Corporate history

Established in 1998, Chellomedia is part of Liberty Global, Inc., the world's leading international operator, serving 16 million customer homes with video, broadband and telephone services, with 30 million homes passed.

The Chellomedia division has significantly developed its business and revenues through both mergers and acquisitions, as well as through organic growth. A number of the channels are distributed globally, such as Zone Reality, the Extreme Sports Channel, JimJam, Zone Club and Canal Panda, while other channels are developed and managed specifically for regional markets, such as the premium movie and sports bouquet Film1 and Sport1 for the Benelux markets.

Key recent milestones include:

• The launch of the Extreme Sports Channel in 1999 and acquisition of the remaining 30% in 2005
• Acquisition of 90% of Zonevision in 2005, with the further consolidation in 2007
• Acquisition of Sport1&2, Hungary in 2005 for its portfolio of channels in Central Europe
• Acquisition of the remaining 50% of IPS Multicanal in 2005 for its Iberian operations
• Acquisition of the Canal+ Movie and Sports premium channels in 2005 for Chello Benelux
• Acquisition of the balance of 50% of Minimax for Chello Central Europe in 2007
• Acquisition of JimJam and launch of an international channel joint venture with HiT Entertainment to be run by Chello Zone
• Acquisition of TV Paprika, TV Deko and Filmmuzeum for Chello Central Europe
• The launch of the Chello Foundation January 2008, with the Taoiseach of Ireland (Prime Minister of the Irish Republic), Mr Bertie Ahern, January 2008
• Acquisition of documentary channel Spektrum for Chello Central Europe in September 2008