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purely Czech media group

2007

January – companies  Stamford Managing (STM) and City Multimedia (CM) form strategic partnership; STM is getting 17% share in CM, CM got 100% in the First Broadcasting, STM got the CM shares in Radios Most a Blaník JM

27. 6. 2007 – The Stamford Managing is joined by a fourth shareholder, Mr. Antonín Koláček, and the group is transformed into Holding Media Bohemia.

2006

January – departure of Radio Bonton from the MMS Group

June – launching a pilot project of new family of radios on Radio Děčín

July – departure of three shareholders from Stamford

September + October – Stamford acquires Hit Radio Orion, Hit Radio FM Plus, Hit Radio Factor, Radio Šumava, Eldorado, Fine Radio Hits, Radio Apollo and Radio Dragon

1^st of October – merger between Trilobum Media, Factor Media, Radio Media, BDG, Proradio and MMS into newly formed company Media Marketing Services a.s.

2005

March – Stamford Managing acquires part of the North Music Radio and Radio Labe

May – Stamford Managing acquires Radio Crystal

May – the Fine Radio Family is born

June – MMS takes over stations represented until then by the Radio Net National; the MMS Group’s position, as the strongest media representative on the radio broadcasting market strengthens considerably – their market share climbs to 41.3%.

September – Stamford Managing is acquiring Radio Děčín; the Hit Radio Family is born

October – Stamford Managing enters the Radio Life

December – Radio Metuje is joining the Stamford Managing Group

2004

April – Fine Radio joins the Stamford Managing Group

June – Stamford Managing gets a share of Radio Agara

August – Radio OK and Radio Most join the Stamford Managing Group

2003

Stamford Managing a.s. Company is born

Owners of MMS and First Broadcasting incorporate the Stamford Managing Company and transfer their shares to MMS and First Broadcasting

In November, Stamford Managing gets an ownership share in Radio Blaník, South Moravia and Radio Vysočina

2002

MMS again represents Country Radio

Strengthening of market position takes place principally in Prague and Central Bohemia

2000

The RRM Company becomes the strongest media representative

Before the year ends, MMS regains its position of the strongest media representative

1999

In February, Radio Alfa ceases broadcasting

Representation of Radio Impulse on the advertising market falls to the competing company, RRM

As the result of Radio Alfa’s exit, there is considerable drop in the market share for MMS

The ownership structure of MMS is undergoing changes – part shares of Radio Alfa go to the present owners, part goes to the MMS management.

1999

First Broadcasting is granted license to broadcast Radio Melody – now Radio Olympic

First Broadcasting has practically the same owners as MMS

Incorporation of First Broadcasting represents another step of the MMS owners venture into radio broadcasting

1998

Radio Alfa fails to renew its broadcasting licence

The license for general radio broadcasting was granted to Radio Impulse. The end of Radio Alfa means a loss of a general broadcaster in the MMS portfolio

1995

28. November 1995 – incorporation of Media Marketing Services – Media Representatives

The original company founders were the owners of regional and local radio stations and the company from the Radio Alfa broadcaster.

MMS at the beginning represents the radio stations of its owners; later on the portfolio grows by additional regional and local radio stations.