Doğan Yayın Holding
Doğan Yayın Holding (DYH) is Turkey's leading media and entertainment conglomerate. It operates in TV and radio broadcasting and print and online media. DYH is uniquely positioned in the Turkish media industry to inform and entertain as well as connect people in innovative ways that enrich their lives.
Doğan Yayın Holding, Hürriyet, Milliyet and Doğan Burda stocks are publicly traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
The business model adopted by DYH foresees two main divisions within the Holding to better accommodate its ever-expanding and diversifying activities: content producers and service providers.
DYH's content producers include its newspapers, magazines, book publishers, TV channels, radio stations and music company. Service providers include distribution, retail, production, cable TV, Internet, printing and advertising sales companies as well as a factoring company. Operating under the guiding principle of convergence, significant synergies result between DYH's companies. Many of the Holding's businesses are leaders in their respective sectors and markets.
Newspaper publishing has traditionally been the core business activity of DYH. seven newspapers including Hürriyet, Milliyet, Radikal, Posta, Fanatik, Referans and more recently the Turkish Daily News - the country's premier English-language newspaper - form the backbone of DYH's print media business.
DYH's Kanal D is one of Turkey's most popular and profitable television channels. With the acquisition of Star TV, Turkey's first ever private channel, to the DYH family in the final months of 2005, DYH has added yet another widely-viewed channel to its network. DYH's operations in the thematic channel segment of the industry include the news channel CNN TÜRK - DYH's joint venture with Time Warner; music channels Dream TV, Dream Türk TV; sports channels BJK TV and Fenerbahçe TV; and the interactive channel Fix TV. Publishing a total of 24 magazines, Doğan Burda (DB) is engaged in the import and domestic distribution of some of the world's leading newspapers and periodicals. At the same time, DB is also the representative of two international DYH partnerships.
With a market share of approximately 20% of the country's best-selling titles, Doğan Kitap is Turkey's most dynamic publisher. A joint venture between DYH and Egmont of Denmark, Doğan Egmont is the leading publisher of books for Turkish children and teens.
Doğan Music Company has had a licensing agreement with Bertelsmann Music International Service GmbH, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest media conglomerates, Bertelsmann AG. With the support of BMG, Doğan Music has been able to enter the international music industry while introducing its own artists globally.
More, recently, Doğan Music Company signed an agreement in 2005 with Universal Music Group (UMG), the global music market leader with a share of 24.7%. With activities in more than 77 countries, Universal Music gets its power and immeasurable value from various rooted labels within its organization that represent globally recognized musical talent. DYH has a key market position in the distribution of print media in Turkey due to the size, reach and efficiency of Yaysat. Doğan Ofset is an internationally competitive printing company offering high standards of print and quality service.
DYH, Turkey's largest content provider, has taken important steps to develop its new media activities. The first of these was the expansion and consolidation of its existing activities by prioritizing investment in Internet and cable TV services. As a Group, DYH possesses the potential to create significant synergy in terms of content and connectivity between its Internet and digital broadcasting units. DYH has put together the widest spectrum of portal groups within Doğan Online, Turkey's largest Internet company.
D&R, the DYH family's music and book chain store, is the market leader in Turkey in products of culture, entertainment and the arts. D&R uses a variety of marketing platforms, from stores in prime locations to the D&R online store to reach book and music lovers.
www.dyh.com.tr
Newspapers
With an average daily circulation of 4.1 million, Turkey's newspapers continue to be a sought after venue by advertisers. With seven daily papers, Doğan Yayın Holding commands a 40% market share of circulation in Turkish newspaper media.
Hürriyet
Turkey's long-time top selling newspaper Hürriyet is also one of the top selling non-European newspapers in Europe.
For more than 50 years, the name Hürriyet has been synonymous with freedom of speech and objectivity in journalism. True to this reputation, Hürriyet has assembled a distinguished group of journalists, editors and columnists with diverse opinions and perspectives covering a wide range of political views. The newspaper's high quality content has made it Turkey's most widely read daily paper. Reflecting the highest of Turkey's democratic and social ideals, Hürriyet is the readers' first choice for its editorials, clear and concise coverage of politics, the economy, business, sports, entertainment and the arts.
Hürriyet's primary goal is to maintain its policy of fair, unbiased and independent coverage of current local and global affairs. With a reputation for superior standards in journalism coupled with current, accurate and objective reporting, Hürriyet has long been the primary reference guide for the nation's influential opinion leaders and decision-makers. Hürriyet is Turkey's first internationally recognized newspaper and continues to be the best-known media company in the country. Hürriyet's reputation extends beyond Turkey it has one of the highest circulations among non-European newspapers in Europe.
In 2005, Hürriyet's website was visited by an average of six million online readers monthly, making it one of Turkey's most visited news portals. Headlines are refreshed throughout the day, with its breaking news and market information among the most visited areas of the site.
Hürriyet has changed its web address from hurriyetim.com.tr to hurriyet.com.tr in October 2005, as a part of its web-related strategies. Meanwhile it has renovated its infrastructure to match new technological standards and has nearly six million visitors and 150 million hits on a monthly basis.
