With a staging inspired by a space journey and a choreography featuring three robots—Aneto, Amante and Adoquín—the event combined humor, technology and entertainment to showcase a range of news, sports, film, series and podcast content available on mobile phones, computers and now smart TVs as well.
Miki Nadal and Judit Ballarín presented Aragón Play's original content, including Cronos, devoted to Leiva's concert in Zaragoza; Observatorio, an eight-episode comedy filmed in Teruel and financed with FITE funds, whose full season is already available; and El mundo es nuestro, the upcoming release in which the stars of El campo es nuestro will explore agriculture and livestock farming in other countries.
The sports offering was presented by Pedro Hernández and Blanca Liso, who highlighted the importance of live broadcasts, Aragonese teams and grassroots sports, along with the return of the ACB League as a free-to-air broadcast after 11 years. Eneko and Eduardo Lolumo showcased the platform's potential as a showcase for Aragonese cinema and major popular celebrations, while Noemí Núñez and Nacho Navarro focused on news, Aragón Radio content and accessibility.
Entertainment also had its place, with Miki Nadal and Marisol Aznar announcing the arrival of Sopa de Letras Celebrity in 2027, produced by FORTA, as well as the December premiere of a new quiz show, La Bola, based on a BBC format. They also highlighted the possibility of recovering 20 years of programs, including every season of Oregón TV and Chino Chano, among other historic titles.
RAQUEL FUERTES: “ARAGÓN PLAY BRINGS PEOPLE CLOSER”
CARTV director general Raquel Fuertes stressed that “Aragón Play means that scheduling is no longer a boundary, distance matters less and Aragonese talent can reach much farther, without ever losing our essence.”
Fuertes emphasized that Aragón Play aims to serve as a gateway for a new generation of young Aragonese talent and announced a call for projects, including an initial pitching session with €100,000 in funding, to discover new ideas and new ways of telling Aragón's story. The initiative will help promote new series and content created for the platform.
The director described Aragón Play as the starting point for a new phase for the broadcaster, coinciding with its 20th anniversary. “We face three major challenges: consolidating our digital transformation, continuing to connect with new generations and undertaking the move to the new EXPO headquarters in order to shape CARTV for the next 20 years,” she stressed.
Aragón's vice president, Mar Vaquero, said the platform is “necessary” and reflects “the way all Aragonese people relate to television and radio, and a way to access all content more easily through Aragón Play.” Wherever they are and whenever they want, “we will be able to access our favorite content.”
In addition to making content easier to access, “it is a major window from Aragón to the outside world. People will be able to learn how we live, about our talent and our most wonderful places, and it will also help Aragonese people living abroad feel more connected to our daily life and allow us to strengthen that sense of belonging,” the vice president said, adding that Aragón Play will also become a major catalog and archive for history.
For her part, the president of the Cortes of Aragón, María Navarro, said that “Aragón Play represents another step in the public service commitment demonstrated by the Aragonese Corporation of Radio and Television over 20 years, a commitment recognized by the Cortes of Aragón with its Medal. It is a new window bringing Aragón closer to Aragonese people wherever they are and projecting our culture, heritage and the talent of our region to the world.”
A PLATFORM GROWING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ARAGÓN
Aragón Play's first four months reflect the strong reception of a service that has accumulated nearly two million views and almost 50 million minutes watched, with close to 90,000 active applications. Its reach extends beyond the region's borders: 65% of consumption takes place outside Aragón, and connections have been recorded from 179 countries.
Sports have become one of the main drivers of this growth. The platform has offered more than 250 broadcasts and 450 hours of live sports, with the capacity to transmit up to 10 simultaneous signals. One of its major milestones was the Aragón MotoGP Grand Prix, offered free of charge and exclusively across Spain, which generated more than 40,000 new registrations that weekend and reached peaks of 20,000 users connected simultaneously.
Real Zaragoza broadcasts are also driving the addition of new users, with more than 5,000 registrations per match. Alongside football and basketball, Aragón Play offers handball, athletics, futsal, volleyball, motorcycling, cycling, tennis, canoeing, rugby and water polo competitions, with particular attention to women's sports and youth development.
Major popular celebrations are another of its attractions. During the latest Fiestas del Pilar alone, 33,500 new users registered to follow the main events from anywhere.
Aragón Play is available on mobile phones, tablets, computers and Samsung, LG, Android TV and Google TV smart televisions. Expansion to Hisense, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV is scheduled for next December.
TWENTY YEARS OF CONTENT
Aragón Play now brings together more than 250 television programs, with 7,000 episodes, as well as more than 60 radio programs and podcasts, with another 10,000 episodes available. The catalog combines current Aragón TV and Aragón Radio formats with the historical archives of both broadcasters, allowing users to revisit programs that have accompanied several generations of Aragonese people.
The platform also features more than 40 Aragonese audiovisual productions, including films, documentaries, short films and series, with titles such as El último show, Goya, 3 de mayo, Quemarlo todo and En racha, helping to showcase the region's creative talent.
Aragón Radio is also expanding its reach through Aragón Play, where its content has accumulated more than 250,000 listens and 13 million minutes of consumption. Its podcast offering includes Abismo, with three million downloads worldwide, and Historia de Aragón, which is approaching one million.
News content completes this public service offering, with live and on-demand newscasts, news reports, features and special coverage, as well as an El Tiempo channel available 24 hours a day. New news formats, such as vertical videos and current affairs summaries, will be added soon.
