MTG: 1987 жылдан бергі даму жолы мен жетістіктері

Digital entertainment company

Since July 2015, MTG's digital presence was expanded through a number of acquisitions. In 2015 MTG bought 74% of the shares in Turtle Entertainment, a top tier esports tournament operator, owning brands such as Electronic Sports League (ESL). MTG then acquired 51% of the shares in Zoomin. TV, Europe's largest MCN and the 5th largest network on YouTube. Later the same year MTG made the acquisition of 100% of DreamHack, one of the biggest esports tournament organisers in the world. In 2016 and 2017 MTG continued its journey by acquiring 35% of a leading German games developing company InnoGames and U. S. based games publishing company Kongregate. Since the start of its investment operations, MTG has made further share acquisitions in the before mentioned companies.

Below is a timeline of MTG milestones since 1987.

In 1987, TV3 launches in Sweden on New Year's Eve becoming the first commercial channel in Scandinavia. In 1988 the channel started broadcasting to Norway and Denmark. The number of viewers increases from 1.2 million at launch to 3.4 million at the end of 1988. In 1988, Strix launches independent TV production. In 1989, pay channel TV1000 launches. In 1989 TV Shop starts selling products and services on TV3 .

TV3 achieves 45% penetration in Sweden and commands 90% of the TV advertising market. Acquisition of majority shareholding in Svensk Text (SDI Media). September: TV3 Denmark launches, replacing the Pan Scandinavian version.

TV3 reports an annual profit. TV3 Norway launches, each Scandinavian country now has its own version of TV3. TV4 granted license as Sweden's third terrestrial TV station. Kinnevik acquires 30% shareholding in TV4. Launch of Viasat DTH satellite pay TV platform. TV1000 merges with competitor SF Succé.

ZTV's first year as an independent channel. Kinnevik's media companies report an annual profit.

September: P4 Radio Hele Norge a national commercial radio network in Norway is launched. MTG is one of its founders. First commercial radio licenses obtained in Sweden. TV3 commences Teletext broadcasting. Terrestrial TV channels launched in Estonia and Lithuania.

TV4 becomes largest channel in Sweden. TV6 launched.

MTG incorporated as Kinnevik subsidiary. Metro launched in Stockholm. Minority holding acquired in Finanstidningen daily business newspaper.

Satellite TV distribution platform switched from Astra to NSAB. January: Radio Rix radio network formed through a merger between MTG's P6 and SRU. April: ZTV and TV6 merged to form 3+ in Denmark.

Launch of Viasat+, an analogue low pay satellite package broadcast from the NSAB satellite consisting of MTG's own television channels as well as Nickelodeon, VH1 and Sci Fi Channel. Shares in MTG distributed to Kinnevik shareholders and listed on Stockholm Börsinformation and Nasdaq National Market in New York. Second Metro edition published in Prague. Strix becomes the first company in the world to produce the Survivor reality TV format.

February: Metro launches in Gothenburg. March: TV6 in Sweden relaunches as a Pan Nordic pay channel called "TV6 Nature World" and "TV6 Action World". ZTV moves from Stockholm to London and expands its schedule considerably. MTG acquires the Latvian television channel Channel 31 , which is later transformed into TV3 Latvia. Viasat's satellite TV subscribers exceed 1 million. Commercial radio operations launched in Estonia and Latvia. September: Metro launches in Budapest.

Metro launched in Malmö, Helsinki and the Netherlands. Monthly magazine Kapital launched in Sweden. Internet portal Everyday. com introduced. Swedish business channel TV8 acquired. MTG's shares quoted on Stockholmsbörsen O list. February: Launch of CDON. COM. March: Launch of sports channel Viasat Sport. June: Darial TV started broadcasting as DTV Viasat.

March: Launch of television channel Viasat Plus in Norway. Annual General Meeting approves distribution of Metro International S. A. share capital to MTG shareholders. Hans Holger Albrecht appointed President and CEO of MTG. MTG buys the Hungarian television channel Alfa TV which becomes Viasat3. PIN24 launches on Sky TV's platform in the UK. MTG buys the rest of TV1000 from its parent company. Viasat launched its digital satellite platform.

May: Viasat becomes first European satellite TV broadcaster to switch off analog transmission of premium pay TV channels following a successful transition to digital TV. TV3 awarded national terrestrial broadcasting license in Latvia. Digital home shopping channel PIN24 launched in Denmark. MTG acquires 75% of Russian national commercial TV channel. Options to Strix reality TV formats sold in over 30 countries to date. Viasat launches four new digital pay TV channels in the Nordic region. EUR 120 million convertible subordinated bonds issued to fund further expansion. Number of Viasat digital DTH subscribers increases to over 550,000 by year end.

