Media Capital
Media Capital SGPS, SA, is a Portuguese media corporation founded in 1988 (originally named SOCI - Sociedade de Comunicação Independente, founded by Luís Nobre Guedes), based in Oeiras, Lisbon in Portugal. Media Capital is a major media group in Portugal, and is one of the biggest media corporations in Europe. Media Capital distributes 20th Century Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) home video releases in the Portuguese market under the Castello Lopes label. From 2005 - 2
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Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Mário Ferreira (chairman) |
Products | TV stations, radio stations, magazines, internet |
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Website | Media Capital |
2020, PRISA was the principal owner of Media Capital.
Businesses
Media Capital operates in several areas of media and advertising. Here is a list of the companies owned by Media Capital.
Broadcasting
- TVI, a television broadcaster. It was acquired by Media Capital in 1997.
- CNN Portugal (brand under license from Warner Bros. Discovery and CNN Global)
- TVI Ficção
- TVI Internacional
- TVI África
Magazines
- Media Capital Edições, a magazine publisher:
- Lux Magazine (women's magazine)
- Maxmen (Portuguese version of Maxim men's magazine)
- Portugal Diário (news magazine)
- Agência Financeira (financial magazine)
- MaisFutebol (Association football magazine)
Internet
- IOL (Portugal), a multimedia content provider (also an Internet service provider previously).
Former units
Radio
Media Capital Rádios, a radio broadcaster, which includes several radio stations (sold to Bauer Media Group in February 2022[1]):
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- Vodafone FM
- 107.2 - Lisbon Metro Area
- 103.0 - Coimbra & Centre region
- 94.3 - Porto Metro Area
- Smooth FM
- 89.5 - Matosinhos - Porto
- 92.8 - Figueiró dos Vinhos (Coimbra)
- 96.6 - Lisbon
- 97.7 - Santarém
- 103.0 - Barreiro
Shut down stations
- Best Rock FM
- 89.5 FM - Valongo
- 101.1 FM - Moita
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Ownership
Media Capital is owned by Pluris Investments, S.A. (35.38%), Triun, SGPS, S.A. (23%), Biz Partners (11.9725%), CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte, S.A. (11.20%), Zenithodyssey, Lda. (10%), Fitas & Essências, Lda. (3%) and DoCasal Investimentos, Lda. - (2.5%).
References
- "Media Capital vende rádios a alemães da Bauer por 69,6 milhões de euros". ionline (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-16.
External links
- Media Capital - official website
- MCR