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Pro filters is a private station from Germany.

A TV-Vollprogramm sends pro filters around the clock, which admits of successful features and TV serials particularly by the radiant emittance became. The transmitter came out from the program Eureka TV.

The transmitter forms the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, which since 2003 by the majority by a group of investors around Haim Saban one controlled since 2000 together with the transmitters SAT.1, cables one and N24, as well as numerous further subsidiaries. 2005 should be taken over the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG by the Axel Springer publishing house for approximately 2.2 billion euro. The third biggest medium company of Europe would have developed. This purchase was not approved however end of 2005/Anfang 2006 by the Federal Cartel Office and the KEK. On 31 January 2006 Springer finally communicated the refusal of the assumption.

History

Years of the foundation

On 13 October 1988 pro filters the Television GmbH was created as a successor of Eureka TV. Establishment partners were Gerhard Ackermans (51%) and Thomas Kirch (49%), the son Leo Kirchs. One may assume that Thomas Kirch acted thereby out of trust-legal reasons as a stooge for his father, since this held portions of the competition program Sat.1 at that time. Thomas Kirch took over the transmitter already soon completely.

On 8 December 1988 it came to the combination of the transmitter on the satellite Astra 1a and on 1 January 1989 took up pro filters with daily nine hours program its transmit mode from Munich. Establishment managing director was the George Kofler. After a press release of 16. March 1989 employed pro filters at that time 70 coworkers and had a range of 2.44 million spectators.

With the combination of the transmitter on the satellite DFS Kopernikus in July 1989 the range of the transmitter was developed. In addition gradually the transmitting time was increased to, to pro filters kept 17 hours daily in Munich the first terrestrial frequency for a private station.

At the 1. March 1990 moved the television station from Munich Schwabing to with Munich. At this time pro filters 120 coworkers had. Two months later it came to the completion that of ProSieben Studios into Since 1 October 1990 pro filters its program radiates around the clock.

Market shares

1990: 1,8 %
1991: 3,8 %
1992: 6,5 %
1993: 9,2 %
1994: 9,4 %
1995: 9,9 %
1996: 9,5 %
1997: 9,4 %
1998: 8,7 %
1999: 8,4 %
2000: 8,2 %
2001: 8,0 %
2002: 7,0 %
2003: 7,0 %
2004: 7,0 %
2005: 6,7 %

Its highest market share obtained pro filters 1995. Is strongest pro filters in the range of the 14 to spectators.

Formation of the company

The troughing

In the year 1991 the 100 percent subsidiary Teledirekt GmbH was created, which promoted the spreading of most modern satellite technology to Germany. Although pro filters at this time still in the loss zone was, it creates 1992 together with the German Telekom the section transmitter "the troughing" (since 24 December of 1994 cables 1, since 28. March of 2005 cables one), in which pro filters first was involved with 45 per cent. The transmitter could be received at the beginning of only over a cable connection; it should help to win new customers for the television cable system of the Telekom. 1995 took over pro filters all portions of the troughing. Directly thereupon the transmitter in "cable 1" was renamed, and which unencrypted radiant emittance over the satellite SES Astra began.

Transmission center Munich

1992 came it in July also to the establishment of the MGM MediaGruppe Munich (today SevenOne Media), which was responsible for the marketing of advertising times of the pro filter transmitter family. One year later, in the year 1993, the SZM of Studios on 24 September (SZM became stands for transmission center Munich, since June 2004: ProSiebenSat.1 production GmbH) inaugurated, which represents today one of the most modern production companies of Europe. To the year end wrote to pro filters for the first time black numbers.

Forming as corporation

In the year 1994 pro filters its teletex-seaweed-offered and got a new Senderlogo started. The conversion amounted to in the year mentioned 1.192 billion German Marks and the vat gain 144 million German Marks. On 19 December 1995 pro filters Television GmbH into the corporation pro filters Television AG (starting from 1996 pro filters Media AG, since 2000 ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) was transferred and the Leo Kirch intimate the REWE Handelsgruppe became partner (Thomas Kirch chief partner remained). George Kofler took over the executive committee presidency.

1996 received a country wide transmission permission and the Internet offer of the transmitter to pro filters were started. In the same year the companies AT&TV Merchandising Concepts GmbH and Merchandising Munich kg were bought up; the conversion grew on 1.69 billion German Marks.

Program window for Austria and Switzerland

In the years 1997 and 1998 the advertising windows for Switzerland (1997) and Austria (1998) were started. The Austrian pro filters Austria got also its own newscast ("pro filters AustriaNews", before times "pro filters Austria TopNews"). Together with RTL operated pro filters in Switzerland a common program window, which was closed however after only 7 months OnAir in the spring 2000 over night. More long-lived however the program window is in Austria, which constantly expands and offers now in co-operation with the Viennese city transmitter pulse TV an three-hour breakfast television, which by cable one are radiated austria and Sat.1 Austria.

Stock exchange course

In July 1998 went to pro filters to the stock exchange (with 50-facher oversubscription of the share), however excluding non-voting preference stocks were spent. One year later took place already the ascent into the MDAX. in addition 1998 were inaugurated in Berlin twelve million German Marks the expensive pro filter house.

Establishment of N24

1999 came it to the establishment of the news station N24, at the beginning of of 2000 on transmission went. Pro filters, which had up to then not been noticeable straight by message authority, thereby in the realigning and restaurant economics n-tv (particularly because of the stock exchange boom at that time was very popular) competition wanted to make for the monopolist at that time and increase the transmitter family. Meanwhile N24 has a larger spectator portion than n-tv. 1998 took over pro filters the press agency of strip packing.

further events until 2000

On 19 September 1999 pro filters with the radiant emittance of digital multi-channel clay/tone in the Dolby digitally format began. Receipt bar is the Dolby digital Stream over the satellite system Astra in the DVB format. The complete program is radiated since then in the Dolby digital 2,0 format. Special features are radiated in Dolby digital 5,1. The first feature in the 5.1-Format on pro filters was courage to the truth.

In the March of the yearly 2000 the pro filter daughter SevenSenses was created, which ranks in the meantime among the most successful creative agencies. In June 2004 it fused with the SZM of Studios to the ProSiebenSat.1 production GmbH.

Fusion with Sat.1

End of the yearly 1999 brought Thomas Kirch its portions into the KirchMedia GmbH&Co KGaA of its father, which became thereby the majority shareholder both with Sat.1 and at the group of pro filters. 1 February 2000 Swiss corporate lawyer Urs Rohner was appointed the chairman of the board by pro filters; George Kofler, which had led pro filters since its establishment, separated - probably not completely voluntarily - from the enterprise. Urs Rohner did not have experience in the television business; its appointment had the background that Leo Kirch had wished itself a restaurant lawyer as a chairman of the board, who should legally surely unite the societies of Sat.1 and pro filters.

On 13 October 2000, 12 years after the establishment of pro filters, shares of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG at the Frankfurt stock exchange were acted for the first time. Already in the subsequent month November comes it to the fusion of the two marketing companies Mediagruppe Munich (pro filters) and MEDIA 1 to the SevenOne Media.

Pro filters Television GmbH

In the course of the fusion pro filters a Television GmbH (new) is created, these has however only the enterprise of the television station pro filters themselves for the purpose.

Managing director new pro filters of the Television GmbH was since 2000 Nicolas Paalzow. After it, followed 2004 Dejan Jocic in May, which was replaced in December 2005 from Andreas Bartl.