Corporate History
| January 1984 |
Sat.1 is the first German commercial television station to go on air |
| January 1989 |
ProSieben goes on air |
| February 1992 |
Kabel 1 goes on air |
| July 1992 |
Formation of the sales company MedieGruppe München |
| January 1993 |
Formation of SZM Studios |
| March 1996 |
ProSieben takes over MM MerchandisingMedia [former MM MerchandisingMünchen] |
| July 1997 |
IPO of ProSieben Media AG |
| August 1999 |
Formation of the Sat.1 sales company Media 1 |
| January 2000 |
N24 goes on air |
| October 2000 |
Formation of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG [Merger of Sat.1 and ProSieben] |
| November 2000 |
SevenOne Media originates from the merger between MediaGruppe München und Media 1 |
| May 2001 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG acquires 48.4 percent of Euvia Media AG & Co. KG |
| September 2002 |
Takeover of all shares in the multimedia company SevenOne Intermedia [former KirchMedia] |
| July 2003 |
Formation of MerchandisingMedia GmbH [Merger of SevenOne Club & Shop and MM MerchandisingMünchen] |
| August 2003 |
The Saban Capital Group - through its subsidiary - acquires 36 percent of the share capital of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG |
| January 2004 |
20 years of Sat.1 |
| September 2004 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG establishes subsidary SevenOne International for the international distribution of TV productions |
| November 2004 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG founds ProSiebenSat.1 Welt, a new German-language channel for the US |
| June 2005 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG takes over remaining shares of Euvia Media AG & Co. KG |
| August 2005 |
Axel Springer AG is probable to be the new majority owner of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. |
| February 2006 |
No takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG by Axel Springer AG |
| June 2006 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Group Launches Pay TV with Sat.1 Comedy and kabel eins classics |
| July 2006 |
Dr. Marcus Englert joines the Executive Board at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG |
| July 2006 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Group and United Internet AG start video-on-demand portal “maxdome” |
| September 2006 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Group acquires stake in “MyVideo” – Germany’s number one video community |
| October 2006 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Group Expands Further on the Internet / Invests in “Lokalisten” Social Network |
| December 2006 |
KKR/Permira to Be New Majority Shareholder of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG |
| February 2007 |
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group acquires a majority stake in Solute GmbH, which operates the second largest German pricing search engines on the Internet at www.billiger.de. |
| March 2007 |
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group has a new Supervisory Board. Götz Mäuser, Partner of Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH (Permira) is appointed as the Chairman, Vice-Chairman is Lord Clive Hollick, Partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). |
| June 2007 |
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG acquires 100 percent of SBS Broadcasting Group |
| May 2008 |
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group sets up a new production company, Red Seven Entertainment |
| May 2008 |
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group acquires Feeem Media GmbH |
| June 2008 |
The ProSiebenSat.1 Group sells the C More Group AB to TV4 |
| June 2008 |
Andreas Bartl joins the Executive Board with responsibility for the management segment German Free-TV |
