ProSiebenSat.1 Media
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European media conglomerate
, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2, 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH. Through takeover of SBS Broadcasting Group
on June 27, 2007 it now has operations in 13 European countries.
for approximately $700 million. After Saban lost interest in the company because the programs could not compete with Bertelsmann
's channels RTL
, Vox, and Super RTL
, he started an auction to sell the company. Possible bidders were Axel Springer AG
, Dogan Group of Turkey, Permira
/Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and some others like Goldman Sachs
. The Axel Springer AG's bid was rejected by a federal competition commission, "Bundeskartellamt
", because of the influence of Springer in Germany's media who owns already the nations most selling tabloid BILD and the newspaper Die Welt
. On December 14, 2006, Germany's Handelsblatt
reported that the winner of the bid was the consortium of Permira/KKR. A possible bidder for the company was Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
, whose family holding company controls Mediaset
. On June 27, 2007, ProSieben bought SBS Broadcasting for the total sum of €3.3 billion. SBS was also owned by Permira/KKR.
pay-tv operation (15 linear tv channels) was sold off to TV4 in January, 2009.
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses. It was formed on October 2, 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH. Through takeover of SBS Broadcasting Group
SBS Broadcasting Group
SBS Broadcasting Group was a European broadcasting group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Western and Central and Eastern Europe...
on June 27, 2007 it now has operations in 13 European countries.
History
ProSiebenSat.1 programs had low ratings because of unconvincing marketing efforts. So ProSiebenSat.1 was bought by the American media tycoon Haim SabanHaim Saban
Haim Saban is an Egyptian born Israeli-American television and media proprietor. With an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 104th richest person in America.-Biography:...
for approximately $700 million. After Saban lost interest in the company because the programs could not compete with Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann AG is a multinational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 102,983 workers , which makes it the most international media corporation in the world. In 2008 the company reported a €16.118 billion consolidated...
's channels RTL
RTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
, Vox, and Super RTL
Super RTL
Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children...
, he started an auction to sell the company. Possible bidders were Axel Springer AG
Axel Springer AG
Axel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about €2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland...
, Dogan Group of Turkey, Permira
Permira
Permira is a United Kingdom-based private equity firm with global reach. The firm advises funds with a total committed capital of approximately €20 billion....
/Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and some others like Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
. The Axel Springer AG's bid was rejected by a federal competition commission, "Bundeskartellamt
Bundeskartellamt
The Federal Cartel Office is Germany's national competition regulator. It was first established in 1958 and comes under the authority of the Federal Ministry of the Economy and Technology. Its headquarters are in the former West German capital, Bonn and its President is Andreas Mundt, who has a...
", because of the influence of Springer in Germany's media who owns already the nations most selling tabloid BILD and the newspaper Die Welt
Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times...
. On December 14, 2006, Germany's Handelsblatt
Handelsblatt
The Handelsblatt is a leading German language business newspaper, published in Düsseldorf by the Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt. It has a circulation of 145.437 daily copies. Its editor-in-chief is Gabor Steingart...
reported that the winner of the bid was the consortium of Permira/KKR. A possible bidder for the company was Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
, whose family holding company controls Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
. On June 27, 2007, ProSieben bought SBS Broadcasting for the total sum of €3.3 billion. SBS was also owned by Permira/KKR.
German language Free-to-air, Pay-TV- and Transaction-TV Channels
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Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
USA , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... and France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
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Puls 4 Puls 4 is a terrestrial television channel in Austria. As its name implies, it is the fourth Austrian-wide full-service television channel, behind ORF eins, ORF 2, and ATV.-History:... (formerly Puls TV) |
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ProSiebenSat.1 Welt ProSiebenSat.1 Welt is a German language television channel developed for the North American audiences.The channel offers programming highlights from the German television channels Sat.1, ProSieben, kabel eins and N24, which are owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. The news is specially produced for the... |
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9Live 9Live was a commercial German participation TV channel launched on September 1, 2001 and lasted until August 9, 2011. It originated from a channel called tm3. Most of its programming is lottery and quiz games, in which the viewer can participate over the phone... |
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Former Channels
sonnenklar TV was sold off to BigXtra in September 2005. The pan-Nordic C More EntertainmentC More Entertainment
C More Entertainment is a premium television company, operating under the banner CANAL+, that targets the Nordic Countries and with one separate channel in Sweden ....
pay-tv operation (15 linear tv channels) was sold off to TV4 in January, 2009.