Hürriyet is fully aware that newspaper journalism requires maximum social responsibility. With its "Stop Family Violence" campaign that it introduced at the end of 2004, it supports efforts to solve one of the most important social problems - one that transcends class, cultural and religious differences and national boundaries. Hürriyet placed the problem on the agenda within the context of an integrated program and organized training sessions. In November 2005, it held a conference in Istanbul, attended by the United Nations Population Fund, NGOs, private companies and government representatives from different countries, where a joint and international effort was made to come up with solutions.
www.hurriyet.com.tr
Milliyet
Milliyet is one of the four best-selling newspapers in Turkey, favored by well-educated individuals and key opinion leaders from all fields.
Founded in 1950, Milliyet is still the undisputed champion for "Reliability in the Press." It is the first and only newspaper in Turkey that was founded on international principles of publishing incorporating high ethical standards. With its specialized contributors and well-respected columnists, it has become a newspaper often referred to and quoted by key opinion leaders in all fields.
Readers have come to trust that Milliyet has a strong sense of social responsibility about everything it does, not only in terms of journalism but also in its promotional campaigns. Milliyet adheres strictly to its journalistic principles and high ethical standards.
In an ongoing quest to support its readers in all areas of their daily lives, Milliyet has a full complement of thematic supplements including: Milliyet Kariyerim (My Career), Milliyet Emlak (Real Estate), Milliyet Otomobil (Auto), Milliyet Televizyon (TV Guide), Super Taktik (Sports), OKS Pozitif and OSS Pozitif (Education), Arabam.com (literally, MyCar.com), Milliyet Cumartesi-Pazar (Weekend), Salsa, Miço, Milliyet Sanat (Milliyet Arts).
Milliyet was a pioneer of online journalism and among the very first to launch its own website, which today enjoys a daily average of 550,000 visitors making it Turkey's most visited Internet news site.
In support of the social mission at the heart of Milliyet's editorial philosophy, the "Daddy Send Me to School" campaign debuted on the April 23, 2005, the annual Children's Day in Turkey. This broad effort in social responsibility aims to open the door to education to girls who have been deprived of education in Turkey. The short-term of goals of the campaign were determined to be construction of 17 dormitories in 15 cities, provision of scholarships for 6.750 girls and to fill the need for classroom space in 13 cities. In 2005, Milliyet took on the construction of 19 dormitories, provided approximately 3,700 girls with scholarships and the construction of classrooms in two cities. One of the most positive aspects of the campaign was the great number of individual donators that got involved. Approximately 50,000 individuals made donations. This effort has ambitious goals: to make education fully accessible to all girls and young women in Turkey.
www.milliyet.com.tr
Radikal
Radikal is a niche market newspaper targeting well-educated urban readers with a current and intellectual editorial slant.
Founded in 1996, Radikal, as its name suggests, brought new ideas and concepts to the Turkish newspaper world. Along with extensive coverage of the economy, foreign affairs and politics, business, culture and the arts, the newspaper also features articles by some of the country's most respected academics. Radikal closely follows current global news and includes important editorials from around the world.
Radikal's readers are young, well-educated, middle-to-high-income earners. The newspaper's primary objectives are to increase its market share of total newspaper sales and help foster a more intellectual climate in Turkey.
Radikal Online was launched in 1997 to reach a broader audience. Today, Radikal's website is one of the most frequently visited newspaper sites in the country. The newspaper's other portal, Sanal Alem, allows the user to keep in touch with the latest developments in information technology.
www.radikal.com.tr
Posta
The best-selling newspaper of its kind in Turkey, Posta is a mass market newspaper appealing to both urban and rural readers, men and women. It has an easy-to-read style and is priced competitively to make it the choice of many readers.
In the past ten years, Posta has gained its own loyal readership and has become the highest selling newspaper in the country. The newspaper emphasizes the human dimension and uses a positive approach in its reporting. Posta addresses Turkey's urban and rural population and appeals equally to both men and women. Its readership consists of middle to upper income wage earners. Posta is positioned to become one of the best performing newspapers in the country in coming years, and plans to continue to increase its advertising market share.
Fanatik
Fanatik is a pioneering sports-only newspaper with an emphasis on football (soccer).
Founded in 1995, Fanatik was the first daily sports newspaper in the country. It was not long after its debut that Fanatik gained a staunchly loyal readership among young males. The newspaper is also widely read by Turkish expatriates.
Fanatik brought high standards to the sports media. It is the only newspaper that has earned an international fair play award with its "Fan-etik" (Fan-ethics) page.
Fanatik provides its readers with quality sports news with a focus on Turkey's four major football (soccer) teams. The newspaper also appeals to the horse racing community with a daily four-page supplement. Online readers can reach Fanatik via its website at
www.fanatik.com.tr.
Fanatik Basket
Launched in 1996, Fanatik Basket is a weekly newspaper highlighting Turkish and foreign professional and amateur basketball teams. While satisfying the requirements for comprehensive coverage of basketball news, Fanatik is also distinguished by its superior visual design and the quality of its photography.
www.e-kolay.net/fanatik
Referans
Referans is one of Turkey's top two daily economic and financial newspapers.
Referans is considered to be the successor to Finansal Forum, which was founded in 1996. Launched on May 31, 2004, Turkey's daily business newspaper Referans has introduced modern, easy-to-read and functional business journalism into the Turkish newspaper market.
Targeting open-minded, sophisticated young business men and women in rapidly changing Turkey, Referans covers every story relevant to the business world using a down-to-earth and clear-minded approach. Readers can reach Referans via its website.
