Different voices of the bullfighting business community have agreed when assessing the closure of the Canal Toros, of Movistar Plus, aware of its economic importance in the viability of the sector in the last decade, in a word:

gratitude

.

But also in the uncertainty that is drawn in the panorama of a weak sector waiting for OneToro to start.

"We are going to remember Canal Toros," said

Jorge Matilla

, a businessman from Granada, anticipating nostalgia.

José María Garzón

, a businessman from Málaga and Santander, agreed that Canal Toros was always there, but qualified, "even without knowing the numbers": "Perhaps they have thrown in the towel too soon."

"Since the 2008 crisis and especially in the pandemic, Canal Toros has been transcendental," added

Alberto García, a businessman from Valladolid,

among other places.

"The outlook scares me a lot. If OneToro doesn't work and leaves in a year, we'll be out in the open," he concluded.

Carlos Zuñig

a, manager of El Puerto de Santa María, lamented:

"

I am very sorry for this end

since

his commitment to the festival was important and decisive."

They also all converged on an idea before his departure: "Sevilla's rights should not have been taken away once it was established that with the announcement of the hiring of Madrid the competition was serious."

"As a sector, we have not been able to offer Movistar Plus a content alternative to the San Isidro and Abril fairs," says

Nacho Lloret, a businessman from Alicante

.

And he adds that "this bad news" brings to the new operator "an extra responsibility": "Canal Toros gave sustainability to the sector and was vital in the worst times. We lose visibility. Hopefully, as far as it goes, OneToro will move forward with strength and penetration capacity. We stopped walking hand in hand with a communication giant in Spain and in the world".

José Luis Lozano,

from his oracle in the Montes de Toledo, underlines the importance of Canal Toros, but he does not quite understand "how a giant like Telefónica has not seen it coming [by OneToro]. What they have done for bullfighting in these years has been very important, the broadcast category, that bullfighting window on its platform. Let's see what happens now."

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