TVN Warner Bros. Discovery explained

TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
Type:Subsidiary
Former Name:TVN Grupa Discovery (2018–2022)
Hq Location:Media Business Centre
Hq Location City:Warsaw
Hq Location Country:Poland
Industry:Media
Parent:Warner Bros. Discovery International
Divisions:TVN Group
Website:prasa.tvn.pl
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

TVN Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly known as TVN Grupa Discovery) has been subsumed into Warner Bros. Discovery in Poland, alongside other group assets including Eurosport and HBO Max.

The business included the assets of the TVN Group, a media company acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive, which later got bought by Discovery, Inc.

Originally, with the merger of WarnerMedia with Discovery, Inc., and the restructuration of its international business, the company's Polish assets, instead of being under Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA control, were left under its own subsidiary under control of Kasia Kieli, who s also president of TVN Group[4] and runs HBO, Max in the territory.

In June 2024 content from across all group brands will be available on launch via the max streaming service.

History

Background

TVN Group, a Polish media company founded on 1995, was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive in 2015; first a 52.7% majority stake on March,[5] [6] and the remaining stake owned by ITI Group and Canal+ Group on July.[7]

In December 2016, Discovery, Inc. bought a 49% stake on Metro, a recently launched television channel by Agora.[8] In August 2017, Discovery announced that it would buy the remaining 51% stock, gaining complete ownership over the channel.[9]

Establishment

On March 6, 2018, Scripps was acquired by Discovery,[10] which led to the latter to expand its Polish business. Since then, Discovery merged its localized global networks under TVN Group control.

In 2022, after Discovery completed its merger with WarnerMedia, Kasia Kieli was named president for the group operations in Poland (also being named CEO of TVN Group), noting that Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA had no oversight over operations in the country, making it a separate entity under Warner Bros. Discovery International.[2] [4]

On July 7, 2022, Edward Miszczak, programming director at TVN since its beginnings and member of the board of directors of the company announced its departure, with a transition period in which he will be the director of the newly created programming division at TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.[3]

Local assets

FAST assets

Other assets

Global assets

Regional assets

Leadership

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poland . TVN24 . March 6, 2018 . Discovery is finalizing the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, the owner of TVN . TVN24.
  2. News: Middleton. Richard. Warner Bros. Discovery names int’l team, as Priya Dogra, James Gibbons & Anil Jhingan take new roles. May 29, 2022. TBI Vision. April 21, 2022. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612175807/https://tbivision.com/2022/04/21/warner-bros-discovery-names-intl-team-as-priya-dogra-james-gibbons-anil-jhingan-take-new-roles/.
  3. News: Edward Miszczak żegna się z TVN. Będzie też nowa struktura organizacyjna. June 12, 2022. TVN24. June 7, 2022. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612180150/https://tvn24.pl/polska/edward-miszczak-odchodzi-z-tvn-bedzie-tez-nowa-struktura-organizacyjna-warner-bros-discovery-5742004.
  4. News: Zielińska. Urszula. WarnerBros. Discovery w Polsce samodzielnym bytem. Są zmiany w kierownictwie TVN. June 4, 2022. Rzecpospolita. April 21, 2022. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612180509/https://www.rp.pl/media/art36122951-warnerbros-discovery-w-polsce-samodzielnym-bytem-sa-zmiany-w-kierownictwie-tvn.
  5. News: Scripps buys majority stake in TVN. August 3, 2017. C21media. March 16, 2015.
  6. News: Scripps Networks Interactive sfinalizował przejęcie TVN. Tvn24. 3 July 2015.
  7. News: Dickens. Andrew. Scripps completes TVN purchase. August 3, 2017. C21media. July 2, 2015. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612181334/https://www.c21media.net/news/scripps-completes-tvn-purchase/.
  8. News: Discovery kupuje 49% udziałów w Metro. December 9, 2016. satkurier.pl. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612180847/https://satkurier.pl/news/154393/discovery-kupuje-49-udzialow-w-metro.html.
  9. News: Discovery przejmie od Agory telewizję Metro. August 21, 2017. satkurier.pl. June 12, 2022. https://archive.today/20220612181134/https://satkurier.pl/news/162067/discovery-przejmie-od-agory-telewizje-metro.html.
  10. Web site: Discovery Closes Scripps Acquisition, Creating Non-scripted Content Giant. Szalai. Georg. The Hollywood Reporter. March 6, 2018. March 6, 2018.

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