One of two economic and financial dailies in Turkey, Referans enables its readers to monitor global events and developments in Turkish, which accounts for the newspaper's success.
With its high quality daily reporting, Referans targets professionals, business executives, upper level officers and academics - in essence today's decision makers.
www.referansgazetesi.com
Turkish Daily News
The Turkish Daily News is one of Turkey's two English language daily newspapers.
The Turkish Daily News has served as Turkey's only English language daily since March 1960. Turkish Daily News joined the DYH family in January 2000.
The Turkish Daily News is the leading source of local news for foreign nationals living in Turkey. According to market studies, 60% of its readers are foreign nationals and 40% are highly educated Turkish citizens, of which 80% are university graduates.
The Turkish Daily News has undergone a renewal process in order to present its readers with a more active and dynamic newspaper. The paper's liberal approach has earned international praise and respect.
The Turkish Daily News covers major political, economic, social and cultural events while providing its readers with an extensive mix of local and international news. Its exclusive stories, interviews and analyses on foreign policy issues have earned it the reputation as the world's window into Turkey.
Opinion columns from business leaders, academics, politicians and other high-level officials help to round out the paper's already rich content. Its sports section has won much praise from leading sports writers of other major Turkish language dailies. In 2005, TDN underwent a strategic refocusing centering around the philosophy "Gateway to Turkey on the way to Europe."
Launched on May 19, 1996 in Washington as TurkishDailyNews.com, the site has been completely revamped to reach a wider audience and is now based in Ankara, operating at TurkishDailyNews.com.tr. It currently receives over 450,000 hits a day, with registered readers numbering more than 40,000. Work is under way to develop the site further.
www.TurkishDailyNews.com.tr
Broadcasting and Production
Kanal D
Kanal D reflects the vision of Turkey with its contemporary, creative, innovative and original approach to television broadcasting. Kanal D’s high performance has won it preferred status among television viewers as well as recognition in the international arena.
With quality programs targeting a wide range of viewers, Kanal D has become one of Turkey’s favorite channels. In 2004 with its meticulously prepared portfolio of high quality new programs, locally produced series, a majority of first-run films from Turkish and foreign cinema, game shows, entertainment and children’s shows, Kanal D maintained its top viewer ratings in Turkey. This success is reflected in its financial position as well. A leader in TV advertising, in 2004, Kanal D experienced an increase of 3% over the previous year, bringing its total advertising income to 29%.
In 2000, Kanal D was chosen from among 150 channels broadcasting on Eutelsat to receive the International Hot Bird Award. Together with BBC Prime, Kanal D was named the most successful channel of the year for the quality and extensive content of its programming. In May 2003, Kanal D won the BID (Business Initiative Directions) Award in Genoa for the success of the QC 100 Total Quality Management it has implemented. In 2004, Kanal D’s success in the international arena was once again validated with the achievement of the "World Quality Commitment International Star" award.
Kanal D is the first television channel in Turkey to present live broadcasting on its website.
In 2003, Kanal D moved its operations to the new headquarters shared with CNN Türk and ANS Production, generating technical synergies that will reduce in-house production costs and facilitate higher quality broadcasting. Investments currently underway in digital archiving and enlarging the information technology network will result in considerable savings of time and money, further increasing efficiency in the near future.
www.kanald.com.tr
CNN TÜRK
CNN TÜRK was established in 1999 as a joint venture between DYH and Time Warner. It is the only national 24-hour news channel controlled and operated under the CNN brand outside of Atlanta that is broadcast in the local language. Also, it is the first and the only television channel in Turkey to have an international partner.
CNN TÜRK has brought a new dimension to news broadcasting in Turkey by optimizing the local resources of DYH and the extensive resources of CNN’s global news gathering network. Experienced Turkish professionals at CNN TÜRK prepare reports for an audience that demands reliable, objective, credible and up-to-the-minute news and information about Turkey and the world. CNN TÜRK maintains an unparalleled reputation as it covers breaking news 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, utilizing all the resources of its new Istanbul Headquarters at the Doğan TV Center, the Ankara bureau and with the support of reporters in Athens, Bonn, Brussels, Budapest, Paris, Rome, London, Nicosia, Tehran, Moscow, New York and Washington.
CNN TÜRK has achieved global recognition through its successful reporting of local and world news. With the concept of “social responsibility” as one of its founding principals, CNN TÜRK offers its audience broad-based coverage of topics ranging from the economy to sports, design to history, literature to culture and the arts, trends in technology, music and cinema. The Channel also produces special features in cooperation with non-governmental organizations
During the course of its six-year broadcasting history, CNN TÜRK has gained the confidence and approval of some of the most important national and international advertisers based on the qualified content, technical resources and reliability it brings to the industry. Right from the start, CNN TÜRK, reporting on dramatic national and international events such as the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey, the ensuing economic crises, repercussions of the September 11th terrorist attacks and the Iraq war, has continued to demonstrate outstanding success. CNN TÜRK maintains a 5% advertising market share; sponsorships and advertising are its primary sources of revenue.
In 2003, CNN TÜRK moved its offices and studios to the new DOĞAN TV CENTER, fully equipped with the latest technology. Resources are shared with the other DYH television channels, creating strong synergies in all of their activities.
