Modern Times Group is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 media company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik

Investment AB Kinnevik is an investment company established in 1936 by Wilhelm Klingspor and Robert von Horn. They had just sold their sugar company and were left with a farming company Mellersta Sveriges Lantbruks AB and cash. Their lawyer was Hugo Stenbeck. The lawyer got significant operating...

, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders. Among the assets were Viasat

Viasat

Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...

 and Metro International

Metro International

Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41% since launch of the first newspaper edition in 1995. It is a freesheet, meaning that distribution is...

. Viasat is a group of television channels, included TV3

TV3 (Viasat)

TV3 is the brand name used by Viasat's flagship channels in Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and Slovenia. Viasat is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group...

 (the first commercial television channel in Sweden that had been started in 1987), ZTV

ZTV

-History:The channel started in Sweden as a daily afternoon show in TV3 and TV4 in February 1991. The channel got its name as it was a simulcast version of the radio station Z Radio. There was also a Z magazine available for some time....

, Viasat Sport

Viasat Sport

Viasat Sport is the common brand of several sports channels targeting the Nordic, Baltic and Eastern European countries owned by Modern Times Group.Viasat Sport is also the name of one tv-channel in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and the Baltics...

 and TV1000

TV1000

TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:...

. The shares of Metro International, which runs a chain of free newspapers, were distributed in a second round among the shareholders of MTG.

Viasat Broadcasting

Viasat Broadcasting is the largest business area, representing more than half of the company (77 percent of the revenues in 2005). It includes both free and pay television.

Free television

In Scandinavia and the Baltics, Viasat operates one main channel called "TV3" and a secondary channel in every country. Although MTG list these channels as "free-to-air

Free-to-air

Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...

", most of the Scandinavian channels are encrypted and subject to decoding fees.

Networks

Channel type	Sweden	Norway	Denmark	Estonia	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Slovenia	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Russia	Ghana	Ukraine	Belarus
General	TV3 Sweden	TV3 Norway	TV3 Denmark	TV3 Estonia	TV3 Latvia TV3 Latvia TV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...	TV3 Lithuania TV3 Lithuania TV3 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group and targeted at a Lithuanian-speaking audience. It was founded on May 7, 1992 and launched on April 11, 1993 as "Tele-3" before being renamed "TV3" in 1996....	Viasat 3 Viasat 3 Viasat 3 is a Hungarian TV channel. It was originally named Alfa TV, but when in 2000 the station was bought by Swedish MTG its name was changed. It began broadcasting as Viasat 3 in October 2000....	TV3 Slovenia TV3 Slovenia TV3 is a television channel in Slovenia owned by Modern Times Group . The channel was also known as Prva TV from 1 November 2004 to 1 October 2006....	Nova Television	TV Prima TV Prima TV Prima is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s r. o., general manager Marek Singer....  (50 percent)	CTC Media CTC Media CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan...  (CTC, Domashniy, Peretz) (38,9 percent)	Viasat 1 Viasat 1 Viasat 1 is a Ghanaian television channel owned by the Swedish listed media group, Modern Times Group .The channel was awarded a licence from the National Communications Authority of the Republic of Ghana in December 2007 and started broadcasting on December 12, 2008 on 6 p.m...	-	+TV Belviasat
General secondary	TV8 TV8 (Sweden) TV8 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group broadcasting to Sweden. It focuses on news, current affairs, documentaries and drama. The channel was started by the private equity firm Ratos in 1997 and was sold to MTG in 1999....	-	TV3+ Denmark	3+ Estonia	3+ Latvia	TV8 TV8 (Lithuania) TV8 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel for women, owned by the Nordic television company Viasat. It was launched on October 3, 2011....	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
Entertainment	TV6 Sweden TV6 Sweden TV6 is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Sweden and now most of Europe through the Thor 2 satellite...  (Free)	Viasat 4 Viasat 4 Viasat 4 is a television channel broadcasting to Norway owned by the Modern Times Group. The channel was launched on 8th September 2007, a week after the launch of the digital terrestrial television network in Norway, replacing ZTV which ceased broadcasting shortly before.The channel opened with...	TV3 Puls TV3 Puls TV3 Puls is television channel broadcasting to Denmark. It started broadcasting March 23, 2009.Among the programmes broadcast on the channel from its launch are series such as Mad Men and Pushing Daisies, lifestyle programmes and sports events such as Formula One.-Programming:Recurring elements in...	TV6 Estonia	TV6 Latvia	TV6 Lithuania	Viasat 6 Hungary	-	Diema Diema Diema is part of the Nova Television Group Bulgaria, a subsidiary of MTG.The channel airs mainly films, action series. Along with Nova Sport airs sports, including matches from the English FA Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship qualifications, as well as the... , Diema Family Diema Family Diema Family is a bulgarian television channel, aimed at family audiences, part of Nova Broadcasting Group, ownd by Modern Times Group. Television was established in 1999 under the name Alexandra TV. Currently Diema Family is aimed at families, mainly Latin American and broadcast animation series... , Kino Nova Kino Nova Kino Nova is a bulgarian movie-based channel, part of New Broadcasting Group, owned of Modern Times Group. The channel broadcasts mostly film and entertainment. Founded in 2003 , as the second channel of Diema Vision - Diema 2. Initially it was broadcasting and sporting events that were...	Prima Cool Prima Cool Prima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air...  (50 percent), Prima love Prima Love Prima Love is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in the Czech Republic. The channel, which launched on March 8, 2011, is owned by Modern Times Group and currently has a reach of approximately 94% of the country's 10.5 million people and broadcasts 18 hours per day.Prima Love... , R1 TV R1 R1 is a Czech private television station.R1 is the third channel of TV Prima. This channel is compound from content of members of the group R1 . Members of group R1 are small regional TV stations, which share their program with TV Prima most of the time. R1 was broadcast in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2...  (50 percent)	-	-	-	-
Sports and documentaries	TV10 TV10 (Sweden) TV10 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group broadcasting to Sweden. It specializes in sports and documentaries. The channel started broadcasting on 7 September 2010....	-	-	Viasat Sport Baltic Estonia Viasat Sport Baltic Viasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...	Viasat Sport Baltic Latvia Viasat Sport Baltic Viasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...	Viasat Sport Baltic Lithuania Viasat Sport Baltic Viasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...	-	-	Nova Sport Nova Sport (Bulgaria) Nova Sport is a Bulgarian television channel, part of "Nova Broadcasting Group", owned by Modern Times Group. The channel started on 2010 and replaces the music channel MM Television. The television is created as resemblance to the Scandinavian channel Viasat Sport, who shares the same graphic...	-	Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....	-	Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....	Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....

