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The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, yesterday made the 4,000 kilometers that separate

Wall Street

from

Hollywood

(more or less, the distance between

Madrid

and

Baghdad

) to continue today the second stage of his American business tour. A visit that today focuses on two of the most iconic institutions of the world's leading power: NASA and Hollywood, although without forgetting a clear reference to the presence of the Spanish language in a part of the United States -

California

and, in general, the Southwest of the country - which is, in fact, as or more Spanish than Anglo-Saxon.

The fundamental objective is to attract audiovisual productions to

Spain

, a strategic objective of the Government, which considers that this type of projects are great generators of jobs and, in addition, cause the birth of an auxiliary industry in fast-growing sectors, with an important technological component and that are part of the so-called

creative economy

that is growing around the world, such as video games. The sector has been one of the great beneficiaries of Covid-19, which has accelerated the transition from movie theaters to television, tablets, computers and telephones. All the major production companies in the US already charge for their

streaming

content

.

To do this, the president will meet with the heads of the production area of ​​the largest audiovisual companies in the world: Disney -the largest studio in Hollywood-, HBO and

Warner

-both belonging to the same company,

AT&T

, and also linked to another giant, Discovery-, Amazon,

Paramount

, and Apple, which produces series and video games that it distributes through its devices. The meeting has been organized by the sector's employers' association, the

Motion Pictures Association

, one of the

most influential

lobbies

in the US. The only

big

one missing is

Comcast

, owner of

Universal

and the television

network NBC

, to one of whose brands,

MSNBC

, Sánchez gave an interview on Wednesday.

It is also a sector that is in full fever of mergers and acquisitions. Amazon announced in May the acquisition of

Metro Goldwin Mayer

for 8,000 million dollars (6,800 million euros), although it is possible that the

Biden

government

tries to block the operation on the basis that

Jeff Bezos'

company

already has a dominant position in other markets, so the purchase could end up in court. A week earlier, AT&T announced in May the sale of 29% of

TimeWarner

, which it had bought for 85,000 million euros, to

Discovery Communications

. The next production company to be acquired could be

Paramount

.

The other stars - NASA's - revolve around the

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

(JPL) in

Pasadena

. The Spanish president will visit the facilities, where the space

jets Curiosity

- which has been rolling on

Mars

for more than a decade

- and

Perseverance

- which landed on that planet in February -

were built and operated

. A large fleet of satellites orbiting the

Earth

is also directed from this center,

which are mainly dedicated to monitoring sea levels, humidity in the planet's soils or the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere.

Although not well known, JPL plays a central role in NASA's scientific investigations. It is an institution managed by the

California Institute of Technology

- known colloquially as

Caltech

-, one of the most important polytechnic universities in the United States. And, as its spokespersons have reminded EL MUNDO, it also has some relationship with

Spain

. On the one hand,

Curiosity

and

Rover

carry Spanish instruments -MEDA and REMS, respectively- to study the Martian atmosphere. JPL also coordinates the

Deep Space Network

, a network of three antennas located in

Madrid

,

Australia

and

California

to communicate with spacecraft beyond the

Moon

.

At JPL, as it is known in the US, the Spanish president will meet with Spanish scientists who work there.

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