TVN Group
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TVN S.A. (trade name: Grupa TVN) is a Polish media and entertainment group established in 1995 as TVN Sp. z o.o. The CEO of TVN Group is Katarzyna "Kasia" Kieli, president and managing director of TVN Warner Bros. Discovery. Its TV channel, TVN, is their flagship.
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Founded | 1995; 29 years ago (1995) |
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Headquarters | Media Business Centre, , Poland |
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Parent | TVN Warner Bros. Discovery |
Divisions | TVN Media TVN News and Services Agency |
Subsidiaries | Canal+ Polska (32%) Polski Operator Telewizyjny (50%) Stavka |
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In 2004, with its debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the company became a public limited company. In March 2015, U.S. broadcaster Scripps Networks Interactive bought a 52.7% majority stake in TVN for €584 million.[3][4] In July 2015, SNI bought out TVN's remaining owners, ITI Group and Canal+ Group, for €584 million, giving it full ownership.[5]
On March 6, 2018, SNI was, in turn, acquired by Discovery, Inc. for US$14.6 billion.[6][7] Liberty Global, which operated pay television provider UPC Polska, is a major shareholder in Discovery. The European Commission thus required TVN to ensure that TVN24 and TVN24 BiS remain available to third-party television providers.[8][9]