Others

In Russia:

• CTC Media
  CTC Media
  CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan...
  
   is currently an international network owning channels in Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  , Moldova
  Moldova
  Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
  
  , and Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
  
   (39% of shareownership)

In Indonesia:

• SCTV (Indonesia)
  SCTV (Indonesia)
  Surya Citra Televisi is an Indonesian television station. Its headquarters are in South Jakarta. It began broadcasting on 24 August 1990 in Surabaya, East Java, broadcasting only to the city and surrounding area. At this point the programming was similar to that of RCTI and used some of their news...
  
   (95 percent)
• O Channel
  O Channel
  O Channel is a local tv station in Metro Jakarta market in Indonesia.-Programming:*FashionTelevision *Movie Television *MuchMusic *MuchMore *Look A Like...
  
   (95 percent)

In Macedonia:

• TV ERA
  TV Era
  TV ERA is the only television channel of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, that broadcasts exclusively in the Albanian language its audience being mainly the Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia. One of the most famous shows broadcasted by the television has been the live music called Black and...
  
   (95 percent)

Nordic countries

MTG operates the Viasat

Viasat

Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...

 satellite platform in the Nordic countries offering both in-house and third party channels. The sports channels available in the different Scandinavian countries differ somewhat depending on different rights held for different markets and different business agreements.

The following channels are available in all Scandinavian countries:

• TV1000
  TV1000
  TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:...
  
  
• TV1000 Action
  TV1000 Action
  TV1000 Action is a premium television channel showing action and thriller movies and erotic programming in Scandinavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine....
  
  
• TV1000 Drama
  TV1000 Drama
  TV1000 Drama is a television channel broadcasting drama movies.The channel launched on February 16, 2009. The same day, all TV1000 channels in the Nordic countries got new logos and graphics. Unlike the other TV1000 channels, which were broadcasting round-the-clock, TV1000 Drama would only...
  
  
• TV1000 Family
  TV1000 Family
  TV1000 Family is a premium television channel showing family movies and owned by Modern Times Group ....
  
  
• TV1000 Classic
  TV1000 Classic
  TV1000 Classic is a premium television channel showing classic movies and owned by Modern Times Group ....
  
  
• TV1000 Nordic
  TV1000 Nordic
  TV1000 Nordic is a premium television channel showing movies from the Nordic countries....
  
  
• TV1000 Plus One
  TV1000
  TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:...
  
