ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European
media conglomerateA media conglomerate describes companies that own 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 2nd 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH. Through takeover of
SBS Broadcasting GroupSBS 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 27th 2007 it now has operations in 13 European countries.
The headquarters are located in
UnterföhringUnterföhring is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district Munich.-History:Before the establishment of Munich around 1158 an important river crossing existed over the Isar, the Föhringer bridge. Unterföhring was mentioned documentary for the first time 1180 as independent place...
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MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
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ProSiebenSat.1 programs had low ratings because of inconvincing marketing efforts.
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG is a European
media conglomerateA media conglomerate describes companies that own 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 2nd 2000 by merger of German TV broadcasters ProSieben Media AG and Sat.1 SatellitenFernsehen GmbH. Through takeover of
SBS Broadcasting GroupSBS 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 27th 2007 it now has operations in 13 European countries.
The headquarters are located in
UnterföhringUnterföhring is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district Munich.-History:Before the establishment of Munich around 1158 an important river crossing existed over the Isar, the Föhringer bridge. Unterföhring was mentioned documentary for the first time 1180 as independent place...
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MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
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History
ProSiebenSat.1 programs had low ratings because of inconvincing marketing efforts. So ProSiebenSat.1 was bought by the American media tycoon
Haim SabanHaim Saban is a television and media proprietor. With an estimated net worth of 2.8 billion USD, he is ranked by Forbes as the 102nd richest person in America.-Personal life:...
for approximately $700 million. After Saban lost interest in the company because the programs could not compete with
BertelsmannBertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany. The company operates in 63 countries and employs 106,083 workers...
's channels
RTLRTL Television is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T...
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VoxVox is Latin for Voice, but may refer to:* Vocals, abbreviated-Music:* "Vox" , a song by Sarah McLachlan* Vox Records, an American record label* Vox Records , a German record label...
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Super RTLSuper 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 AGAxel Springer AG is one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Europe, having over 150 newspapers and magazines in over 30 countries, including several Central and Eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and western European countries: Germany, France,...
, Dogan Group of Turkey,
PermiraPermira is an international private equity firm which has its largest office in London, and which is currently headed by Damon Buffini. Permira is the feminine form of the Latin adjective permirus, glossed by the firm as "very surprising, very different" .The principal Permira entity is a United...
/Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and some others like
Goldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a bank holding company that engages in investment banking, securities services and investment management. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street and has its secondary office at 30...
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APEX- Biology :* Apex of the heart, the lowest superficial part of the heart* Apex , the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod* Apex is the Apical meristem or its remnant on a flower* Apex predator, a predator which sits at the top of a food chain...
. The Axel Springer AG's bid was rejected by a federal competition commission, "
BundeskartellamtThe Bundeskartellamt 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 Bernhard Heitzer, who has a...
", because of the influence of Springer in Germany's media who owns already the nations most selling
tabloidA tabloid is an industry term for a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate or...
BILD and the newspaper
Die WeltDie 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
HandelsblattThe Handelsblatt is the leading German commercial economy newspaper published by the Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt in Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has a circulation of 148,319 daily copies...
reported that the winner of the bid was the consortium of Permira/KKR. A possible bidder for the company was
Silvio Berlusconiis an Italian politician, entrepreneur, real estate and insurance tycoon, bank and media proprietor, sports team owner and songwriter. He is the longest-serving Prime Minister of the Italian Republic , a position he has held on three separate occasions: from 1994 to 1995, from 2001 to 2006 and...
, owner of
MediasetMediaset S.p.A. is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country. Founded in the 1970s by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and still controlled today with a 38.6% stake by his family holding company Fininvest, the group competes primarily against...
and Italian prime minister. 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
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
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AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
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SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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USA and CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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kabel eins is a commercial television channel in Germany. It started business on February 29, 1992, as the Kabelkanal and belongs to the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. The channel is largely known for showing classic American films as well as series and documentaries...
- N24
N24 is a television news channel based in Germany. It is owned and operated by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. N24 provides regular news updates for some of the network’s channels such as kabel eins and ProSiebenSat.1 Welt in the U.S.-History:...
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Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station and started one day before RTL Television....
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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 is a commercial German participation TV channel and launched on September 1, 2001. 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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BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
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BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
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DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
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FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
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GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
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MoldovaMoldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
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NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
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NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
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RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
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SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
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HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
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VT4 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London . The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium...
- VIJFtv
VIJFtv started in october 2004 as SBS Belgium's second channel and a sister channel to VT4. The first thing VIJFtv broadcast was a soccer game. By doing that the station made sure men would set their TV up to view VIJFtv....
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The Voice TVThe 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...
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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 drama shows and sports....
Kanal 5Kanal 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 HDKanal 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 from ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG...
6'eren6'eren is a Danish subscription television channel operated by SBS TV A/S, part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It replaced SBS net at January 1, 2009...
The Voice TVThe 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...
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The Voice TVThe 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 ViisiTV Viisi is a Finnish television channel own and operated by SBS Finland. Viisi means 'Five' in Finnish. 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.-External links:...
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NET 5 NET 5 is a commercial Dutch television channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are SBS6 and Veronica.- History :...
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FEM Fem is a Norwegian television channel targeting young women...
TV Norge
The Voice TVThe 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...
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Prima TV Prima TV is a Romanian commercial TV channel, famous mainly for the Cronica Cârcotaşilor show and some PSD-related scandals.Prima TV was launched as one of the first commercial television stations in Romania in December 1997...
Kiss TVKiss TV is a music television station located in Bucharest owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.-External links:*...
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Kanal 5Kanal 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 9Kanal 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....
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TV2 TV2 is a Hungarian commercial television channel operating since 1997, providing a large variety of programming. It is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG...
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RadioRadio is the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
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Atlantic (radio station)
VitoshaVitosha is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the tourists symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Convenient bus lines and rope ways render the mountain easily accessible. Vitosha has the outlines of an enormous...
Veselina
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The Voice (Denmark)
Radio City Rock du Kender
NOVA fm
POP FM
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Radio 957
Radio Sata
Iskelma Radio
Radio Jyväskylä
Radio Mega
The Voice (Finland)
Pop and rock classic
Radio City Radio City can refer to several things:* Radio City , 1974 album by Big Star* Radio City * Radio City * Radio City Music Hall, home of the Rockettes...
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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....
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Kiss FMKiss 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...
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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 107.0Radio 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 107.3Radio 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 Rockklassiker106.7 FM Rockklassiker is a Swedish radio station.106.7 FM Rockklassiker started broadcasting in 1994 and is today the only classic rock station in Stockholm, Sweden. Bandit Rock 106.3 is another rock station based in Stockholm but it mainly focuses on modern...
Vinyl 107Vinyl 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.
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The Voice Hiphop & RnB 105.9The 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...
Radio 107.5
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