Chellomedia
The division operates a 55 channel portfolio, 37 of which are 100% owned and 18 of which are joint ventures & programming partnerships with leading media companies such as MGM, CBS, AETN, the Outdoor Channel and Zon Multimedia. The portfolio brings a world of entertainment to all members of the family, from children to sports fans and movie enthusiasts; there is something for everyone in the household. Chellomedia also provides a full range of TV services through its business to business operations At Media and Chello DMC (Digital Media Centre) to a range of international channels, including channel management, production, creative, sales & marketing, uplink, and playout. Chellomedia channel brands are managed and distributed in 25 languages through 80 feeds and multiplexes and reach 357 million TV households worldwide, consisting of 213 million households from consolidated and 144 million households from non-consolidated channels, multiplexes, and feeds. As of December 31, 2011.
Chellomedia’s channels are produced, programmed, and scheduled for local audiences, languages, and markets, making them relevant and accessible. Many of the channels are enhanced with additional features such as HD, on demand, internet, and mobile devices.
Our main offices are in London, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Budapest, with further regional offices and a network of international agents in Europe, China, and South East Asia. Chellomedia runs its operating businesses through its business units and operating companies.
Chello Zone produces and manages a portfolio of five consolidated channel brands; Zone Reality, Zone Romantica, Zone Fantasy, Extreme Sports Channel, and pre-school channel, Jim Jam. Chello Zone also operates a number of joint venture channels in the EMEA region, including Outdoor Channel and a portfolio of UK entertainment channels with CBS Studios International, including CBS Drama, CBS Action, CBS Reality, and Horror Channel. Chello Zone also provides broadcast services for a number of channels such as Food Network and Fine Living Network.
Chello Benelux is a leading supplier of premium channels to the Dutch TV market, distributing its premium pay TV channels Film1 and Sport1, as well as a joint venture with Meteo Consult for the Weer en Verkeer (weather & traffic) channel, to cable networks and satellite operators.
Chello DMC is the broadcast facility business which includes a state of the art facility in Amsterdam dedicated to the efficient handling of broadcast television media, providing channel play out services, TV distribution, and content delivery for new media applications. The company also provides the technical services to support over 60 channel DTH satellite TV platforms across Central Europe. Chello DMC houses an advanced and highly integrated media handling and playout system, using state of the art server technology to achieve high levels of reliability and efficiency. From material delivery by file or tape, through languaging, digitization/ingest, archiving, playout and distribution, the material is processed and tracked using bespoke systems, and integrated with industry standard scheduling, automation, server and archiving products. Chello DMC provides broadcast facilities for leading international channels including JimJam, Zone Reality, National Geographic, MGM, and the Sci-fi Channel.
Chello Multicanal is the leading independent producer of thematic channels for Spain and Portugal. The company currently produces 21 television channels, including Canal Hollywood, XTRM, Somos, MGM, Ctk. Odisea, Natura, Canal Cocina, Decasa, and Sol Musicia. It also produces Canal de Historia, BIO, and Crime & Investigation for the Iberia market through a joint venture with AETN. Canal Panda, Canal Hollywood, Panda Biggs, MOV, and MOV HD are produced and distributed exclusively for the Portuguese market though Dreamia, a joint venture with Zon Multimedia.
Chello Central Europe delivers a portfolio of entertainment, factual, and lifestyle channels. Its current portfolio of thirteen channels includes: Sport1, Sport2, and SportM, the leading providers of televised sports in the region. The portfolio also includes Minimax, the leading children's channel, as well as, Megamax, a children’s channel targeted toward boys aged 7-14. In the factual genre, Spektrum and Spektrum HD are the leading documentary channels in Central Europe. In the lifestyle genre, Club TV is the leading channel for women in Poland. The lifestyle genre also includes TV Paprika, the highly popular Hungary-based cooking channel, as well as Spektrum Home, Hungary's leading home improvement and gardening channel. In the entertainment genre, Filmmúzeum, is the uniquely loved film and drama channel in Hungary; Zone Europa, is the film and drama channel dedicated to Poland, Zone Romantica, is the channel filled with passion available in Hungary and Poland, as well as a joint venture channel with MGM, featuring the best of MGM's classic and blockbuster movies. At Media is the leading advertising sales house in the region representing ad sales for TV channels in the Central European region.
Chello On Demand provides Video on Demand (VoD) services principally to UPC, leveraging its advanced infrastructure and economies of scale to deliver the best premium movie deals and on demand technology solutions for affiliates across the continent. The On Demand team provides digital customers with a wide range of Hollywood blockbusters and the best European films, as well as music, children’s, factual, and entertainment programming, tailored by market and distribution platforms. The group currently offers VoD services in Austria, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland.
Liberty Global Ventures:
Liberty Global Ventures is an investment fund that focuses on making minority investments in high growth companies with a focus on content, emerging market distribution, and technology. Liberty Global Ventures actively leverages operating resources from the Liberty Global group of companies through all aspects of the investment life cycle. The fund is managed by a dedicated team of professionals located in Denver, London, and Sydney.
Information above is presented as of December 31, 2011, unless otherwise stated.