  
• TV1000 HD
  TV1000 HD
  TV1000 HD is a pay-television channel which is owned by Viasat. The channel shows the same films as TV1000, but in HD-quality. The films which were not originally in HD are still shown in SD-quality. The channel was launched on 15 January 2008.-External links:...
  
  
• Viasat Nature/Crime
  Viasat Nature/Crime
  Viasat Nature/Crime is a television channel broadcasting nature documentaries and crime movies and series. It is broadcasting to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Since 2010, Viasat Nature became available in Ukraine....
  
  
• Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...
  
  
• Viasat History
  Viasat History
  Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....
  
  
• Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf is a pan-Nordic television channel dedicated to broadcasting golf tournaments and golf-related programmes.The channel was launched in January 2007, after MTG had acquired lots of rights for live broadcasting of golf tournaments, such as the US PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the...
  
  

These channels are only available in Sweden:

• Viasat Sport Sweden (formerly known as Viasat Sport 1
  Viasat Sport 1
  Viasat Sport is a group of sports channels broadcasting from the United Kingdom. The channels are targeting the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, though the primary market of the channels is Sweden. This article concentrates on Viasat Sport channels in Sweden....
  
  )
• Viasat Fotboll
  Viasat Fotboll
  Viasat Fotboll is a Swedish television channel dedicated to football.The channel was launched on October 17, 2008, and became the primary home to most of Viasat's football broadcasts, which at the time included UEFA Champions League, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the FA Cup, Football League...
  
   (formerly known as Viasat Sport 2
  Viasat Sport 2
  Viasat Sport 2 was a Scandinavian soccer channel. The channel started February 1, 2004 together with Viasat Sport 3. Viasat Sport 2 has the rights to Manchester United TV and Chelsea TV...
  
  )

These channels are only available in Norway:

• SportN
  Viasat SportN
  SportN or Viasat SportN is the name of a former sports channel which broadcast to Norway. The channel launched on November 29, 2005, as a replacement for the then pan-Nordic Viasat Sport 1 channel in Norway....
  
   (in co-operation with Norsk rikskringkasting
  Norsk Rikskringkasting
  The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , which is usually known as NRK, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway...
  
  ) (until 15 September 2009)
• Viasat Fotball
  Viasat Fotball
  Viasat Fotball is a Norwegian-paid TV owned by Viasat. This is a sport channel which broadcasts all the sports from around the world. Sports shown on this channel are FA CUP, UEFA Champions League,Europa Liga, Coca Cola Championships, some League 1 matches from England as well as Friendly matches...
  
   (from 15 September 2009)
• Viasat Sport Norge

These channels are available in Norway and Sweden:

• Viasat Motor
  Viasat Motor
  Viasat Motor is a Scandinavian Motor sports channel that launched on 17 October 2008.Events broadcast on the channel include Formula One, NASCAR, GP2, WRC and MotoGP.-External links:* *...
  
   (formerly known as Viasat Sport 3
  Viasat Sport 3
  Viasat Sport 3 was a Scandinavian sports channel mainly showing combat sports, auto racing and American football. The channel started on 1 February 2004 together with Viasat Sport 2 The main sports in the summer are NASCAR, Indy Racing League, Boxing, Football club TV.Viasat Sport 3 also have the...
  
  )
• Viasat Sport HD

In Denmark, the sports channels are operated in a joint-venture with TV2/Danmark A/S. The following channels are available in Denmark only:

• TV 2 Sport
  TV 2 Sport (Denmark)
  TV 2 Sport is a Danish sports channel operated as a joint-venture between Danish TV 2 and Swedish Modern Times Group.MTG launched a dedicated Danish version of its Viasat Sport channel in January 2002...
  
  
• TV 2 Sport HD
  TV 2 Sport HD
  TV 2 Sport HD is the high-definition television sister channel to Danish television channel TV 2 Sport. It launched on January 2, 2008....
  
  

Baltic countries

The Viasat platform is also available in the Baltic countries with the following channels:

• TV1000 East
  TV1000 East
  TV1000 East is a movie television channel targeting the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia and other Eastern European countries. It is owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group and was launched in 2004. TV1000 East was rebranded in December 2009.- External links :* * *...
  
  
• TV1000 Russkoe Kino
  TV1000 Russkoe Kino
  TV1000 Russkoe Kino is a television channel broadcasting Russian language movies owned by Modern Times Group....
  
