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Media Capital SGPS SA
Company typePublic
Euronext LisbonMCP
Founded1988
Headquarters,
Key people
Mário Ferreira (chairman)
ProductsTV stations, radio stations, magazines, internet
Owner
  • Pluris Investments, S.A. (35.38%)
  • Triun, SGPS, S.A. (23%)
  • Biz Partners (11.98%)
  • CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte, S.A. (11.2%)
  • Zenithodyssey, Lda. (10%)
  • Free float (2.95%)
  • DoCasal Investimentos, Lda. (2.5%)
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WebsiteMedia Capital

Media Capital SGPS, SA, is a Portuguese media corporation founded in 1988 (originally named SOCI – Sociedade de Comunicação Independente, founded by Luís Nobre Guedes), based in Oeiras, Lisbon in Portugal. Media Capital is a major media group in Portugal, and one of the biggest media corporations in Europe. It distributes 20th Century Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) home video releases in the Portuguese market under the Castello Lopes label.


2020, PRISA was the principal owner of Media Capital.

Businesses

Media Capital operates in several areas of media and advertising. Here is a list of the companies owned by Media Capital.

Broadcasting

Magazines

  • Media Capital Edições, a magazine publisher:
    • Lux Magazine (women's magazine)
    • Maxmen (Portuguese version of Maxim men's magazine)
    • Portugal Diário (news magazine)
    • Agência Financeira (financial magazine)
    • MaisFutebol (Association football magazine)

Internet

Former units

Radio

Media Capital Rádios, a radio broadcaster, which includes several radio stations (sold to Bauer Media Group in February 2022[1]):

  • Vodafone FM
    • 107.2 - Lisbon Metro Area
    • 103.0 - Coimbra & Centre region
    • 94.3 - Porto Metro Area
  • Smooth FM
    • 89.5 - Matosinhos - Porto
    • 92.8 - Figueiró dos Vinhos (Coimbra)
    • 96.6 - Lisbon
    • 97.7 - Santarém
    • 103.0 - Barreiro

Shut down stations

Ownership

Media Capital is owned by Pluris Investments, S.A. (35.38%), Triun, SGPS, S.A. (23%), Biz Partners (11.9725%), CIN – Corporação Industrial do Norte, S.A. (11.20%), Zenithodyssey, Lda. (10%), Fitas & Essências, Lda. (3%) and DoCasal Investimentos, Lda. - (2.5%).[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Media Capital vende rádios a alemães da Bauer por 69,6 milhões de euros". ionline (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-16.