TVN Warner Bros. Discovery
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| Formerly | TVN Discovery Polska (2018–2019) TVN Grupa Discovery (2019–2022) TVN Group (2022) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Poland |
Key people |
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| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Divisions | TVN Group |
| Website | prasa.tvn.pl |
TVN Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly known as TVN Grupa Discovery) is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery that operates television channels and services in Poland. It operates the TVN Group, a media company acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive, which later got bought by Discovery, Inc.
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, which is also president of TVN Group.[1][3]
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,[4][5] and the remaining stake owned by ITI Group and Canal+ Group on July.[6]
In December 2016, Discovery, Inc. bought a 49% stake on Metro, a recently launched television channel by Agora.[7] In August 2017, Discovery announced that it would buy the remaining 51% stock, gaining complete ownership over the channel.[8]
Establishment
On March 6, 2018, Scripps was acquired by Discovery,[9] 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.[1][3]
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.[2]
Local assets
Global assets
- Animal Planet
- Boomerang
- Cartoon Network
- Cinemax
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery Life
- Discovery Science
- DTX
- Eurosport
- Food Network
- HBO
- HGTV
- Investigation Discovery
- TLC
- Travel Channel
- Warner TV
Leadership
- Kasia Kieli, President & Managing Director TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO TVN
- Rafał Ogrodnik, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
- Michał Samul, News Director
- Dorota Żurkowska, Sports Director, Chief Commercial Development and Distribution Officer
- Maciej Gozdowski, Streaming Director
- Piotr Tyborowicz, Chief Advertising Sales Officer
- Dominika Stępińska-Duch, Chief Legal, Privacy and Compliance Officer
- Agnieszka Maciejewska, Chief People and Culture Officer
- Jan Mróz, Chief Communication & PR Officer
- Marcin Bogłowski, Chief Strategy, Insights and Data Officer
- Krzysztof Kozłowski, Chief Technology Officer
References
- ^ a b c Middleton, Richard (April 21, 2022). "Warner Bros. Discovery names int'l team, as Priya Dogra, James Gibbons & Anil Jhingan take new roles". TBI Vision. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "Edward Miszczak żegna się z TVN. Będzie też nowa struktura organizacyjna". TVN24. June 7, 2022. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ a b Zielińska, Urszula (April 21, 2022). "WarnerBros. Discovery w Polsce samodzielnym bytem. Są zmiany w kierownictwie TVN". Rzecpospolita. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Scripps buys majority stake in TVN". C21media. March 16, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Scripps Networks Interactive sfinalizował przejęcie TVN". Tvn24. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ Dickens, Andrew (July 2, 2015). "Scripps completes TVN purchase". C21media. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Discovery kupuje 49% udziałów w Metro". satkurier.pl. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Discovery przejmie od Agory telewizję Metro". satkurier.pl. August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 6, 2018). "Discovery Closes Scripps Acquisition, Creating Non-scripted Content Giant". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 6, 2018.