  
• TV1000 Premium
• TV1000 Action East
  TV1000 Action East
  TV1000 Action East is a television channel broadcasting action movies to Russia, Ukraine, CIS countries and the Baltic states. It broadcasts action movies from the United States and Europe...
  
  
• Viasat Sport East
  Viasat Sport East
  Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....
  
  
• Viasat Sport Baltic
  Viasat Sport Baltic
  Viasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...
  
  
• Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf is a pan-Nordic television channel dedicated to broadcasting golf tournaments and golf-related programmes.The channel was launched in January 2007, after MTG had acquired lots of rights for live broadcasting of golf tournaments, such as the US PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the...
  
  
• Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...
  
  
• Viasat History
  Viasat History
  Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....
  
  

Eastern Europe

Channels available to third party operators in the rest of Eastern Europe are TV1000 East

TV1000 East

TV1000 East is a movie television channel targeting the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Russia and other Eastern European countries. It is owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group and was launched in 2004. TV1000 East was rebranded in December 2009.- External links :* * *...

, TV1000 Balkan, TV1000 Russkoe Kino

TV1000 Russkoe Kino

TV1000 Russkoe Kino is a television channel broadcasting Russian language movies owned by Modern Times Group....

, TV1000 Poland

TV1000 Poland

TV1000 Poland is a Polish movie channel owned by Modern Times Group, owners of the original TV1000 channels. It was launched on the Cyfrowy Polsat satellite platform on March 5, 2007....

, TV1000 Action East

TV1000 Action East

TV1000 Action East is a television channel broadcasting action movies to Russia, Ukraine, CIS countries and the Baltic states. It broadcasts action movies from the United States and Europe...

, Viasat Sport East

Viasat Sport East

Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....

, Viasat Explorer

Viasat Explorer

Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...

 and Viasat History

Viasat History

Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....

.

In April 2008, MTG participated in the launch of Viasat Ukraine

Viasat Ukraine

Viasat Ukraine is a Ukrainian direct broadcast satellite television distributor. It is owned by "Vision TV" which is a joint venture between the Strong Media Group and the Swedish Modern Times Group...

, a satellite distibutor in Ukraine.

MTG Radio

Viasat owns several radio networks and stations in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries:

• Rix FM, national network in Sweden
• P4 Radio Hele Norge
  P4 Radio Hele Norge
  P4 Radio Hele Norge AS Norway's leading national, private radio station with 24% national market share, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly....
  
  , national network in Norway
• Star FM, networks in Estonia and Latvia
• NRJ, network in Sweden
• Lugna favoriter, network in Sweden
• Star FM (Sweden), station in Stockholm
• Bandit Rock
  Bandit Rock
  Bandit Rock is a Swedish radio station which plays rock, punk and heavy metal. The station, now a part of the Modern Times Group, was originally founded by American ex-pat Thomas McAlevey and began broadcasting in Stockholm in 1994....
  
  , station in Stockholm and Gothenburg
• Power Hit Radio (Estonia)
  Power Hit Radio (Estonia)
  Power Hit Radio is an Estonian dance music radio station owned Mediainvest Holding AS in Estonia which belongs to Swedish media company Modern Times Group . It transmits on Tallinn 102,1 FM Pärnu 103,9 FM Tartu 89,7 FM.-History:...
  
  
• Power Hit Radio (Lithuania)
  Power Hit Radio (Lithuania)
  Power Hit Radio is a commercial radio station in Lithuania that plays dance music aimed at listeners aged around 15 to 35....
  
  
• Radio Nova
  Radio Nova (Finland)
  Radio Nova is a radio channel in Finland. It was a major radio industry milestone when it launched in 1997. Nova was the only national commercial broadcaster. It is owned by Bonnier and Proventus. Nova specializes in playing popular music for people aged 25-44 and hourly news bulletins.-External...
  
  , minority stake in Finnish network

Modern Studios

Includes the television production companies Strix Television and Modern TV and the film production company Sonet Film

Sonet Film

Sonet Film is a Swedish film production company.Established in 1984, Sonet Film is one of Scandinavia's leading film companies and distributors of cinema. Since 1997 it is owned by the Sweden-based media company Bonnier....

Modern African Productions

This includes the Ghana based Television and Mobile content Production Company M.A.P.

Home Shopping

"Home Shopping" includes the shopping website CDON.com and the television service TV Shop. In May 2007, MTG agreed to sell TV Shop to Guthy-Renker Europe. The completed on June 21, 2007.

Timeline

1987

• TV3
  TV3 (Sweden)
  TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...
  
   launches in Sweden on New Year’s Eve becoming the first commercial channel in Scandinavia.

