ITI Group (International Trading and Investments Holdings SA Luxembourg), known as Grupa ITI in

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, was a large

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ed in

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. On 2 July 2015, ITI Group and Canal+ Group complete the sale of their controlling interest in

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to Scripps Networks Interactive. The ITI Group was co-founded by businessmen

Jan Wejchert Jan Bohdan Wejchert (; 5 January 1950 – 31 October 2009) was a Polish businessman and media mogul. He had a net worth of $1.3 billion (Forbes) Wejchert was the co-founder of the ITI Group, one of Poland's largest media groups, as well as the ...

(1950–2009) and Mariusz Walter in 1984. The company received a license from the then authorities of the Polish People's Republic to import electronic equipment and distribute films on video cassettes in Poland. Wejchert served as the ITI Group's first President and founding

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. Wejchert ran the company jointly with Walter and

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. In 2018, after selling all of its assets, the company was closed.

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