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.

In 1988, they acquired 33.9% of Thames Television, and fully acquired them following their move to an independent production company. In the same year, they produced their first film, Marriage, under the newly found Picturebox Films subsidiary. It made more films as time went on and soon became the largest non-American film company.

In 1989, EuroMedia acquired Australian based independent producer Grundy Television.

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 Carlton and Central Independent Television, both BSB shareholders.

In 1995, they bought Australia's Ten Network for €2m.

EuroMedia took over Meridian Broadcasting & Anglia Television in 1996.

In 1996, it announced it and Nordic telecommunications company Telenor were to launch a pay TV provider called Canal Digital, launched in March 1997. It was to use the Marcopolo (renamed Thor) satellite EuroMedia had owned since it's acquisition of BSB, and had also housed ET1 Digital since it's inception.

Their international footprint expanded in 1998 when they became a major shareholder in Ireland's TVThree.

In 1999, they formed Independent Group, a company to own ITV stations Carlton, Central, Meridian Broadcasting, HTV & Border Television, and digital channels Carlton Select & Carlton Cinema. It merged with GCap Media in 2006. Following the Granada-Carlton-Independent merger of 2004, it took control of all ITV stations and was renamed to ITV plc.

In 2000, EuroMedia bought 50% of RTL Group from Bertelsmann before merging the next year.

Then in 2005, for 5 million euros, they bought the Australian Nine Network, and sold it in 2016, to Discovery Inc.

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.

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 mid-2014, EuroMedia sold 55% of ITV to Liberty Global.

Sometime around 2015, there were rumours of a merger between EuroMedia & NBCUniversal, however, these plans were soon cancelled.

In July 2021, it was announced that EuroMedia was eyeing a takeover of the UK's Channel 4 Television Corporation.

Current

 * Picturebox Films
 * Picturebox Alternative
 * TV3 Films
 * TV3 Networks
 * TV3
 * FOX
 * TMF
 * VH1
 * TV8
 * Spark
 * ET1
 * ET1 Satellite
 * ET1 Cable
 * ET1 Telecom
 * ET1 Go
 * ET1 Play
 * Spark Networks
 * Spark Entertainment Networks
 * Spark
 * Spark 2
 * Spark Animation
 * Entertainment and Culture Networks
 * BBC UKTV
 * BBC Brit
 * Cartoon Network
 * Disney Channel
 * TNT
 * TBS
 * TCM!
 * WB Kids
 * NBC
 * 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
 * Tele+ (50%)
 * EuroMedia Publishing
 * The Euro Reader
 * The Independent
 * The i Paper
 * The Irish Independent
 * The Euro Independent
 * Finance Euro Republics
 * ShowbizMagazine
 * TV21
 * Musix
 * Glory
 * CUE
 * FOXMAG
 * EuroMedia Radio
 * Canal+ Group
 * Eirgroup
 * TV3 Ireland
 * 3e
 * Be3
 * 3Sport
 * play3
 * Eir
 * C More
 * C More First
 * C More Hits
 * C More Series
 * C More Stars
 * Independent Media
 * Capital Communications
 * Capital
 * Central
 * Coastal
 * HTV
 * Channel
 * Meridian
 * Talpa Group
 * Talpa TV
 * SBS 6
 * Net 5
 * Veronica
 * SBS 9
 * Telefónica
 * Movistar
 * O2 UK (50%)
 * Virgin Media UK (50%)
 * O2 Germany
 * Vivo Brazil
 * IP (10%)
 * Ten Network Holdings
 * Network 10
 * 11
 * ONE
 * Shake!
 * 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
 * Trouble
 * Challenge
 * Challenge Jackpot


 * RTL Group
 * Luxembourg
 * Club RTL
 * RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg
 * Den 2. RTL
 * Belgium
 * RTL TVI
 * Club RTL
 * Plug RTL
 * VTM
 * VTM 2
 * VTM 3
 * VTM 4
 * CAZ 2
 * VTM Kids
 * Netherlands
 * RTL 4 (started in 1989 as RTL Veronique, renamed RTL 4 in 1990)
 * RTL 5
 * RTL 7 (formerly known as Yorin)
 * RTL 8 (formerly known as Talpa, Tien)
 * RTL Z
 * RTL Crime
 * RTL Lounge
 * RTL Telekids
 * France
 * M6
 * M6 Boutique & Co
 * Paris Première
 * Série Club
 * Téva
 * 6ter
 * W9
 * M6 Music Hits
 * Gulli
 * Tiji
 * Canal J
 * Netherlands
 * RTL 4
 * RTL 5
 * RTL 7
 * RTL 8
 * SBS 6
 * SBS 9
 * Net5
 * Veronica
 * Germany (Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland)
 * RTL
 * VOX
 * RTL II
 * Nitro
 * Super RTL (joint-venture with The Walt Disney Company)
 * Toggo Plus
 * n-tv
 * RTLplus
 * RTL Crime
 * RTL Living
 * RTL Passion
 * Geo Television
 * VOXup
 * TV Now
 * United Kingdom
 * ITV plc.
 * ITV
 * Anglia
 * Antarctica
 * Antarctica Isles
 * Artic
 * Border
 * Capital
 * Central
 * Channel
 * Coastal
 * Granada
 * GMTV (10%)
 * HTV
 * IOM
 * ITG
 * Island
 * Isle Of Wight
 * Juvernian
 * LWT
 * Meridian
 * Northern
 * Tyne Tees
 * Valley
 * Westcountry
 * Yorkshire
 * ITV2
 * ITV3
 * ITV News
 * ITV Sport
 * CITV
 * ITV Encore
 * ITV Select
 * ITV Prime
 * ITV Studios
 * ITV Screen Advertising (90%)
 * Britbox (90%)
 * ITN (40%)
 * Talpa TV
 * SBS 6
 * SBS 9
 * Net5
 * Veronica
 * Channel 5 Broadcasting LTD.
 * Channel 5
 * 5Star
 * 5USA
 * 5Select
 * Milkshake!
 * My5
 * Spain
 * Antena 3
 * laSexta
 * Neox
 * Nova
 * Mega
 * Atreseries
 * Fremantle
 * Original Productions
 * 495 Productions
 * Random House Studio
 * Boundless
 * Castlefield
 * Hare & Tortoise
 * Shotglass
 * Talkback
 * Thames
 * Spring