1988

• TV3 starts broadcasting to Norway and Denmark. The number of viewers increase from 1.2 million at launch to 3.4 million at end of 1988.
• Strix launches independent TV production.

1989

• August: Pay TV channel TV1000
  TV1000
  TV1000 is a group of cable and satellite movie channels broadcasting to the Nordic countries and owned by Modern Times Group . It is also the name of the flagship channel.-History:...
  
   launches.
• TV Shop starts selling products and services on TV3.

1990

• TV3 achieves 45% penetration in Sweden and commands 90% of TV advertising market.
• Acquisition of majority shareholding in Svensk Text (SDI Media).
• September: TV3 Denmark
  TV3 (Denmark)
  TV3 Denmark is a Danish television station.TV3 is one of the channels owned by the Viasat Corporation. The sister channel is TV3+. The channels shows a lot of American and British shows, such as: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, NCIS, Las Vegas, Bones, Two And A Half Men, Prison Break, American Idol...
  
   launches, replacing the Pan-Scandinavian version.

1991

• TV3 reports annual profit.
• TV3 Norway
  TV3 (Norway)
  TV3 Norway is a commercial television channel targeting Norway owned by Viasat, which is a part of the Swedish media group Modern Times Group...
  
   launches, each Scandinavian country now has its own version of TV3.
• TV4 granted license as Sweden’s third terrestrial TV station. Kinnevik acquires 30% shareholding in TV4.
• Launch of Viasat DTH satellite pay-TV platform.
• TV1000 merges with competitor SF Succé
  SF Succé
  SF Succé was a Swedish premium movie channel that operated in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its was owned by Warner Bros, Canal Plus, Svensk Filmindustri and Marieberg, which each held a 25 percent share....
  
  .

1992

• ZTV
  ZTV
  -History:The channel started in Sweden as a daily afternoon show in TV3 and TV4 in February 1991. The channel got its name as it was a simulcast version of the radio station Z Radio. There was also a Z magazine available for some time....
  
  's first year as independent channel.
• Kinnevik’s media companies report annual profit.

1993

• September: P4 Radio Hele Norge
  P4 Radio Hele Norge
  P4 Radio Hele Norge AS Norway's leading national, private radio station with 24% national market share, about one million daily listeners and two million weekly....
  
   a national commercial radio network in Norway is launched. MTG is one of its founders.
• First commercial radio licenses obtained in Sweden. TV3 commences Teletext broadcasting.
• Terrestrial TV channels launched in Estonia and Lithuania.

1994

• TV4 becomes largest channel in Sweden.
• TV6
  TV6 (1994)
  TV6 was a television channel started by Kinnevik as a channel aimed at women. The channel showed TV shows such as Ricki Lake and Dynasty. During the daytime, the shopping channel TVG would broadcast on the same channel as TV6....
  
   launched.

1995

• MTG incorporated as Kinnevik subsidiary.
• Metro
  Metro (Sweden)
  Metro is a free daily newspaper in Sweden, published by Metro International. It is printed in 4 editions: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Skåne and National , which is distributed in 67 towns and cities throughout the country....
  
   launched in Stockholm.
• Minority holding acquired in Finanstidningen daily business newspaper.

1996

• Satellite TV distribution platform switched from Astra
  SES Astra
  Astra is the name for the geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES S.A., a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is sometimes also used to describe the channels broadcasting from these...
  
   to NSAB.
• January: Radio Rix radio network formed through a merger between MTG's P6 and SRU.
• April: ZTV and TV6 merged to form 3+ in Denmark.

1997

• Launch of Viasat+, an analogue low-pay satellite package broadcast from the NSAB satellite consisting of MTG's own television channels as well as Nickelodeon
  Nickelodeon Scandinavia
  Nickelodeon Scandinavia is a children's channel broadcasting in Denmark, Norway and Finland. In June 2008, a separate channel for Sweden was launched. Nickelodeon Sweden replaced the pan-Nordic channel in all of Sweden...
  
  , VH1
  VH1 Europe
  VH1 Europe, also known as VH1 European, is a music television channel from MTV Networks Europe, based on the American Channel of the same name. This version of VH1 is very different from its American counterpart, since it has never ceased to be a proper music channel, playing a wide variety of...
  
   and Sci-Fi Channel.
• Shares in MTG distributed to Kinnevik shareholders and listed on Stockholm Börsinformation and Nasdaq National Market in New York. Second Metro edition published in Prague.
• Strix becomes first company in the world to produce the Survivor reality TV format.

