History


From the first hour of private television to the launch of ProSieben More
From the first 24-hour-program to an integrated media company More
From IPO to merger More
The creation of the Group until 2007
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Until the current business year More
  Corporate History
September 2008 Klaus-Peter Schulz to be the new Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
June 2008 Axel Salzmann, takes over the position of Chief Financial Officer for the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
June 2008 Andreas Bartl joins the Executive Board with responsibility for the management segment German Free-TV
June 2008 The ProSiebenSat.1 Group sells the C More Group AB to TV4
May 2008 The ProSiebenSat.1 Group acquires fem.com
May 2008 The ProSiebenSat.1 Group sets up a new production company, Red Seven Entertainment
June 2007 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG acquires 100 percent of SBS Broadcasting Group
December 2006 KKR/Permira to Be New Majority Shareholder of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
October 2006 ProSiebenSat.1 Group Expands Further on the Internet / Invests in “Lokalisten” Social Network
September 2006 ProSiebenSat.1 Group acquires stake in “MyVideo” – Germany’s number one video community
July 2006 ProSiebenSat.1 Group and United Internet AG start video-on-demand portal “maxdome”
June 2006 ProSiebenSat.1 Group Launches Pay TV with Sat.1 Comedy and kabel eins classics
February 2006 No takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG by Axel Springer AG
August 2005 Axel Springer AG is probable to be the new majority owner of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group.
June 2005 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG takes over remaining shares of Euvia Media AG & Co. KG
November 2004 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG founds ProSiebenSat.1 Welt, a new German-language channel for the US
September 2004 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG establishes subsidary SevenOne International for the international distribution of TV productions
January 2004 20 years of Sat.1
August 2003 The Saban Capital Group - through its subsidiary - acquires 36 percent of the share capital of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
July 2003 Formation of MerchandisingMedia GmbH [Merger of SevenOne Club & Shop and MM MerchandisingMünchen]
September 2002 Takeover of all shares in the multimedia company SevenOne Intermedia [former KirchMedia]
May 2001 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG acquires 48.4 percent of Euvia Media AG & Co. KG
November 2000 SevenOne Media originates from the merger between MediaGruppe München und Media 1
October 2000 Formation of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG [Merger of Sat.1 and ProSieben]
January 2000 N24 goes on air
July 1997 IPO of ProSieben Media AG
August 1999 Formation of the Sat.1 sales company Media 1
March 1996 ProSieben takes over MM MerchandisingMedia [former MM MerchandisingMünchen]
January 1993 Formation of SZM Studios
July 1992 Formation of the sales company MedieGruppe München
February 1992 Kabel 1 goes on air
January 1989 ProSieben goes on air
January 1984 Sat.1 is the first German commercial television station to go on air