Organisation
The TV4 Group consists of TV4 AB with the business areas Allmänkanaler (general channels), including TV4 and TV4 Plus, and Nischkanaler, with all the TV4 Group’s specialised channels, the latest addition being TV4 Science Fiction. In addition TV4 New Medias, produces a large number of websites, mobile services and teletext. Among the subsidiaries are the 100% TV4-owned TV4 Sverige AB and TV4 Sport AB, a sports channel with Sport-Expressen as collaborator.
The TV4 Group has a streamlined organisation, and as a market-leading media house, the company propels developments with an ever-growing proportion of programmes produced by production companies, something which has had a profound impact on the TV market in general.
The TV4 Group has approximately 1,000 employees, and engaged some 4,000 people in different projects and programmes during the year. Eleven Swedish TV channels are produced in-house, which corresponds to over 80,000 hours of television a year, equivalent of 220 hours a day. Added to this are the four Finnish channels and the 14 Canal+ channels
The chairman of the TV4 Group board is Torsten Larsson. The TV4 Group executive comprises 14 directors and managers under CEO Jan Scherman, who has held this post since 2001.
The TV4 Group is part of the Bonnier group, a family-owned media corporation based in Sweden. Bonnier AB comprises some 150 companies with 12,000 employees in more than 20 countries. With operations covering most media formats, its divisions are Books, Business Press, Newspapers, Magazine Group and Broadcasting & Entertainment (film, music, radio and TV).










