Modern Times Group

Modern Times Group MTG AB
Publicly traded Aktiebolag
Traded as OMX: MTG A, MTG B
Industry Media
Founded 1987 (1987)
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Key people
 David Chance (Chairman), Jorgen Madsen Lindemann (President and CEO), Mathias Hermansson (CFO)
Products Free-to-air and subscription television video on-demand broadcasting, television production, radio broadcasting, online retail
Parent Kinnevik AB
Website www.mtg.com

Modern Times Group (MTG) is a Swedish digital entertainment company. MTG was formed out of the media holdings of investment company Kinnevik, which in 1997 was distributed to the company stockholders. MTG operates free-TV channels in 10 countries, and also offers subscription entertainment services. MTG also offers a range of online catch-up, "Play" services.

Company structure

MTGx

MTGx is the digital accelerator of Modern Times Group.

MTGx is built on three pillars - Viaplay, Play and Ventures. Viaplay offers a broad variety of series, movies, sports and kids content.

Since July 2015, MTG's digital presence was expanded through a number of acquisitions. MTG bought 74% of the shares in Turtle Entertainment, the company that runs Electronic Sports League (ESL), an eSports tournament organiser and followed up that acquisition with a further investment in Splay, Scandinavia's largest Multi-channel network, going from 49% to 81% of the shares in the company. MTG then acquired 51% of the shares in Zoomin.TV, Europe's largest MCN and the 5th largest network on YouTube. Also very recently, MTG made the acquisition of 100% of DreamHack, one of the biggest eSports tournament organisers in the world.

Advertising funded television (Free-TV)

MTG operates advertising funded channels in Scandinavia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, the Baltic countries, Ghana and Tanzania. Typically, the portfolio structure for these channels is one primary channel (TV3, Prima, Nova), and then secondary channels (TV6, TV3+, Prima Love, etc...) These channels generate primarily advertising revenues, and are classified as free-TV, but a majority of the Scandinavian free-TV channels are encrypted and subject to decoding fees.

Networks

Channel type Sweden Norway Denmark Estonia Latvia Lithuania Bulgaria (95%) Czech Republic (50%) Ghana & Tanzania
General TV3 Sweden TV3 Norway TV3 Denmark TV3 Estonia (Free) TV3 Latvia TV3 Lithuania (free) Nova television (Free) TV Prima (Free) Viasat 1
General secondary TV6 Sweden (Free) Viasat 4 TV3+ Denmark TV6 Estonia LNT TV6 Lithuania (Free) Diema Prima COOL (Free)
Supplementary TV8
TV10		 TV6 Norway TV3 Puls 3+ Estonia TV5 Latvia
TV6 Latvia
3+ Latvia
Kanāls 2		 TV8 Lithuania (Free) Diema Family
Kino Nova
Nova Sport
Diema Sport
Diema Sport 2		 Prima love (Free)
Prima ZOOM (Free)
Prima MAX (Free)
Prima Comedy Central (Free)

Pay television

Worldwide

The "TRACE" platform is also available in the Worldwide with the following channels:[1]

Subscription TV services (Pay-TV)

MTG operates the Viasat satellite platform in the Nordic countries offering both in-house and third party channels. The sports channels available in the different Scandinavian countries differ somewhat depending on different rights held for different markets and different business agreements. MTG also operates the Viaplay online pay-TV service in the Nordic countries, and runs the esports site Viagame. MTG is also present in the MCN space through its part ownership of Splay, the largest Swedish MCN ('Multi Channel Network') on YouTube.

The following channels are available in all Scandinavian countries:

These channels are only available in Sweden:

These channels are only available in Norway:

These channels are available in Denmark:

These channels are available in Finland:

Baltic countries

The Viasat platform is also available in the Baltic countries with the following channels:

Eastern Europe

The Viasat platform is also available in the Eastern Europe countries and Turkey with the following channels:

These channels are available in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan:

In April 2008, MTG participated in the launch of Viasat Ukraine, a satellite distributor in Ukraine.

MTG Radio

Viasat owns several radio networks and stations in Scandinavia, Baltic countries and Bulgaria:

Nice Entertainment Group

″nice entertainment group″ comprises well known and powerful brands such as Strix Television, Paprika Latino, Novemberfilm, Redaktörerna, DRG, Monster, One Big Happy Family, Playroom, Rakett, Titan, Baluba, Nice Drama, Moskito, Production House, Grillifilms and Gong. This makes 16 strong brands and 28 local companies, in 16 countries distributing content to broadcasters in 240 territories around the world. Furthermore, MTG’s Modern African Productions business creates and distributes content to broadcasters in Tanzania and Ghana.[2]

Modern African Productions

This includes the Ghana-based Television and Mobile content Production Company M.A.P.

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References

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  3. ↑ Therese Gustafsson (2010-09-06). "EM-kvalet – direkt i ny kanal". Aftonbladet.
  4. ↑ "Raduga TV to close down, Viasat Russia to launch 5 new HD channels". mtg.com.
  5. ↑ "MTG to sell Hungarian free-TV channels". mtg.com.
  6. ↑ "MTG invests in world’s largest esports company ESL". mtg.com.
  7. ↑ Clarke, Stewart (September 1, 2015). "MTG closes deal for Turtle Entertainment". TBI Vision. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ "MTG acquires DreamHack". MTG. November 12, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
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