Modern Times Group MTG AB comprises six business segments – Free-TV Scandinavia, Pay-TV Nordic, Free-TV Emerging Markets, Pay-TV Emerging Markets, CTC Media and Other Businesses. The five first of these segments are part of Viasat Broadcasting.
Viasat Broadcasting, which consists of Free-TV Scandinavia, Pay-TV Nordic, Free-TV Emerging Markets, Pay-TV Emerging Markets and CTC Media, comprises MTG’s broadcasting business. Viasat broadcasts more than 60 own branded channels in 35 countries. Viasat Broadcasting has the largest broadcasting footprint in Europe.
Radio is part of Other Businesses. MTG is the largest commercial radio operator in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries. MTG owns the largest commercial radio networks in Sweden and Norway and has an equity stake in the largest commercial radio network in Finland, as well as rapidly growing radio stations and networks in the Baltic countries. MTG’s radio stations reach over three million listeners every day.
Other Businesses also comprises the Modern Studios business which produces a wide range of content through Strix Television and Modern African Productions (MAP). Strix Television is a TV production house and sells options and licenses to its formats around the world while MAP is based in Accra, Ghana and serves the African market.