TVN Group

TVN Group (TVN S.A.) is a Polish media and entertainment group established in 1995 as TVN Sp. z o.o. The current president of TVN Group is Jim Samples, who replaced Markus Tellenbach on July 13, 2016.[1]

In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million.[2][3] In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners, ITI Group and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership.[4]

On 6 March 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery Inc. for US$14.6 billion.[5][6] Liberty Global, which operates pay television provider UPC Polska, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The European Commission thus required TVN to ensure that TVN24 and TVN24 BiS remain available to third-party television providers.[7][8]

TVN HQ in Warsaw, Poland

Assets

Former

  • TVN +1
  • TVN Wisła / TVN Południe (programming dedicated to Southern Poland (HQ in Kraków), merged with TVN in 2001)
  • TVN Północ (programming dedicated to NoRthern Poland (HQ in Gdańsk), ceased broadcasting around 2000)
  • TVN Łódź (programming dedicated to Łódź region, ceased broadcasting around 2000)
  • TVN Warszawa (channel dedicated to the region of Warsaw, showing news and other programmes, now available only as internet webpage).
  • TVN Gra ('game' or 'play'; channel only showing interactive game and quiz shows)
  • TVN Meteo Active (channel focused on active, healthy lifestyle, recreation, fitness and rational nutrition; transformed from TVN Meteo)
  • TVN Lingua (channel dedicated to learning languages)
  • TVN Med (a channel oriented towards physicians, which was only available to licensed practitioners)
  • nFilm HD and nFilm HD 2 (channels showing movies in HD)
  • Discovery TVN Historia (at present Discovery Historia, history channel produced with Discovery Channel)
  • TVN CNBC (business channel produced with CNBC Europe)
  • nSport HD (sports channel in high definition)
  • nPremium HD, nPremium HD 2, nPremium HD 3, nPremium HD 4 (movie channels)
  • Wojna i Pokój (Russian movies)
  • Religia.tv (religion channel)

Satellite platforms

  • Telewizja na kartę

References

  1. ↑ Markus Tellenbach odchodzi z TVN, nowym prezesem Jim Samples – TVN – Wirtualnemedia.pl
  2. ↑ "Scripps buys majority stake in TVN". C21media. March 16, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Scripps Networks Interactive sfinalizował przejęcie TVN". Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  4. ↑ Dickens, Andrew (July 2, 2015). "Scripps completes TVN purchase". C21media. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Szalai, Georg (March 6, 2018). "Discovery Closes Scripps Acquisition, Creating Non-scripted Content Giant". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Szalai, Georg (July 31, 2017). "Discovery to Acquire Scripps Networks for $14.6 Billion". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Case M.8665 – Discovery / Scripps" (PDF). European Commission. February 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ "European Commission Clears Discovery Deal to Buy Scripps". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

See also

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