Media Capital SGPS, SA, is a Portuguese media corporation founded in 1988 (originally named SOCI - Sociedade de Comunicação Independente, founded by
Luís Nobre Guedes), 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
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and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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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
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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
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M80 Radio
M80 Radio is a radio station in Portugal (and formerly also Spain) playing music from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
In Spain, the station began the emission on January 18, 1993 as Radio 80 Serie Oro. In 1994, the name was changed to M80. On ...
**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
*
Vodafone FM
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, Vodaf ...
**107.2 - Lisbon Metro Area
**103.0 - Coimbra & Centre region
**94.3 - Porto Metro Area
*
Smooth FM
**89.5 - Matosinhos - Porto
**92.8 - Figueiró dos Vinhos (Coimbra)
**96.6 - Lisbon
**97.7 - Santarém
**103.0 - Barreiro
Shut down stations
*
Best Rock FM
**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
*
Media Capital Edições, a magazine publisher:
** Lux Magazine (women's magazine)
**Maxmen (Portuguese version of
Maxim
Maxim or Maksim may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine
** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition
** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition
*Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sir ...
men's magazine)
**Portugal Diário (news magazine)
**Agência Financeira (financial magazine)
**MaisFutebol (
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
magazine)
Internet
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IOL (Portugal), a multimedia content provider (also an
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privat ...
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
MCR
{{Portuguese television stations
Companies listed on Euronext Lisbon
Mass media companies established in 1988
Mass media companies of Portugal
1988 establishments in Portugal