1998

• February: Metro launches in Gothenburg.
• March: TV6 in Sweden relaunches as a Pan-Nordic pay channel called "TV6 Nature World" and "TV6 Action World".
• ZTV moves from Stockholm to London and expands its schedule considerably.
• MTG acquires the Latvian television channel Channel 31, which is later transformed into TV3 Latvia
  TV3 Latvia
  TV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...
  
  .
• Viasat’s satellite TV subscribers exceed 1 million.
• Commercial radio operations launched in Estonia and Latvia.
• September: Metro launches in Budapest.

1999

• Metro launched in Malmö, Helsinki and the Netherlands.
• Monthly magazine Kapital launched in Sweden.
• Internet portal Everyday.com introduced.
• Swedish business channel TV8 acquired.
• MTG’s shares quoted on Stockholmsbörsen O-list.
• February: Launch of CDON.COM.
• March: Launch of sports channel Viasat Sport.

2000

• March: Launch of television channel Viasat Plus
  Viasat Plus
  Viasat Plus was a television channel established to entertain audience between the ages of 15-80. The channel broadcast re-runs of sit-coms shown on TV3 earlier and soap operas. Viasat Plus was broadcast in Norway, and was replaced by ZTV in 2002...
  
   in Norway.
• Annual General Meeting approves distribution of Metro International S.A. share capital to MTG shareholders.
• Hans-Holger Albrecht appointed President and CEO of MTG.
• MTG buys the Hungarian television channel Alfa TV which becomes Viasat3.
• PIN24 launches on Sky TV’s platform in UK.
• MTG buys the rest of TV1000 from its parent company.
• Viasat launched its digital satellite platform.

2001

• May: Viasat becomes first European satellite TV broadcaster to switch off analog transmission of premium pay-TV channels following successful transition to digital TV.
• TV3 awarded national terrestrial broadcasting license in Latvia.
• Digital home-shopping channel PIN24 launched in Denmark.
• MTG acquires 75% of Russian national commercial TV channel.
• Options to Strix reality TV formats sold in over 30 countries to date.
• Viasat launches four new digital pay-TV channels in Nordic region.
• EUR 120 million convertible subordinated bonds issued to fund further expansion.
• Number of Viasat digital DTH subscribers increases to over 550,000 by year-end.

2002

• January: Viasat Sport Denmark and Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...
  
   launches.
• January: Acquisition of 37 percent of StoryFirst Communications, Inc., owner of the Russian CTC
  STS (Russia)
  CTC is a commercial television station based in Moscow, Russia. It belongs to the CTC Media, a Delaware-registered, Moscow-based NASDAQ-traded company with a market capitalization exceeding US$4 billion...
  
   network.
• January: Acquisition of Swedish radio stations Lugna Favoriter and WOW 105.5 from RTL Group
  RTL Group
  RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries...
  
  .
• New TV3 schedule recovers share of viewing in Scandinavia.
• Doubling of Eastern European TV revenues.
• Launch of PIN24 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
• Launch of Tango TV
  TV6 (Lithuania)
  TV6 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel owned by the Nordic television company Viasat. It was launched on March 31, 2002. In September 2008, it changed its name from Tango TV to TV6....
  
   in Lithuania.
• Increase in number of digital DTH subscribers to 617,000 and more than doubling of pay-TV operating income.
• TV1000 and Baltic operations both report first annual profits, and TV-Shop turned around. SEK 423 million increase in operating free cash flow.

2003

• TV3 Scandinavia recovers share of viewing and advertisement sales.
• Eastern European operations profitable on a combined basis.
• Pay-TV record operating income SEK 505 million.
• Viasat signs agreement with NDS VideoGuard to eliminate piracy.
• Launch of pay TV channels TV 1000 East and Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer
  Viasat Explorer is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group showing documentaries about wild animals, extreme sports, adventure, travel and technology. It was launched in January 2002 in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. On November 1, 2003 it expanded into Ukraine, Russia, Kazahstan,...
  
   in Eastern and Central Europe.

2004

• MTG reports highest ever operating result.
• Ferbruary: Launch of Viast Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3
  Viasat Sport 3
  Viasat Sport 3 was a Scandinavian sports channel mainly showing combat sports, auto racing and American football. The channel started on 1 February 2004 together with Viasat Sport 2 The main sports in the summer are NASCAR, Indy Racing League, Boxing, Football club TV.Viasat Sport 3 also have the...
  