European Free-to-air, Pay-TV- and Radio channels
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east... |
Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
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... |
Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Sweden 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.... |
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The Voice TV The Voice TV is a network of music television channels that is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . In 2004 it started broadcasting from Finland with localized feeds for Denmark, Norway and Sweden . In Finland The Voice TV is broadcast only in digital... |
Kanal 4 Kanal 4 is a Danish subscription television channel operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US and drama shows.Kanal 4 profile them self as Denmark's only "women's channel".... Kanal 5 (Denmark) Kanal 5 is a Danish subscription television channel operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The station is broadcast to Denmark by satellite from London, showing mainly films, US drama shows and sports.... Kanal 5 HD Kanal 5 was launched on January 1, 2008 and was officially called the first Danish HDTV channel.Kanal 5 is a Danish high-definition television channel from ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG... 6'eren 6'eren is a Danish subscription television channel operated by SBS TV A/S, part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It replaced SBS net on January 1, 2009.... The Voice TV The Voice TV is a network of music television channels that is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . In 2004 it started broadcasting from Finland with localized feeds for Denmark, Norway and Sweden . In Finland The Voice TV is broadcast only in digital... |
The Voice TV The Voice TV is a network of music television channels that is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . In 2004 it started broadcasting from Finland with localized feeds for Denmark, Norway and Sweden . In Finland The Voice TV is broadcast only in digital... TV Viisi TV5 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by SBS Finland. The channel launched on March 2004 but it was replaced by The Voice TV Finland in November 2004. It started operating again in September 2008 on the same channel as The Voice. It transmitted every day from 6 PM until 1 PM... |
TV2 (Hungary) TV2 is a Hungarian commercial television channel operating since 1997, providing a large variety of programming. It is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG... |
NET 5 NET 5 is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands owned by Sanoma and Talpa Holding . Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are SBS6 and Veronica.- History :... |
FEM (TV channel) Fem is a Norwegian television channel targeting young women... MAX (TV channel) MAX is a Norwegian television channel designed for a mostly male audience.The first program on MAX was the movie Wild Hogs, followed by the premiere of Breaking Bad... TVNorge TVNorge is a Norwegian television channel.TVNorge went on the air December 5, 1988 and was the first advertising-supported Norwegian channel. The channel was started with 50 000 NOK... TVNorge HD TVNorge HD is a High Definition television channel in Norway. The channel is a joint venture by TVNorge and cable and satellite-TV distributor Canal Digital which started broadcasting on October 3, 2008... The Voice TV The Voice TV is a network of music television channels that is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . In 2004 it started broadcasting from Finland with localized feeds for Denmark, Norway and Sweden . In Finland The Voice TV is broadcast only in digital... |
Prima TV Prima TV is a Romanian commercial TV channel, famous mainly for the Cronica Cârcotaşilor show and various reality shows.-Start:Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Romania in December 1997... Kiss TV (Romania) Kiss TV is a music television station located in Bucharest owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.- Fresh Top 40 :Fresh Top 40 is the music chart presented by Kiss TV. The chart is weekly and is voted by viewers, on Kiss TV's site. Kiss TV begun producing the chart in late 2006... |
Kanal 5 (Sweden) Kanal 5 is a Swedish commercial television channel established in 1989. It is owned by the media corporation ProSiebenSat.1 Media.After a troublesome 1990s, Kanal 5 launched new strategies in the early 2000s that established it as a popular entertainment channel targeting young people... Kanal 9 Kanal 9 is a commercial television channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG broadcasting to Sweden. It targets the 30-59 age group, which is a slightly older age group than the sister channel Kanal 5. The channel launched on 25 February 2007. Its opening night featured the 79th Academy Awards... |
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Radio Vitosha Radio Vitosha is one of the mostly popular & listened radio stations in Bulgaria and Sofia.The radio was found in the late 90s and was the first radio in Bulgaria to make a morning show... |
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Radio City Radio City can refer to several things:* Radio City , 1974 album by Big Star* Radio City * Radio City 96.7, an independent radio station in Liverpool** Radio City Tower, a radio and observation tower in Liverpool... |
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Radio 1 (Norway) Radio 1 is a radio network in Norway. It is available in the towns and environs of Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger.... The Voice Hiphop & RnB Norway The Voice is a Norwegian radio station with a rhythmic CHR format.It is owned by the SBS Broadcasting Group. The Voice broadcasts in Oslo and Bergen. The station's target audience is in the 15-24 age group.... |
Kiss FM (Romania) Kiss FM is a Top40/Hit Radio station from Romania, owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The station was rebranded from the old Radio Contact, after being purchased by a Belgian radio network... |
Mix Megapol Mix Megapol is a private Swedish radio network controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It launched in 1993 under the name Skärgårdsradion . Later that year the name was changed to Radio Megapol when the broadcasting permissions were auctioned out. In 1997 the word "Mix" was added and their slogan... Radio City 107.0 Radio City 107.0 is a Swedish radio station.Radio City 107.0 was a former radio station for students in Lund.They changed the name to Radio City 107.0 in January of 1997, SBS, now ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG joined as a dominion owner that same year.... Radio City 107.3 Radio City 107.3 is a Swedish radio station.With a launch in 1987, Radio City 107.3 is today a well-established radio station in Gothenburg, Sweden, on the West Coast of Sweden. Since broadcasting began, the crew at the station have had the opportunity to develop a format and music concept... 106.7 FM Rockklassiker 106.7 FM Rockklassiker is a Swedish rock radio station.Rockklassiker started out as a local radio station in Stockholm in 1994, and is today the second largest rock station in Sweden in terms of audience share. Its closest rival is Bandit Rock 106.3, another radio station based in Stockholm that... Vinyl 107 Vinyl 107 is a Swedish radio station founded in September 1994. Vinyl 107 focuses on music from the 60's.In March 2003, Vinyl 107 was awarded "Radio Station of the year" by the Radio Awards jury.... The Voice Hiphop & RnB Sweden The Voice of Hiphop & RnB is a Swedish radio station. A webcast of the station is available through on the internet.- History :The Voice, former Radio City and Mix Megapol, started in April 2004 in Stockholm on 105.9. The Voice is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. After the merge with Bonnier... Studio 107.5 Studio 107.5 is a Swedish radio station that was started in 1999 when SBS Broadcasting Group bought the license for the 107.5 MHz spot in the Stockholm area from Sky Radio. The radiostation is currently owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.It plays 1970s and 1980s music with a "dance beat".-External... |
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