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SBS Broadcasting Group (normally referred to as just
SBS, which originally stood for
Scandinavian Broadcasting System) was a European broadcasting group, operating commercial television, premium pay channels, radio stations and related print businesses in Western and Central and Eastern Europe. SBS had broadcasting services in Scandinavia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Romania, and the United Kingdom. SBS was controlled by funds advised by two private equity firms, Permira and KKR. Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. (TMG) of the Netherlands was also a shareholder in SBS, with a 20% equity interest.
SBS was founded by
Harry E Sloan after he'd bought a stake in the Copenhagen station
Kanal 2 and
TVNorge. In 1991, he bought the Swedish
Nordic Channel, which was soon renamed Kanal 5. The company was originally known as "TV1", but was renamed "Scandinavian Broadcasting System" in 1991. After expanding into Benelux and Eastern Europe, the name was changed again.
Evenutally, SBS was owned by the equity firms
Permira and
KKR. They also bought the German broadcaster
ProSiebenSat.1 Media in early 2007 and on
June 27 2007 it was announced that ProSiebenSat.1 Media acquired the complete
SBS Broadcasting group for 3.3 billion euro. ProSiebenSat.1 Media becomes the second largest broadcaster of Europe with 48 tv-stations.
Television
Television operations started in
1989 in
Scandinavia. In March
2005 SBS acquired
C More Entertainment, a Nordic
pay tv provider. C More provides premium sports and movie channels in
Denmark,
Norway,
Sweden and
Finland under the
Canal+ and
C More brands.
Belgium
- VT4
- VijfTV
- C-More (digital Video On Demand service)
Bulgaria
The Voice TV Bulgaria(Music)
Denmark
The general entertainment network "TV Danmark" was launched in 1997. It was renamed "TV Danmark 2" when the sister channel "TV Danmark 1" was launched. When "TV Danmark 1" was renamed "Kanal 5", the first channel reverted to its old name before becoming "Kanal 4" in 2006. On January 1st, 2007 the terrestrial Kanal 4 signals were replaced by a new channel called "SBS NET", while Kanal 4 continued broadcasting by satellite and cable.
Kanal 4
Kanal 5
The Voice TV Denmark (Music)
SBS Net
The name changes of TvDanmark, in a ten year-period
Kanal 2
TvDanmark
TvDanmark 2
tv danmark
Kanal 4
SBS NET
Finland
The Voice TV Finland (Music)
Hungary
TV2 is owned jointly by SBS and MTM.
TV2
Netherlands
SBS6 - Sports & Entertainment
NET 5 - Female Entertainment
Veronica - Young (Male) Entertainment
Norway
TVNorge
The Voice TV Norway (Music)
FEM
Romania
Prima TV (also broadcast by cable in Moldova)
Kiss TV (known as TV K Lumea before November 2006)
Portugal
TVI (1996-1999)
Sweden
Kanal 5
Kanal 9
The Voice TV Sweden (Music)
Denmark
The Voice - Hit music
Radio 2 - Music from the 80s, 90s and today -Now Radio City
POP FM - Mix of old and new songs - now closed
Nyhedsradioen 24-7 - Talk radio. - now closed
TV 2 Radio - SBS buyed it, after TV 2 sold it out. Now, it's a joint venture between TV 2 and SBS Radio A/S
Finland
Nation-wide:
The Voice
Iskelmä
Local:
Radio 957
Radio Sata
Radio Jyväskylä
Radio Mega
Bulgaria
Radio Atlantic
Radio Ritmo (stopped 2005)
Radio Veselina
Radio Vitosha
Radio The Voice
Greece
Lampsi 92.3 FM
Norway
Radio 1
The Voice
Radio Norge (previously known as Kanal 24)
Romania
Kiss FM (previously known as Radio Contact, available in Moldova with local insertions)
Magic FM
Sweden
SBS have several local commercial radio licenses. The main network is called Mix Megapol and has several stations around Sweden. Additionally, several independent stations simulcast used to Mix Megapol content.
Mix Megapol - Mix of hits and oldies
Mix Megapol Radio City 107.0 - Local station in Malmö
Mix Megapol Radio City 107.3 - Local station in Gothenburg
106.7 FM Rockklassiker - Mix of classic and new rock (in Stockholm)
Vinyl 107 - Music from the 60s (in Stockholm)
The Voice Hiphop & RnB Sweden - Hip Hop & R&B targeting young people (in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö)
Studio 107.5 - Adult Contemporary from the 1970s and 1980s. (in Stockholm)
Print
Veronica (TV/Radio guide)
Subtitling
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