this be suspended. and that it is the new Board of Directors (which should be renewed by Congress) who decides whether or not to continue in office.”