365 Media

365 Media is a German based worldwide media corporation of Australian & German origin, formed in 2006 from the merger between PBL & ProSieben Sat.1 Media. It plays a major role in the media & gambling market.

History
On 18 October 2006, James Packer announced the merger of PBL with German based ProSieben Sat.1 Media, then owners of Lanian TV network TV3, along with it's Canal+ bouquet of channels.

The merger was approved and the two corporations formed 365 Ltd on 15 March 2007, and on the same day, Channel 6 was relaunched as C6, and introduced branding similar to sister channel ProSieben, and a new channel was launched, Channel Nine, based on Kabel Eins. The new company would be based mainly in the Unterföhring HQ of ProSieben Sat.1 Media, which would be the area where the company would transmit their European based channels, along with a creative base in Lania, with the America’s & Asia-Pacific assets HQ in Sydney.

Not long after the merger, the company bought SBS Broadcasting Group, a European commercial TV broadcaster, making the company the second-largest television broadcaster in Europe.

In 2008, 365 A.G. merged with the unrelated Icelandic media corporation 365 Media, which gave them ownership of the Icelandic rights to the Vodafone brand, and major Icelandic network Stod 2.

In 2009, 365 acquired Channel Four Television Corporation & Belgian channel VTM, but sold NZ channel Prime to Sky Network Television, but eventually bought rival network TV3 in 2010.

In June of 2010, 365 launched another free-to-air channel in Lania, W, aimed at a female audience. The format of W was adapted to Germany as Sixx in December of the same year.

The company bought Finnish group Sanoma in 2011, making the company Europe's largest TV broadcaster.

In mid-2011, the Packer family completely divested their shared in 365 to EuroMedia (minority) & Deutsch Telekom (majority). With this, the Australian connection of 365 was lost, but continued to own Nine Network.

Sometime in 2012, The company acquired French TV channel TF1 for an undisclosed amount.

In 2013, EuroMedia sold their 10% stake in 365 to Telekom, giving the latter a 49% share.

On 7th January, 2020, 365 announced a 100% acquisition of Mediaset, which cost approx. €20 million. With this, 40% of the company was sold to Silvio Berlusconi.

365 Media

 * 365 Television
 * TV3 Lania
 * TV3
 * TV6
 * Channel Nine
 * W
 * ProSiebenSat.1 Group
 * ProSieben
 * ProSieben Maxx
 * ProSieben Fun
 * ProSieben Welt
 * Sat.1
 * Sat.1 Gold
 * Sat.1 Emotions
 * kabel eins
 * kabel eins Doku
 * kabel eins classics
 * sixx
 * ATV (Austria)
 * Puls 8
 * Mediaset
 * Rete 4
 * Canale 5
 * Italia 1
 * 20
 * Iris
 * La5
 * Cine34
 * Mediaset Extra
 * Italia 2
 * TGcom24
 * Focus
 * Top Crime
 * Boing
 * Cartoonito
 * R101 TV
 * Class CNBC
 * SBS Broadcasting Group
 * SBS Belgium
 * Play4
 * Play5
 * Play6
 * SBS Denmark
 * Kanal 4
 * Kanal 5
 * 6'eren
 * 7'eren
 * SBS Finland
 * Kutonen
 * TV5
 * SBS Hungary
 * TV2
 * SBS Nederland
 * SBS6
 * Net5
 * Veronica
 * SBS9
 * SBS Norway
 * TVNorge
 * FEM
 * MAX
 * VOX
 * SBS Portugal
 * TVI
 * SBS Sweden
 * Kanal 5
 * Kanal 9
 * Kanal 11
 * TF1 Group
 * TF1
 * TMC
 * TFX
 * TF1 Séries Films
 * LCI
 * Channel Four Broadcasting Corporation
 * Channel 4
 * E4
 * More4
 * Film4
 * 4M
 * Channel 7
 * 4Real
 * 4Home
 * 4Taste
 * S4C
 * S4C 2
 * Cyw
 * ESPN
 * ESPN

365 Enterprises

 * 9tel (25% stake)
 * Seek (25% stake)
 * Premier Media Group (50% stake)
 * Hoyts (50% stake)

Other

 * Crown Casino, Melbourne
 * Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth
 * Prime Television (50% stake) – Sold in 2006 to Sky Network Television
 * Stake in EM TV, Papua New Guinea