Mediapro will produce the World Karate Federation tournaments

The World Karate Federation has signed an agreement with Mediapro Group which will result in the production of 13 competitions over the next two years and a program about each tournament.

He Mediapro agreement, subscribed through its division Broadcast and Media Services (BMS), aims to enhance the content generation and his quality in order to consolidate the audience for these events. The group, with extensive experience in the production of live sporting events around the world, will produce the 6 tournaments of the competition in 2024 and a minimum 7 in 2025.

The Catalan company will be like this host broadcaster of the main international competitions of world karate, such as the Karate 1-Premier League world circuit tournaments that will be held in 2024 and 2025 in Paris (France), Cairo (Egypt), Casablanca (Morocco) and Antalya (Turkey); the World Championship that will be held in Spain next year and in Egypt the following year, and the qualifying tournaments for this that will be played in France. The alliance also includes the agreement with the European Karate Federation to produce the European Karate Championships that will be held in 2024 in Croatia and in 2025 in Armenia. Mediapro will have a extensive technical and human device to generate the audiovisual signal for these sporting events and will be responsible for producing a 25-minute program on each Premier League tournament.

Antonio Espinos, president of the International Karate Federation, emphasizes that this agreement "represents a milestone" for the organization: "We are delighted to have closed the agreement with a leading partner in its sector. Given the group's experience in the production of sporting events and the integration of content, we are convinced that our tournaments will reach levels never seen before in terms of excellence and popularity. This partnership will help us to further promote our events around the world and increase the audience of karate in the global market."

On the other hand, Jose Luis Rubio, director of the BMS area of Grup Mediapro, commented: “Grup Mediapro, a leading company in the European audiovisual sector, has extensive experience in the production of live sporting events and will be able to contribute that background to the federation competitions, with which we are delighted to collaborate.”