EuroMedia (company)

EuroMedia is a Euro Republican based mass media holding conglomerate owned by TVVC and Bertelsmann.

History
In 1987, EuroMedia was founded to be the parent company of a new third channel which eventually launched as TV3. It’s shareholders were originally Modern Times Group (who were founded a few months prior), Teleclub & the American News Corporation. The involvement of the latter gave them the entirety of the 20th Century Fox film & TV library to air on their channels. The latter divested themselves to just 10% in 1991 and left completely in 1994, but continued to work closely with EuroMedia.

Within it's first year, Modern Times Group acquired Thames Television, helping them to win the ITV franchise once again in 1991, fighting off Carlton Television, and the Australian production house Grundy Television, makers of Neighbours.

In 1990, Teleclub's share of EuroMedia was sold to Kuboia-based TVVC.

In 1993, EuroMedia acquired a controlling stake in British Satellite Broadcasting, slowly buying into it's shareholders until November 1995 saw them take over the full company.

In 1993, EuroMedia added Canal+ to it’s portfolio, and the following year, acquired Central Independent Television.

On 13th November, 2006, ITV announced a merger with NTL:Telewest, which saw NTL:Telewest's shareholders take over 50% of the new company, with EuroMedia taking the remainder. As a result, the new company was known as ITV Media, with the NTL:Telewest cable service rebranded as BSB Cable in 2007. The Flextech group of channels were also reorganised into the BSB portfolio with EuroMedia having editorial control.

In 2007, after nearly being acquired by ProSieben Sat.1 Media, EuroMedia acquired the assets of the European SBS Broadcasting Group.

A £20 million takeover bid for Granada plc was also approved in January 2007 and was completed in October.

On 26th July, 2010, EuroMedia announced it would add British newspaper The Independent (and it’s upcoming spinoff, The I) to it's portfolio.

In July 2021, it was announced that EuroMedia was eyeing a takeover of the UK's Channel 4 Television Corporation, however, they later backtracked and announced they would instead back the channel under public ownership.

Current

 * Picturebox
 * Picturebox Cinema
 * Picturebox Alternative
 * TV3 Films
 * Picturebox Television
 * TV3 Studios
 * World Productions
 * Thames Television
 * Talkback Productions
 * Big Talk Productions
 * TV3 Networks
 * TV3
 * FOX
 * TV8
 * Granada plc
 * ITV1
 * Granada Digital Broadcasting
 * ITV2
 * ITV3
 * ITV4
 * ITV5
 * ITV Encore
 * CITV
 * Mini CITV
 * Sport and News
 * ITN (40%)
 * ITV News Channel
 * ITV Sport Channel
 * Granada Studios
 * 12 Yard Productions
 * CITV Studios
 * back catalogue of
 * The Garden
 * Granada Daytime
 * Granada Drama
 * Lifted Entertainment
 * Multistory Media
 * Potato
 * So Television
 * World Productions
 * Spark
 * ET1
 * ET1 Satellite
 * ET1 Cable
 * ET1 Telecom
 * ET1 Go
 * ET1 Play
 * Spark Networks
 * Spark Entertainment Networks
 * Spark
 * Spark 2
 * Entertainment and Culture Networks
 * BBC UKTV
 * Cartoon Network
 * Disney Channel
 * TNT
 * TCM!
 * WB Kids
 * Lifestyle Network
 * Spark Documentaries
 * Spark Nature
 * Spark History
 * DMAX
 * Discovery Channel
 * LifeStyle Channel
 * LifeStyle Food
 * LifeStyle Home
 * Premiere Channels
 * Premiere Movie Collection
 * Premiere 1
 * Premiere 2
 * Premiere 3
 * Premiere 4
 * Premiere 5
 * Premiere 6
 * EuroMedia Publishing
 * The Euro Reader
 * The Euro Independent
 * TV Weekly
 * The Independent
 * The i Paper
 * Finance Euro Republics
 * Liquid Magazine
 * Glory
 * EuroMedia Radio
 * Canal+ Group
 * Eirgroup
 * TV3 Ireland
 * 3e
 * Be3
 * 3Sport
 * play3
 * Eir
 * Telefónica
 * Movistar
 * O2 UK (50%)
 * Virgin Media UK (50%)
 * O2 Germany
 * Vivo Brazil
 * IP (10%)
 * British Satellite Broadcasting
 * BSB
 * Galaxy
 * Galaxy 2
 * Galaxy World
 * Galaxy Klub (block/channel)
 * Galaxy Klub Pop (channel)
 * Galaxy Klub Playground (channel)
 * Now
 * Arts & Culture
 * The Movie Channel
 * The Movie Channel 2
 * The Movie Channel Family
 * The Movie Channel Classics
 * The Movie Channel Next
 * The Movie Channel Women
 * The Movie Channel Extreme
 * The Sports Channel
 * The Sports Channel 2
 * The Sports Channel 3
 * The Sports Channel Classics
 * The Sports Channel 360
 * The Power Station
 * The Power Station Mix
 * The Power Station Hits
 * The Power Station Urban
 * The Power Station Dance
 * The Power Station Rock
 * The Power Station Gold
 * The Power Station World
 * Living TV Group
 * Living
 * Living 2
 * Living Loves
 * Channel One
 * Bravo
 * Bravo 2
 * Trouble
 * Challenge
 * Challenge Jackpot
 * Challenge
 * Challenge Jackpot