While reaching 40 million viewers in Turkey via cable and satellite that provides
24/7 continuous Turkish language broadcasting, in October 2004, CNN TÜRK began to broadcast in Holland, its first venture outside Turkey. Now Turkey’s primary source of news is available to the Turkish community in Holland.
Presented as a model by its partners when discussing new business ventures, CNN TÜRK has developed and grown despite national and global crises. Proving its success in television news broadcasting in celebration of its sixth year of operation, CNN TÜRK continues to move forward achieving new innovations. Cnnturk.com has completed its first year and the CNN TÜRK News Package has enabled its subscribers to get make up-to-the-minute news via SMS. CNN TÜRK Radio continues broadcasting from Istanbul on the FM frequency 92.5 and via live streaming at the cnnturk.com website.
A long-standing goal of CNN TÜRK has been to reach Turkish-speaking audiences in the Central Asian Republics and in European countries through operators of cable networks. The United States has shown considerable interest in CNN TÜRK as well. CNN TÜRK’s investment along these lines in Holland is only the first step in the achievement of this goal.
“Don’t follow the news; let the news follow you, wherever you may be.” This is the principle motivating the growth of CNN TÜRK television channels, CNN TÜRK Radio, CNN TÜRK News Package and cnnturk.com within the CNN TÜRK News Group.
CNN TÜRK Radio, broadcasting from Istanbul on the FM frequency 92.5 and live-streaming on cnnturk.com provides audiences with 24-hour news coverage that is credible, objective, reliable, impartial and up-to-the-minute.
www.cnnturk.com
Star TV
Star TV, Turkey’s first private TV channel, set up operations in Liechtenstein and began test broadcasts as “Magic Box” on May 5, 1990. Then, after leasing a channel from the German Eutelsat satellite, it began broadcasting officially as Star 1 in September of the same year. Due to legal difficulties concerning the name Star 1, the channel continued operating as Interstar and finally as Star TV - one of the largest national TV channels in Turkey today. On November 18, 2005, it joined Doğan Yayın Holding and now broadcasts around the clock. The quality and diversity of its programs and its emphasis on establishing an “intimate, warm and sincere” relationship with the public, puts it among the top four most watched national TV channels. This, combined with its technical prowess, makes it one of the pioneering institutions in the sector. With the strength derived from its restructuring, this channel promises to maintain high-quality and honest programming that is both entertaining and educational.
Star TV prides itself on its program content and image quality. It is a leader in the TV broadcast sector, reaching viewers through a fixed territorial broadcast system, Turkish Telecom’s domestic first and second regional cable networks, Turksat 2 A satellite relay and the Internet.
Star TV broke new ground in the world of broadcasting by introducing uplink output, multiplex broadcast, digital broadcast and virtual studio.
Star TV is also active in the area of social responsibility. Most recently, it has sponsored the announcements of a contribution campaign to help the citizens of the earthquake-devastated region of Pakistan, who lost so much life and property. Star TV has also been at work at home supporting various social campaigns. In addition to its efforts to help the needy, it has also contributed to the arts and other cultural activities, including for example, serving as sponsor of the Altın Portakal Film Festival and the Children’s Films Festival. Star TV is aware of its responsibilities as the “TV channel of the people” and will continue to pioneer social campaigns into the future.
www.startv.com.tr
Cable TV Channels
Fenerbahçe TV
The Fenerbahçe Sports Club has leased Fenerbahçe TV, with technical support provided by the DYH broadcast network. The Channel broadcasts via the national cable network and the Turksat 2A satellite, and will incorporate a digital platform in the very near future.
Beşiktaş TV
Newly founded by the Beşiktaş Sports Club, it is leased by them with technical support provided by the DYH broadcast network. The Channel broadcasts via the digital platform and Turksat 2A satellite, and is expected to move to the national cable network in the very near future.
Dream TV
Hosted by popular VJs, Dream TV presents music programming with the latest video clips and concerts of local and internationally renowned musicians as well as feature programs from the worlds of theater, cinema, fashion and technology. This Channel attracts the attention of advertisers with its “dare to be different” approach and its distinctive audience.
Radio Stations
Radio D
The Turkish music channel, Radio D, which works in the global standards with its wholly digital systems, is one of the radio stations does national broadcasting in Turkey. Radio D, with its highly desirable pop music programs; show programs and news bulletins, broadcasting from the 29 centers all around of Turkey. Because of its wide range broadcasting network and huge number of listeners, Radio D gets 4% from the cake of advertisement profits.
Radio D, which can be called as a school with the programmers it educated, accepted job applications and internship from the faculties of communication.
Slow Turk
Slow Turk, which has started its broadcasting life on 7 November 2005 and is the latest of the group, is currently broadcasting only in İstanbul and Ankara from 95.3 frequency. It will widen over Turkey in a very short time.
With the 24 hours broadcasting flow, which is composed of the most beautiful love songs, Slow Turk is going to be one of the mostly listened and preferred radios.
CNN TURK Radio
CNN TURK Radio is the sole radio of the group, which was founded by partnership of the Doğan Media Group and Time Warner.
It holds a place as the auditory broadcasting enterprise/institution of CNN TURK TV in 2003 in July.
CNN TURK Radio, which is on air at 92.3 frequency (FM band) in İstanbul, proceeds its broadcastings not only shared broadcasts with TV but also with its special programmes and the most distinguished example of the world musics.
