The signing of David Broncano for RTVE is now a reality. After weeks of uncertainty about the comedian's future and several dismissals, the Board of Directors of the public entity gave the green light to Broncano's contract in an extraordinary meeting held this Wednesday. In this way, the presenter will arrive with his star program on RTVE's La 1 next season to face Pablo Motos' almighty program, El Hormiguero.
At first, the presenter and the producer El Terrat wanted to negotiate a contract for three seasons and 42 million euros, 14 per season. However, after the dismissal of the content director, José Pablo López, and the interim president of the corporation, Elena Sánchez, both parties have reached an agreement for two seasons and 28 million euros.
But the comedian's contract is also subject to a condition. The first season is more than assured and will run between September 2024 and June 2025. However, the second could be canceled if the program does not manage to achieve a 7.5% screen share in access prime time for four consecutive months. .
The signing of David Broncano by RTVE has gone ahead thanks to the casting vote of the current president of the corporation, Concepción Cascajosa, and the absence of the former president, Elena Sánchez, who was once again absent from the meeting without delegating her vote to anyone else. adviser.
In this way, the hiring of the presenter has been made effective with four votes in favor and two against. The current interim president, Concepción Cascajosa (PSOE), Ramón Colom (PSOE), Roberto Lakidain (Vamos) and Juan José Baños (PNV) have voted in favor of Broncano's signing. On the opposite side, the three PP councilors, Jenaro Castro, Consuelo Aparicio and María del Carmen Sastre, were positioned. Podemos councilor José Manuel Martín Medem was the only one to abstain from this Wednesday's extraordinary meeting.
After Broncano's arrival to the public network came to light, many famous faces have wanted to comment on the matter. One of the most forceful was Jorge Javier Vázquez. The presenter positioned himself in favor of Broncano's signing and sent a dart to his main rival in prime time access, Pablo Motos. ''Paul seems like he is going to take away your bread and salt when you have so much money that you are not going to spend it even in a hundred thousand lives. Having the audience that you have, he did not dedicate even half a minute to current political events. He is the least funny thing in the world. And people go to El Hormiguero to have fun,' declared the Catalan through his blog in Lecturas magazine.
