Media Capital

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Media Capital SGPS SA

Type	Media company
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Oeiras, Portugal
Products	TV stations, radio stations, magazines, internet
Owner(s)	Grupo PRISA
Website	Media Capital

Media Capital SGPS, SA, is a Portuguese media corporation founded in 1988 (originally named SOCI - Sociedade de Comunicação Independente), 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. Grupo PRISA is 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 and Monchique 88.7 FM - Lamego 88.9 FM - Minhéu 89.0 FM - Leiria 90.8 FM - Lousã 91.9 FM - Bornes 92.0 FM - Mendro 93.9 FM - Bragança 96.1 FM - Faro

96.1 FM - Guarda 96.8 FM - Grândola 97.4 FM - Lisboa and Monsanto 97.7 FM - Porto and Monte da Virgem 98.2 FM - Gardunha 98.9 FM - Portalegre 99.0 FM - Valença 99.2 FM - Braga 99.8 FM - Montejunto

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

Cidade FM - eight local radio stations: 91.6 FM - Lisboa 97.2 FM - Redondo 99.3 FM - Alcanena 99.7 FM - Penacova and Loulé 104.4 FM - Braga (Amares) 104.4 FM.-

106.2 FM - Montijo 101.0 FM - Vale de Cambra 102.8 FM - Viseu 104.4 FM - Amares 107.2 FM - Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto

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

104.3 - Lisboa and Setubal 106.1 - Faro 106.4 - Beja and Evora 106.7 - Portoalegre 107.1 - Portimäo 107.5 - Santiago do Cacem 103.8 - Braga and Fafe

• Best Rock FM
  • 89.5 FM - Valongo
  • 101.1 FM - Moita
• Vodafone FM
  • 92.8 - Coimbra and Figueiró dos Vinhos
  • 94.3 - Porto and Maia
  • 107.2 - Lisboa and Amadora

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

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

Ownership

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

External links

• Media Capital - official website
• MCR
• Grupo PRISA