TV3 Scandinavia recovers share of viewing and advertisement sales. Eastern European operations profitable on a combined basis. Pay TV record operating income SEK 505 million. Viasat signs agreement with NDS VideoGuard to eliminate piracy. Launch of pay TV channels TV 1000 East and Viasat Explorer in Eastern and Central Europe.

MTG sells its 15.1 percent interest in TV4 AB in January 2005. In March, CTC Media launches the Domashny television network in Russia. In July 2005, Modern Entertainment Ltd., its film rights unit in Los Angeles, agreed to sell 332 films to Lionsgate Films and shut down its operations to focus on European operations. October: Launch of Russian language movie channel TV1000 Russian Kino. October: SportN launches in Norway. November: TV1000 Balkan launches.

March: MTG became majority shareholder of Bet24, owning 90% of the company. May: TV6 launches in Sweden. September: MTG increases its holding P4 Radio Hele Norge to 90.8 percent, becoming the sole owner in December. November: Viasat Sport East launches.

January: Viasat launches high definition television in the Nordic countries. March: TV6 launches in Estonia. April: TV1000 Premium launches in the Baltics. July: MTG buys Nova television and Nova+ from Antenna Group. September: Tango TV relaunches as TV6 Lithuania. December: Viasat 1 launches in Ghana. December: Nova+ in Bulgaria is closed down.

January: Viasat Sport Baltic launches. February: TV1000 Drama launches. March: TV3 Puls launches in Denmark. The Diema Media Group and MM, previously a joint venture between MTG and Apace Media, are merged with Nova television to create the Nova Broadcasting Group. April: Prima Cool launches in the Czech Republic.

April: Nova Sport launches in Bulgaria, replacing MM. September: TV10 launches in Sweden. December: Modern African Productions was founded in Ghana. December: MTG launched as the first Scandinavian pay TV operator 3D content in their Viasat offer.

March: Prima love launches in the Czech Republic. August: M. A. P. launches her first production in Ghana. September: Kino Nova launches in Bulgaria, replacing Diema 2. October: TV8 opened in Lithuania. CTC Media launched Peretz based on DTV. November: CTC opened in Baltic.

January: MTG reaches an agreement on acquiring Latvian channels LNT, TV5 and Kanāls 2. February: In Slovenia closed down TV3. March: All TV 1000 channels in Nordic countries renamed as Viasat Film. April: Nova Premier League HD launches in Bulgaria. June: Viasat Motor launches in Baltic. July: Jorgen Madsen appointed President and CEO of MTG. October: Game services Bet24 sold. November: Running HD version channels TV6 Sweden, Viasat 4, Viasat Explorer, Viasat History, Viasat Nature, Viasat Crime.

January: Radio station NRJ Sweden sold to SBS Sweden (ProSiebenSat.1). In Denmark running TV3 Sport 1. February: Prima ZOOM opened in Czech Republic. Running TV3 Sport 2 in Denmark. March: Running HD version TV3 Denmark. November: TV6 opened in Norway. June: Nova Premier League HD in Bulgaria is closed down. July: Nova Sport HD launches in Bulgaria.

January: MTG sold FTV Prima Holding to Denemo Media (part of GES GROUP). In April 2017, the transaction was completed. March: MTG sold business in Baltic States to Providence Equity Partners. In October 2017, the transaction was completed. May: MTG increased its stake in German games developer InnoGames to 51% by investing EUR 82.6 million. June: MTG acquires Kongregate. October: MTG launched TV3 MAX in Denmark which replaced TV3 Sport 2. October: MTG sells its free TV, pay TV, digital and radio businesses in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the asset management firm Providence Equity Partners, uniting them under the All Media Baltics company name. December: MTG secured the exclusive Nordic media rights to the five a side football variant Futsal's biggest European tournament, UEFA Futsal Euro 2018. December: MTG launched a $30 million gaming investment fund.

January: MTG sold TRACE Media Group to TPG Growth. In May 2018, the transaction was completed. February: MTG business in Scandinavia (MTG Nordic Entertainment and MTG Studios) combination with TDC Group proposed. MTG sold Nova Broadcasting Group in Bulgaria to PPF Group. March: Board of Directors of TDC Group withdraws its recommendation of combination with MTG Nordics. (MTG Nordic Entertainment, MTG Studios and Splay Networks) and new MTG company (MTGx). May: MTG increased the share in Zoom. in Group B. V. (Zoomin. TV) from 51% to 100%. June: Nordic Entertainment Group companies Splay Networks and Nice One will merge to new company SplayOne.

March: The separation between MTG and Nordic Entertainment Group is finalized and Nordic Entertainment Group is listed as a separate company on Nasdaq Nordic Large Cap.

In March 2021, MTG acquired Ninja Kiwi, allowing them to expand their business into the tower defense genre. In July 2021, MTG acquired 100% of the shares of PlaySimple, expanding MTG's business into the casual games and word games genres.