Film and TV Production
D Productions
ANS International, incorporated in 1992 and setting a precedent in numerous fields in the history of television has left its mark upon the constantly expanding market with its quality and expertise. ANS has introduced global standards to Turkey with its popular TV serials, movies and controversial commercials and music videos. During the sixth year of its odyssey, in July 1998, ANS has assigned 70 % of its stocks to Doğan Yayın Holding and made a huge step in its way to institutionalization. By September 2005, its stocks have been entirely sold off by Doğan Yayın Holding and ANS has decided to proceed on its way under the name of “D Productions”.
After becoming a member of Doğan Media Group, D Productions has constantly prolonged bigger achievements with its dynamic and creative vision and with its advanced techniques and innovative staff. Not only a leading corporation in TV, film, commercial, video production and film distribution, but also it has the unique particularity of being the only production company that hosts all these departments.
With highly popular TV serials and programs that it produces and with music videos and commercials that it brings in the sector, D Productions has been deemed worthy of many awards in the national and international arena. Another particularity of D Productions is to be able to cooperate with domestic and foreign expert crew. Having the ability to implement productions anywhere in the world, D Productions has also stepped into film industry and bore out its assertion in national cinema with films. Beside local productions, it also distributes foreign films.
D Productions is acknowkedged especially for TV serials, sit-coms, dramas, game shows, variety shows and tv pictures. Distributing within the media group and to third parties, D PRODUCTIONS signs licence agreements with producers like New Line, Lions Gate Films, Lakeshore Ent., Studio Canal, Greenestreet, Mandate Pictures, TF1, UGC, Content, Myriad Pictures.
Releasing regularly one film a month, D Productions will be launching its video label in December 2005. D PRODUCTIONS will offer cinema audience DVDs and VCDs of a diversified range of films such as children, romantic, thriller, action and drama under “Kanal D Home Video” label. D Productions will bring in quality and diversity to the home video sector with “Kanal D Home Video”.
www.dproductions.com.tr
Publishing of Books & Magazines
Doğan Burda Magazine
Two of the publishing sector’s magazine groups in Turkey, Hürgüç (Hürriyet Magazine Group) and AD Yayıncılık (Milliyet Magazine Group), began renovations and restructuring of the publishing sector in the second half of 1990s. These two groups have expanded their publishing portfolio through acquiring publishing rights for the foreign publications and through the creation of new magazines.
Hürgüç was the first group to have a partnership with foreign publishers. On December 30, 1997, 40% of its shares where sold to Burda RCS International Holding GmbH. Hürgüç and AD Yayıncılık created new dynamism and synergy when they merged forces at the start of 1999, which led to an increase of both revenue and profit. In February 2000, the name of this new company was changed to Doğan Burda Rizzoli (DBR). DBR became a listed company in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) when it offered 15% of its shares to the public in a successful IPO in March of that year.
Burda GmbH of Germany and Rizzoli Corriera Della Sera of Italy continued their partnership in Burda RCS International Holding GmbH until July 2004. At that time, the Burda Group bought the shares of RCS. In June 2005, Burda RCS International Holding GmbH changed its name to Burda Magazines International GmbH. The Burda Medien Group has subsidiaries and investments in various countries predominately France, Italy, countries in the Far East and Eastern Europe. Publishing magazines is its main area of activity; Burda Medien is one of the leading media corporations of Germany.
Following the increase of its publicly held shares to 19.28% in January 2005, Doğan Burda Rizzoli began operating under the name of Doğan Burda Dergi Yayıncılık ve Pazarlama A.Ş. since July 2005.
Doğan Burda is a member of the union representing publishers and distributors worldwide (Network of International Press Distribution - DISTRIPRESS) and the Federation of the International Publication of Periodicals (FIPP).
In 1999 Doğan Burda, with its modern company structure and the strongest trademark in the publishing sector, entered the Turkish market. This was a time when the Turkish economy was at an impasse and the advertising industry was stagnant. The company increased magazine sales and began publishing Elle, another renowned global magazine. Doğan Burda is the unquestionable leader in its sector in terms of the number of the readers and advertisers.
The strategy of Doğan Burda for the coming years is to maintain its leadership via high-circulation magazine publishing and by increasing its product variety and range with newly launched magazines. This strategy is expected to help Doğan Burda to raise the share of periodicals in total print media in Turkey to that of levels in the developed countries. Additionally, efforts of Doğan Burda to develop its sale channels and to restructure its distribution channels are also underway.
Doğan Burda imports and distributes some of the world’s major papers and periodicals as part of its publishing activities and holds a significant portion of the market in this area as well.
Since 2000, Doğan Burda has been developing new projects to market its magazines that cover a very wide range of topics. The concept of content marketing was first initiated by the establishment of Doğan Burda Cartography Department through further investments toward the existing cartography service of Atlas Magazine, thus production and marketing of rich, up-to-date maps, needed by all of Turkey, was initiated. In September 2004, Doğan Burda started a social responsibility project called “refer to maps in order to discover.” The aim of this project was to lend support to educational activities in Turkey. In the 2004-2005academic year, political, historical and geographical atlases of Turkey, the world and Europe produced by Atlas Magazine have reached 305,211 students in 2,910 schools in ten provinces of Turkey through the efforts of voluntary companies participating in the campaign that have donated these maps to educational facilities.
