EMN

EMN (Short for European Media Network) is an European television brand with base in London, UK, Paris, France, Lisbon, Portugal, Instambul, Turkey and Moscow, Russia



Start (1961-1967)
The company started with the name "British Public Television" (BPT) in 1961 with the launch of the Channel 12, nowadays known as "BPT" (It got this name as an tribute to EMN former name and because there was more TV operators)

In 1965, they launched Channel 13, it was like Channel 12, but only aired news, it is currently known as BPT News

In 1966, they could air World Cup 1966 along with BBC

Expansion and new name (1967-1972)
BPT decided to make channels in other languanges (Scottish, Welsh and Irish) for other British people that didn't lived in England

In 1969, they launched Líonra na hÉireann and renamed theirselfes as "EMN" because Ireland isn't part of the UK

EMN also decided to create a French affiliate named Réseau de transport France (RTF) and a Portuguese named Canal da Lusa

Basque Controversy (1972-1974)
They also launched EHS1 (Euskal Herriaren Sarea and the "1" means that is the first channel in Basque ever), which was a channel in Basque, the dictator of Spain, Fransisco Franco, said that it promoted separatism of the Basque people from Spain, EMN denied, as the channel was meant to be funny to Basco

EHS1 suffered lots of censorship by Spain

Communism (1974-1990)
Some communist countries received channels owned by EMN like Victoria and Yugoslavia

Also, a headquarter was made in Moscow, the capital of the USSR (Now Russia)

On the same era, Italy received an EMN channel

Gold era, ownership of channels and the focus of Kids channels (1990-2001)
In 1994, they had channels in over 15 countries

Someone thought that focusing on kids channels was a good idea, the following kids channels launched:

ABC Kids

Ipicolli

España Kids

BPT Kids

Teenz (Not a kids channel but I think it counts lol)

Kids Klub

And it also decided to have the rights to air things from:

CBS

The WB

FOX

NBC

ABC

PBS

Telefe

Rede Globo

Rede Horizonte

Record

TV Mega

Televisa

And bought the rights for the channel (or partially) of:

Praquem Chanal

Elefante

Russia 1

SIC

Present (2001-)
EMN is the 4th biggest European television company and owns over 30 channels around the continent, partially or not

The Instambul headquarter launched in 2009

In 2014, ABC Kids was sold to Molsye, a Victorian company