ab type publicly traded aktiebolag traded as nasdaq stockholm mtg a mtg b industry media founded 1987 ; 29 years ago 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 to air and pay tv channels and their catch up avod services radio stations a premium subscription online service viaplay multi channel networks mcn splay networks and zoomin.tv as well as esports businesses esl and dreamhack . contents 1 company structure 1.1 advertising funded television free tv 1.2 pay television 1.2.1 subscription tv services pay tv 1.2.2 worldwide 1.2.3 scandinavia 1.2.4 baltic states 1.3 mtg radio 1.4 nice entertainment group 1.5 modern african productions 2 timeline 2.1 1987 2.2 1988 2.3 1989 2.4 1990 2.5 1991 2.6 1992 2.7 1993 2.8 1994 2.9 1995 2.10 1996 2.11 1997 2.12 1998 2.13 1999 2.14 2000 2.15 2001 2.16 2002 2.17 2003 2.18 2004 2.19 2005 2.20 2006 2.21 2007 2.22 2008 2.23 2009 2.24 2010 2.25 2011 2.26 2012 2.27 2013 2.28 2014 2.29 2015 2.30 2016 3 references company structure edit 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 edit 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 tv3 sport hd tv6 norway tv3 puls tv3 sport 1 tv3 sport 2 tv3 estonia tv6 latvia tv3 latvia kan ls 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 edit subscription tv services pay tv edit mtg operates the viasat satellite platform in the scandinavia and baltic states 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 viaplay an online pay tv service in the nordic countries . mtg is also present in the mcn space through its part ownership of splay the largest swedish mcn multi channel network on youtube and zoomin.tv one of the largest mcns that has local presence in 12 countries and produces short form videos in 26 markets . worldwide edit the trace platform is also available in the worldwide with the following channels 1 trace urban sd hd trace tropical sd hd trace africa sd hd trace toca sd hd trace gospel sd hd trace sport stars sd hd scandinavia edit the following channels are available in all scandinavian countries viasat film premiere sd hd viasat film action sd hd viasat film family sd hd viasat film comedy sd hd viasat film hits viasat series viasat golf sd hd viasat nature viasat crime sd hd viasat explorer sd hd viasat history sd hd these channels are only available in sweden viasat sport sweden formerly known as viasat sport 1 sd hd viasat fotboll formerly known as viasat sport 2 sd hd viasat motor formerly known as viasat sport 3 sd hd viasat hockey sd hd these channels are only available in norway viasat sport norge sd hd viasat fotball from 15 september 2009 sd hd viasat motor formerly known as viasat sport 3 sd hd viasat hockey sd hd these channels are available in finland viasat sport finland sd hd viasat sport sd hd viasat hockey sd hd baltic states edit the viasat platform is also available in the baltic countries with the following channels viasat sport baltic viasat golf viasat motor sd hd tv1000 east mtg radio edit viasat owns several radio networks and stations in scandinavia baltic countries and bulgaria rix fm national network in sweden lugna favoriter national network in sweden star fm station in stockholm and gothenburg bandit rock station in stockholm power hit radio station in stockholm p4 radio hele norge national network in norway dab and fm p5 hits national network in norway dab and fm p6 rock national network in norway dab p7 klem national network in norway dab and fm p8 pop national network in norway dab p9 retro station in oslo ostfold trondheim and bergen dab nrj norway national network in norway dab and fm star fm national network in estonia power hit radio station in tallinn parnu tartu and rakvere radio volna station in tallinn star fm national network in latvia power hit radio national network in lithuania radio nova news station in sofia trace fm station in guadeloupe fm guyane fm martinique fm and paris dab nice entertainment group edit nice entertainment group comprises 28 production companies in 16 countries including strix television paprika latino novemberfilm redakt rerna drg monster one big happy family playroom rakett titan baluba nice drama moskito production house grillifilms and gong . modern african productions edit modern african productions map operates from ghana and delivers a wide range of genres including tv commercials and large scale television formats across africa . map creates top grade content for our african channels and for third party outlets . timeline edit this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . april 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message 1987 edit tv3 launches in sweden on new year s eve becoming the first commercial channel in scandinavia . 1988 edit tv3 starts broadcasting to norway and denmark . the number of viewers increase from 1.2 million at launch to 3.4 million at end of 1988 . strix launches independent tv production . 1989 edit august pay tv channel tv1000 launches . tv shop starts selling products and services on tv3 . 1990 edit tv3 achieves 45 % penetration in sweden and commands 90 % of tv advertising market . acquisition of majority shareholding in svensk text sdi media . september tv3 denmark launches replacing the pan scandinavian version . 1991 edit tv3 reports 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 succ . 1992 edit ztv s first year as independent channel . kinnevik s media companies report annual profit . 1993 edit 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 . 1994 edit tv4 becomes largest channel in sweden . tv6 launched . 1995 edit mtg incorporated as kinnevik subsidiary . metro launched in stockholm . minority holding acquired in finanstidningen daily business newspaper . 1996 edit 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 . 1997 edit 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 b rsinformation and nasdaq national market in new york . second metro edition published in prague . strix becomes first company in the world to produce the survivor reality tv format . 1998 edit 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 . 1999 edit metro launched in malm 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 stockholmsb rsen o list . february launch of cdon.com . march launch of sports channel viasat sport . june darial tv started broadcasting as dtv viasat . 2000 edit 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 uk . mtg buys the rest of tv1000 from its parent company . viasat launched its digital satellite platform . 2001 edit may viasat becomes first european satellite tv broadcaster to switch off analog transmission of premium pay tv channels following 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 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 . 2002 edit january viasat sport denmark and viasat explorer launches . january acquisition of 37 percent of storyfirst communications inc. owner of the russian ctc network . january acquisition of swedish radio stations lugna favoriter and wow 105.5 from rtl group . new tv3 schedule recovers share of viewing in scandinavia . doubling of eastern european tv revenues . launch of pin24 in germany austria and switzerland launch of tango tv in lithuania . increase in number of digital dth subscribers to 617 000 and more than doubling of pay tv operating income . tv1000 and baltic operations both report first annual profits and tv shop turned around . sek 423 million increase in operating free cash flow . 2003 edit tv3 scandinavia recovers share of viewing and advertisement sales .