Doğan Burda currently produces a total of 23 periodicals of which five are printed weekly and 18, monthly. These periodicals offer a wide range of categories including youth, women and fashion, news, special hobbies, business, economy, information technology, decoration, travel and geography. Magazines of Doğan Burda enjoy a market share of 35% in terms of their net sales and 46% in terms of their advertising revenue; a large percentage of these magazines are leaders in their markets.
www.dbr.com.tr
Doğan Egmont
Doğan Egmont was established in 1996 as a joint venture between DYH and Egmont International Holding. Headquartered in Denmark, Egmont International has been active in the field since 1878. A leader in the Scandinavian entertainment sector, Egmont International is largest publishing group in Europe and Asia in the field of entertainment for children and teenagers. Egmont International employs 4,500 people in 30 countries at over 150 different companies.
Within a relatively short period of time, Doğan Egmont has become the preferred publisher of products designed for the 0-20 year old age group, with a 40% market share for this group and a 25% market share for illustrated books. As a leading publisher of children’s books and magazines nationally, Doğan Egmont is also the sole licensed representative of Walt Disney products in Turkey. Doğan Egmont also holds licensed product rights to a variety of well-known companies such as Warner Bros., Mattel, Nickelodeon, Dami, HarperCollins and Panini.
Every month this company produces 18 magazines and 15 new books targeting the 0-14 age group; at the same time it is working with Panini, a leading company in the sticker collection business. European and World Cup Championship stickers, Harry Potter and Narnia stickers are examples of the collections they distribute.
Doğan Egmont magazines reach over 5,000 sales points utilizing Yaysat’s extensive distribution system; books are offered for sale at over 1,000 locations. Apart from bookstores and stationery shops, chain stores and supermarkets such as D&R, Toys’R Us, Migros and Carrefour are among retailers that are part of the distribution network.
Strong international licensing along with products and services of the highest quality ensure Doğan Egmont’s long-term competitive edge toward market leadership.
www.doganegmont.com.tr
Doğan Books
Doğan Books has built a well established, durable reputation in the world of Turkish publishing and has successfully led the sector for the past four years. In 2005, Doğan Books published 100 new titles and reprinted another 400; it has captured the public’s attention with the unprecedented printing and sale of one million books.
Doğan Books carefully selects titles and authors, meticulously oversees their translation, editing and proofreading processes and has raised national publishing standards with the quality of its graphic design, paper and print materials. Operating under institutional guidelines at global standards, Doğan Books is a pioneer in its field.
For the past four years, Doğan Books has maintained a 30% share of best-selling titles. In addition to selected works of literature, Doğan Books has reinforced its success by publishing books that attract the reading public from all segments of society.
Doğan Books is managed by a professional team, respectful of working conditions in the trade and of writers’ copyrights, esteemed by agencies and publishing companies in Turkey and abroad as Turkey’s most reliable publisher. It is an institution firmly bound by rules of ethical behavior. These characteristics contribute to the proper development of the publishing sector as a whole.
Doğan Books is firmly committed to the introduction of Turkish literature to the global reading public. Doğan Books contacts foreign publishers and copyright agencies directly at the Frankfurt, Paris and London Book Fairs, where the heart of the publishing industry beats strongest. In this regard, Doğan Books exerts considerable effort toward working jointly with Turkish publishing companies.
www.dogankitap.com
bravoo!
Founded as a multimedia directory and local search service provider, Katalog Yayın ve Tanıtım Hizmetleri A.Ş. formed a 50:50 joint venture between Doğan Yayın Holding and SEAT Pagine Gialle in October 2007; launched its new commercial brand, bravoo!, in June 2008.
Through its online and printed directories, bravoo! aims to increase the recognition and visibility of the commercial enterprises in its directory, help consumers reach them easily, thus to contribute to the development of both SMEs and the Turkish economy.
bravoo! provides data on commercial enterprises categorized by location and sector to serve both Turkish SMEs and consumers. New additions will be made daily to its database, and its printed directory will be updated annually and distributed for free.
www.bravoo.com
Digital World
Doğan Online
Doğan Online (DOL) was established in 1999 and has the largest Internet infrastructure and the most content-rich portals available in Turkey.
DOL has more than 150,000 individual subscribers and controls 25% of the dial-up market. More than 5.5 million people visit the Company’s websites with over 680 million pages viewed each month. Although Internet usage and PC ownership in Turkey did not increase as expected, 2005 nevertheless has been a successful year for DOL. The increase in new subscribers was 50% higher than the previous year, while the number of visitors rose by 135% and the number of hits increased by more than 250%.
Combined with e-commerce and advertising sales revenue, DOL’s corporate ISP services and corporate portal solutions have made a significant contribution to the Company’s overall profitability.
DOL’s individual access and portal brand e-kolay.net is measured periodically by researchers. According to the results of the Netbus 22 research carried out by CRC in November 2005, e-kolay.net is the “the brand that is first remembered”. The research also shows positive results for brand preference and ownership criteria.