  
• May: Viasat History
  Viasat History
  Viasat History is a pan Nordic television channel showing documentaries about history, culture and society which is very similar to the History Channel....
  
   launches in Eastern Europe.
• September: Launch of TV1000 Action
  TV1000 Action
  TV1000 Action is a premium television channel showing action and thriller movies and erotic programming in Scandinavia, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine....
  
  , TV1000 Classic
  TV1000 Classic
  TV1000 Classic is a premium television channel showing classic movies and owned by Modern Times Group ....
  
  , TV1000 Family
  TV1000 Family
  TV1000 Family is a premium television channel showing family movies and owned by Modern Times Group ....
  
   and TV1000 Nordic
  TV1000 Nordic
  TV1000 Nordic is a premium television channel showing movies from the Nordic countries....
  
  .
• Viasat successfully completes implementation of new conditional access system.
• Highest net subscriber intake since digitalisation of platform in 2000.
• Viasat’s four channels reach 6.4 million homes in Central and Eastern Europe.
• MTG acquires remaining minority interests in DTV and increases its shareholding in CTC Media and Radio Hele Norge following sale of SDI Media for US$ 60 million.
• MTG acquires 19.9% of betting company BET24.
• MTG also signs agreement with NRJ Group to assume management of 20 radio stations in Sweden (and 5 in Norway), thereby increasing penetration for MTG’s national network to 83%.

2005

• January: MTG sells its 15,1 percent interest in TV4 AB
  TV4 AB
  TV4 Group is a Swedish media company that owns the largest commercial television channel in Sweden, TV4.Since 2007, the company is fully owned by Bonnier through Nordic Broadcasting Oy...
  
  .
• March: CTC Media
  CTC Media
  CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan...
  
   launches the Domashny
  Domashny
  Domashny or Domashniy is a TV Network which targets female viewers aged 25–60. It was launched in March 2005. Domashny was aimed to deliver programming to capture an attractive audience in demand by advertisers, but traditionally under-served by broadcasters.CTC Media created the Domashny brand in...
  
   television network in Russia.
• October: Launch of Russian language movie channel TV1000 Russian Kino.
• October: SportN launches in Norway.
• November: TV1000 Balkan launches.

2006

• March: MTG became majority shareholder of Bet24, owning 90% of the company.http://www.bet24.com/bet24NetWeb/index.jsp?key=ABOUT_US_TXT
• May: TV6 launches in Sweden.
• September: MTG increases its holding P4 Radio Hele Norge to 90.8 percent, becoming the sole owner in December.
• November: Viasat Sport East
  Viasat Sport East
  Viasat Sport East is a television channel available in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. The channel heavily features American sports such as the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball....
  
   launches.

2007

• January: Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf
  Viasat Golf is a pan-Nordic television channel dedicated to broadcasting golf tournaments and golf-related programmes.The channel was launched in January 2007, after MTG had acquired lots of rights for live broadcasting of golf tournaments, such as the US PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the...
  
   launches in the Nordic countries.
• March: MTG buys the Balkan Media Group Limited Bulgarian channels: Diema
  Diema
  Diema is part of the Nova Television Group Bulgaria, a subsidiary of MTG.The channel airs mainly films, action series. Along with Nova Sport airs sports, including matches from the English FA Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship qualifications, as well as the...
  
  , Diema 2, Diema Family
  Diema Family
  Diema Family is a bulgarian television channel, aimed at family audiences, part of Nova Broadcasting Group, ownd by Modern Times Group. Television was established in 1999 under the name Alexandra TV. Currently Diema Family is aimed at families, mainly Latin American and broadcast animation series...
  
  , Diema Extra, MM and M2
• April: TV6
  TV6 (Latvia)
  TV6 Latvia is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Latvia featuring series, music, fashion and sports. It was launched on April 22, 2007...
  
   launches in Latvia.
• May: M2 in Bulgaria is closed down.
• September: Viasat 4
  Viasat 4
  Viasat 4 is a television channel broadcasting to Norway owned by the Modern Times Group. The channel was launched on 8th September 2007, a week after the launch of the digital terrestrial television network in Norway, replacing ZTV which ceased broadcasting shortly before.The channel opened with...
  
   launches, replacing ZTV
  ZTV Norway
  ZTV was a Norwegian entertainment television channel. Its programming consisted of music videos, movies and sitcoms.The channel was launched in Norway for the first time in 1995. It was unsuccessful, however, and it closed down in 1996....
  
   in Norway.

