Media Capital

Media Capital SGPS SA
Type	Media company
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Oeiras, Portugal
Products	TV stations, radio stations, magazines, internet
Owner	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%; Free float - 2,9475%; DoCasal Investimentos, Lda. - 2,5%;
Website	Media Capital

Media Capital SGPS, SA, is a Portuguese media corporation founded in 1988 (originally named SOCI - Sociedade de Comunicação Independente, founded by ), based in Oeiras, Lisbon. Media Capital is a major media group in Portugal, and is one of the biggest media corporations in Europe. Media Capital distributes 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer home video releases in the Portuguese market under the Castello Lopes label. From 2005 to 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[]

TVI, a television broadcaster. It was acquired by Media Capital in 1997.

Media Capital Rádios, a radio broadcaster, which includes several radio stations:

Rádio Comercial - national net of broadcasters:
- 88.1 FM - Fóia (Monchique) → 10 kW
- 88.7 FM - Lamego (Viseu) → 5 kW
- 88.9 FM - Minhéu (Vila Real) → 10 kW
- 89.0 FM - Leiria - Maunça → 1 kW
- 89.3 FM - Esposende (Braga) → 0,4 kW
- 90.8 FM - Lousã (Coimbra) → 44 kW
- 91.9 FM - Bornes Mountains → 10 kW
- 92.0 FM - Mendro Mountains (Beja district - also serving Évora's district) → 50 kW
- 92.2 FM - Oliveirinha (Aveiro) → 0,2 kW
- 93.9 FM - Samil - Bragança → 10 kW
- 94.3 FM - Viseu → 0,5 kW

96.1 FM - Faro - São Miguel/Goldra → 10 kW
96.1 FM - Guarda/P. Vento → 10 kW
96.8 FM - Grândola → 10 kW
97.4 FM - Lisboa (Monsanto Forest Park) → 44 kW
97.7 FM - Porto (Monte da Virgem) → 44 kW
98.2 FM - Fundão (Gardunha Mountains) → 10 kW
98.5 FM - Sintra → 0,3 kW
98.9 FM - Portalegre (Marada Alta Mountains) → 10 kW
99.0 FM - Valença do Minho - Monte do Faro → 10 kW
99.2 FM - Braga (Sameiro) → 5 kW
99.8 FM - Montejunto Mountains → 10 kW
103.1 FM - Vouzela (Pena Hill) → 0,2 kW

Cidade - ten local radio stations:
- 91.6 FM - Lisboa → 5 kW
- 97.2 FM - Redondo → 0.5 kW
- 99.3 FM - Alcanena → 2 kW
- 99.7 FM - Penacova (Coimbra) → 1 kW
- 99.7 FM - Loulé (Faro district) → 2 kW

106.2 FM - Montijo → 1 kW
101.0 FM - Vale de Cambra (Aveiro) → 0.5 kW
102.8 FM - Viseu → 2 kW
104.4 FM - Braga (Amares) 104.4 FM → 1 kW
107.2 FM - Vila Nova de Gaia - Porto → 0.5 kW

M80 Radio
- 90.0 - Matosinhos (Porto)
- 93.0 - Leiria
- 95.6 - Penalva do Castelo (Viseu)
- 96.4 - Santarém
- 98.4 - Coimbra
- 94.4 FM - Aveiro
- 97.4 FM - Vila Real

104.3 - Lisbon and Setúbal
106.1 - Faro
106.4 - Beja and Évora
106.7 - Portalegre
107.1 - Portimão
107.5 - Grândola / Santiago do Cacém
103.8 - Braga and Fafe

- 107.2 - Lisbon Metro Area
- 103.0 - Coimbra & Centre region
- 94.3 - Porto Metro Area

- 89.5 - Matosinhos - Porto
- 92.8 - Figueiró dos Vinhos (Coimbra)
- 96.6 - Lisbon
- 97.7 - Santarém
- 103.0 - Barreiro

Shut down stations[]

- 89.5 FM - Valongo
- 101.1 FM - Moita

Star FM
- Benavente (Belmonte) 1035 AM
- 96.6 FM - Lisboa
- 105.8 FM - Porto
- 96.8 FM - Sabugal

103.0 FM - Coimbra and Cantanhede
97.7 FM - Santarem
104.4 FM - Manteigas

Magazines[]

, 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[]

, a multimedia content provider (also an Internet service provider previously).

Ownership[]

Media Capital is owned by PRISA (95%), and by the Savings Banks of Vigo, Ourense and Pontevedra (5%).

External links[]

Media Capital - official website
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SIC	SIC SIC Notícias SIC Mulher SIC Radical SIC K SIC Caras SIC Internacional
TVI	TVI CNN Portugal TVI Ficção TVI África TVI Internacional
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Globo Portugal	Globo
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Sport TV	SportTV 1 SportTV 2 SportTV 3 SportTV 4 SportTV 5 SportTV 6 SportTV +
Eleven Sports	Eleven Sports 1 Eleven Sports 2 Eleven Sports 3 Eleven Sports 4 Eleven Sports 5 Eleven Sports 6
ViacomCBS	MTV MTV 00s MTV Live Nickelodeon Nick Jr.
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Sony	AXN AXN White AXN Movies
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WarnerMedia	Boomerang Cartoon Network CNN CNN Portugal
Stingray Group	Stingray Classica Stingray Djazz Stingray iConcerts Stingray Loud Stingray Retro
Rai	Rai 1 Rai 2 Rai 3
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Services and platforms	TDT ^DTT NOS ^{HFC, FTTH, SAT} MEO ^{DSL, FTTH, SAT} Vodafone ^{FTTH, DSL} Nowo ^{HFC, FTTH}
Defunct	A&E Animax AXN Black Disney Cinemagic Fine Living KidsCo MOV MTV Dance MTV Music 24 MTV Rocks MTV 80s MVM RTP HD SIC Comédia Stingray Brava +TVI VH1 VH1 Classic
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