Already an industry leader in ISP services and content, in 2004 DOL launched a first for Turkey – the “e-kolay.net Security Package.” Thus DOL continues to fulfill its mission of innovation and creativity. OGO, instant messaging, e-mail and SMS services provided via DOL access and content infrastructure, was introduced to the Turkish market in July 2005, thereby becoming only the second country to use OGO, after the USA. OGO, a highly economical and practical device for communications regardless of time and place, has been providing SMS, news, games and MSN Hotmail support in Turkish as of November 2005. During the CebIT 2005 Eurasia Fair, e-kolay.net unveiled other functional and easy-to-use devices that will be offered to market within the year.
Utilizing the e-kolay.net Corporate Services brand, DOL creates platforms for companies to transfer their businesses to the Internet and provides flexible solutions based upon demand, using state-of-the-art technology. With the priority to achieve coverage via its 25 POPs, e-kolay.net Corporate Services is providing service throughout Turkey improving its already fast, high-quality and secure Internet access operations.
Medyanet, by far Turkey’s most visited online marketing company and the leader in Internet advertising, sells online ads not only for portals in the DOL domain, but also for newspapers and magazines belonging to the DYH Group. As an online communications marketing company that brings together brands and their most valuable target audiences, Medyanet offers great advantages, such as helping companies to measure the return on their marketing communication investments and to acquire registered members through interactive projects. Medyanet performs advertising sales and marketing for the DYH Group’s 40 portals and has a market share of almost 50%.
With the experience gained as an Internet service provider to corporate and individual customers, DOL has become Turkey’s leading provider of service and content. It has transferred this expertise to sound and data communication services in the field of telecommunications through Doğan Telekom. With a group license to operate as a long distance telephone service provider Doğan Telekom provides high-quality and wide-ranging economical telecommunication service to both individuals and companies. In an effort to provide companies with solutions for all voice and data requirements, Doğan Telekom Corporate Services combines various telecommunication products with other integrated solutions. Doğan Telekom Individual Services offers significant advantages over the competition such as cost-effectiveness, high-quality calls, ease of access and communication security for individual products and solutions (IP telephony, calling cards, dialers, etc.).
In addition to individual and corporate ISP business and large content services, e-commerce and advertising sales, DOL is prepared to make investments in broad-band technology with the privatization of Türk Telekom.
www.dol.com.tr
Doğan Music Company
Doğan Music Company (DMC) was established in 2000 to follow the global trend toward the convergence and unification of media, entertainment, communications and informatics technologies.
DMC currently carries out activities in the field of purchasing copyrights for music and intellectual proprietary rights of their owners. The Company works with leading artists and musical groups from the Turkish music market.
For three consecutive years, from 2003-2005, DMC has been the leader in the Turkish music industry. It has recorded numerous productions with the talented staff in its own fully equipped studio.
Between October 2001 and December 2004, DMC successfully represented Bertelsmann Music International Service GmbH (BMG) in Turkey. BMG is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, one of the largest media companies in the world, the owner of more than 200 music companies in more than 50 countries. It distributes pop, rock, dance, alternative, hip-hop, jazz, classic, country and new age albums that have been released worldwide by BMG. The Company has also released albums of various artists in Turkey.
In February 2005, DMC signed an agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), the global music market leader with a share of 24.7%. With activities in more than 77 countries, Universal Music gets its power and immeasurable value from various rooted labels within its organization that includes Barclay, Interscope Geffen A&M, Geffen Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Machete Music, Mercury Records, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Records Group, Universal Classics Group (Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and ECM), Universal Music Latino, Universal Music Group Nashville (Lost Highway, MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville) and Verve Music Group.
www.dmc.com.tr
Ultra Kablo
Ultra Kablo, one of the largest cable operators in Turkey, was founded in 1997 as a joint venture between the Doğan, Siemens and Koç Groups. The company is currently a 50/50 partnership between Koç and Doğan Groups.
The company’s mission is to become the leading brand for developing broadband cable, trade and content operations. Ultra Kablo aims to operate broadband cable systems with the latest technology and to function as a Multiple System Operator offering value-added services, including telephone, Internet, data, digital and interactive cable TV broadcasting via broadband cable network. Ultra Kablo provides the cable infrastructure and the wide-band HFC network provides homes and businesses with cable TV and high speed Internet connections.
In 1997, Türk Telekom launched a project for the provision of cable TV services in 21 provinces on a profit-sharing basis. Ultra Kablo won tenders for 11 provinces including İzmit, Gölcük, Mersin, Tarsus, Eskişehir, Bandırma, Samsun, Zonguldak, Karadeniz Ereğli, Alaplı and Erzurum; in these areas it broadcasts an average of 55 Turkish and foreign channels. In 1998, Türk Telekom transferred all of its obligations regarding infrastructure modernization, capacity increase and maintenance in nine large cities to the six cable TV operators on a revenue-sharing basis. Ultra Kablo operates the cable TV infrastructure in the highly populated Anatolian part of Istanbul. Ultra Kablo has a potential market of 233,000 in the nearby Anatolian provinces and 239,000 in the Anatolian side of Istanbul; a total potential customer base of 472,000. Currently, Ultra Kablo reaches 86,000 of the provincial customers and 140,000 subscribers in Anatolian Istanbul, for a total of 226,000 active cable TV and 4,000 cable Internet subscribers.
www.ultratv.net
hepsiburada.com
Hepsiburada.com was founded in 1998 and with 100 employers today it is the leader in the e-commerce sector.
Within this website, over 70,000 products are offered for sale in 21 different categories. The Company maintains leadership is this sector based on the highest sales volume, members and number of visitors.