2008

• January: Viasat
  Viasat
  Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
  
   launches high-definition television in the Nordic countries.
• March: TV6
  TV6 (Estonia)
  TV6 Estonia is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Estonia featuring series, music, fashion and sports. It was launched on 24 March 2008, as all of the current channels are obliged to have digital sister channels at the end of March 2008. On 9 January 2010 TV6 Estonia left...
  
   launches in Estonia.
• April: MTG sells Russian network DTV to CTC Media
  CTC Media
  CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan...
  
  .
• April: TV1000 Premium launches in the Baltics.
• July: MTG buys Nova Television and Nova+
  Nova+
  Nova+ was the first Bulgarian reality TV channel. The channel is now defunct.The channel launched with the start of the first season of Big Brother , which was also the very first reality show in Bulgaria...
  
    from Antenna Group.
• September: Tango TV relaunches as TV6 Lithuania.
• December: Viasat 1
  Viasat 1
  Viasat 1 is a Ghanaian television channel owned by the Swedish listed media group, Modern Times Group .The channel was awarded a licence from the National Communications Authority of the Republic of Ghana in December 2007 and started broadcasting on December 12, 2008 on 6 p.m...
  
   launches in Ghana.
• December: Nova+
  Nova+
  Nova+ was the first Bulgarian reality TV channel. The channel is now defunct.The channel launched with the start of the first season of Big Brother , which was also the very first reality show in Bulgaria...
  
   in Bulgaria is closed down.

2009

• January: Viasat Sport Baltic
  Viasat Sport Baltic
  Viasat Sport Baltic is a TV sports channel available in the Baltic States. The channel was launched January 7, 2009. Along with Viasat Golf it replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...
  
   launches.
• February: TV1000 Drama
  TV1000 Drama
  TV1000 Drama is a television channel broadcasting drama movies.The channel launched on February 16, 2009. The same day, all TV1000 channels in the Nordic countries got new logos and graphics. Unlike the other TV1000 channels, which were broadcasting round-the-clock, TV1000 Drama would only...
  
   launches.
• March: TV3 Puls
  TV3 Puls
  TV3 Puls is television channel broadcasting to Denmark. It started broadcasting March 23, 2009.Among the programmes broadcast on the channel from its launch are series such as Mad Men and Pushing Daisies, lifestyle programmes and sports events such as Formula One.-Programming:Recurring elements in...
  
   launches in Denmark.
• The Diema
  Diema
  Diema is part of the Nova Television Group Bulgaria, a subsidiary of MTG.The channel airs mainly films, action series. Along with Nova Sport airs sports, including matches from the English FA Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship qualifications, as well as the...
  
   Media Group and MM, previously a joint-venture between MTG and Apace Media, are merged whit Nova Television to create the Nova Broadcasting Group.
• April: Prima Cool
  Prima Cool
  Prima Cool is a Czech private television station.Prima Cool is second channel of TV Prima. Cool is a man- and young-oriented station.Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as new digital channel of TV Prima. It can be tuned in Czech DVB-T multiplex 2, where is free to air...
  
   launches in the Czech Republic.

2010

• April: Nova Sport
  Nova Sport (Bulgaria)
  Nova Sport is a Bulgarian television channel, part of "Nova Broadcasting Group", owned by Modern Times Group. The channel started on 2010 and replaces the music channel MM Television. The television is created as resemblance to the Scandinavian channel Viasat Sport, who shares the same graphic...
  
   launches in Bulgaria, replacing MM.
• September: TV10
  TV10 (Sweden)
  TV10 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group broadcasting to Sweden. It specializes in sports and documentaries. The channel started broadcasting on 7 September 2010....
  
   launches in Sweden.
• December: Modern African Productions was founded in Ghana.

2011

• March: Prima love
  Prima Love
  Prima Love is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in the Czech Republic. The channel, which launched on March 8, 2011, is owned by Modern Times Group and currently has a reach of approximately 94% of the country's 10.5 million people and broadcasts 18 hours per day.Prima Love...
  
   launches in the Czech Republic.
• August: M.A.P. launches her first production in Ghana.
• September: Kino Nova
  Kino Nova
  Kino Nova is a bulgarian movie-based channel, part of New Broadcasting Group, owned of Modern Times Group. The channel broadcasts mostly film and entertainment. Founded in 2003 , as the second channel of Diema Vision - Diema 2. Initially it was broadcasting and sporting events that were...
  
   launches in Bulgaria, replacing Diema 2.
• October: TV8
  TV8 (Lithuania)
  TV8 is a Lithuanian terrestrial, satellite and cable television channel for women, owned by the Nordic television company Viasat. It was launched on October 3, 2011....
  
  opened in Lithuania.