MediaForEurope
MediaForEurope, officially MFE - MediaForEurope N.V., formerly Mediaset Group (Italian: Gruppo Mediaset), is a Dutch-domiciled Italian-based media and communications company which is majority-owned by Berlusconi family's Fininvest Group. MFE specialises primarily in free-to-air and pay-TV production and distribution on multiple platforms, as well as in film and multimedia production and distribution, and advertising sales. It has operations in Italy (through Mediaset S.p.A.), Spain (through Mediaset España) and Germany (through ProSiebenSat.1 Media).
| Formerly | Gruppo Mediaset |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public (N.V.) |
| BIT: MFEB BIT: MFEA | |
| ISIN | IT0001063210 |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Fedele Confalonieri (Chairperson) Pier Silvio Berlusconi (CEO) Marco Giordani (CFO) |
| Revenue | 4.23 billion € (2020) |
| 374 million € (2021) | |
| Owner | Fininvest (49.3%) Simon Fiduciaria (19.2%) Vivendi (4.6%) Treasury stock (3.1%) Public float (23.7%) |
Number of employees | 4990 (2021) |
| Subsidiaries | Mediaset S.p.A. Mediaset España ProSiebenSat.1 Media (28.87%) |
| Website | www |
Its registered office is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, while its management, operational, administrative and tax headquarters are located in Cologno Monzese, in the metropolitan city of Milan. Since 1994 the president of MFE is Fedele Confalonieri.
The group has been listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1996 and the majority shareholder is Fininvest, a holding company founded in the 1970s by Silvio Berlusconi. It is the second largest private television group in Europe after the Luxembourg-based RTL Group and the first in Italy. In terms of turnover it is among the most important in the global media market. In 2010 it was ranked the best Italian media group and fifth largest in Europe in the Thomson Reuters Extel ranking. In 2013 it was ranked the 34th largest media group in the world.