Concepción Carmen Cascajosa Virino (born 1979) is a Spanish lecturer, working at the

Charles III University of Madrid University Charles III of Madrid ( es, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (UC3M) is a public university in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Established in 1989, UC3M is an institution with a distinctly international profile. It offers a broad rang ...

(UC3M). Her main research line is the history of audiovisual media. She has been noted as one of the foremost specialists on television series in Spain. Since 2021, she serves as member of the

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governing board.

Biography

Born in 1979 in

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to Andalusian parents, she moved in 1984 together with her family to

Casariche Casariche is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadísti ...

(

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), where she was raised. Cascajosa earned a

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and later a PhD in Audiovisual Communication from the

University of Seville The University of Seville (''Universidad de Sevilla'') is a university in Seville, Spain. Founded under the name of ''Colegio Santa María de Jesús'' in 1505, it has a present student body of over 69.200, and is one of the top-ranked universi ...

. She entered the

(UC3M) in 2006, working with Manuel Palacio. She became senior lecturer at the UC3M in 2012. In 2018, she was proposed as member of the

governing board, endorsed by the

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. However, the parliamentary negotiations to renew the RTVE administration fell apart after she was voted by the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. It has 350 members ele ...

. Proposed again by the PSOE as candidate to the 10-member RTVE board in 2021, Cascajosa's appointment was passed by the

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on 24 March 2021, together with the other 3 members of the shortlist to be voted by the Upper House. She assumed on 26 March 2021 together with the rest of the incoming board. In March 2024, the RTVE governing board voted her as the new acting president of RTVE, replacing Elena Sánchez.

Works

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References

{{authority control Television studies Academic staff of the Charles III University of Madrid 1979 births RTVE Board members University of Seville alumni Mass media scholars Living people