Hepsiburada stepped into the sector by selling products such as computers, telephones, office supplies, home electronics, kitchen equipment, health care items, furniture, home textiles, watches, flowers, auto accessories, hardware and garden products, pet supplies, music, movies, books, souvenirs and sports equipment. With the addition of the Tariş stores the number and variety of products sold is increasing daily. Hepsiburada also holds the exclusive online selling rights for the Galatasaray and Beşiktaş Sports Clubs.
Through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard (HP), one of the largest IT companies in the world, an HP store was opened within the site and Internet site shopping links with HP were directed to hepsiburada.com.
With a market share of approximately 35% of the e-commerce field, Hepsiburada.com is committed to retaining its leadership position by continuing to provide services of the highest quality to its clientele.
www.hepsiburada.com
Yenibiriş
Yenibiriş offers Internet-based recruitment and appraisal services to more than 28,000 organizations, from SMBs to large-scale multinationals, operating in various industries. The company has an extensive CV database. The content provided by Yenibiriş serves as a guide for the career path and personal development of its members. Yenibiriş distinguishes itself in the employment market with its training-focused programs developed in line with local and global changes. Using its constantly updated technology, it provides quick and simple solutions for the job and employee search processes of its individual and corporate members. Yenibiriş provides the Internet infrastructure necessary for assessing the candidates with required qualifications, leveraging customized methods. The site is visited by more than 1 million individual members every month. The company takes advantage of its state-of-the-art technology to create a practical and user-friendly system in accordance with changing requirements and suggestions.
www.yenibiris.com
Distribution and Retailing
Yaysat
DYH publication companies benefit from the key role Yaysat plays in the distribution of printed matter, thanks to its size, distribution capacity and efficiency.
Yaysat, Turkey’s most far-reaching print media distribution organization is responsible for the nationwide distribution of 21 national and 19 regional newspapers, 59 weekly magazines, 27 bi-weekly magazines, 400 assorted monthly magazines, 394 quarterly or annual publications and 18 newspapers out of a total of 638 assorted foreign publications.
With 226 primary distributors in Turkey and Northern Cyprus totaling 25,800 and 27,000 sales points in low and high season respectively, Yaysat is capable of reaching any point in its network within a maximum of 24 hours. Yaysat accounts for the sale of 63% of Turkey’s newspapers and 65% of its magazines on a regular basis.
Computer-aided central sales and distribution planning systems implemented in January 2002 enable the monitoring of distributor activities and sales results on a daily basis via a reliable communications network between regions and actual distributors. Data from nationwide outlets is transferred to a central structure with Yaysat’s B2B project. Apart from enabling more efficient planning and access to resources, this instant communications infrastructure saves time and money. Publisher profits have increased because of computer-aided sales planning that decreases return percentage without a loss in sales.
www.yaysat.com.tr
D&R
D&R, the most extensive retail chain in multimedia and cultural goods business in Turkey, was established in 1996 and opened its first store in May 1997. Today, with 41 stores in eight cities across the country, D&R has retained leadership in the market in terms of product range, concept implementation and transaction volume.
The range of products at D&R stores is made up of books, audio CDs, MCs, DVD and VCD films, home and personal electronics, hobby items, stationary and multimedia.
D&R utilizes distribution channels similar to those of mega-markets, located in the most accessible areas of the cities, D&R Point corner stores and also the Internet for today’s busy people.
D&R is a dedicated company using its resources to present its product range at optimum locations and with an ambiance that takes advantage of the latest technology and marketing tactics. Therefore investments made to improve D&R’s service, speed and quality and to enhance customer relations and increase satisfaction, while maintaining profitability. Eight new stores opened in 2005. It is anticipated that in each consecutive year, D&R will have a bigger piece of the pie.
www.dr.com.tr
Dergi Pazarlama Planlama
Established in August 2002, DPP is not only one of DYH’s youngest companies; it is also the first to be based on a foreign partnership. Its constituent companies are DYH, Burda Magazines International and Yaysat.
DPP ensures that publications reach the reader swiftly through a vast number of direct sales points. This has been achieved, in large part, through the Company’s distribution management, circulation planning and marketing activities. DPP provides the same services to publishers who are not members of the DYH family, as well as to foreign newspapers and magazines imported by DYH. As of 2005, DPP had successfully marketed and distributed the publications of 380 publishers. This has made it the leading magazine marketing and planning company in Turkey.
Depending on the intervals at which they are published, periodicals lose their freshness as sources of news and information soon after they are distributed especially once the period for which they are marketed expires. For this reason, the return of unsold products is included in the overall cost of publication. It is still crucial, however, to create as wide a distribution network as possible to maximize sales. Hence, the use of information technology in the distribution of periodicals has become important in recent years. DPP, for instance, continues to invest in technology while working on its computer-based automatic planning programs. The introduction of the MAP (Magazine Automatic Planning) software for use in the planning of magazine distribution in Turkey was an important contribution in this field. This software application facilitates magazine distribution at the level of the ultimate seller. It has received great acclaim in the software industry and is in demand by foreign companies such as the German company Dittemann.
A pioneer in the planning of the distribution of domestic and foreign periodicals, DPP employs the latest information technology and stands out for its analysis of developments and trends in this sector. The Company has been hard at work putting together a strong professional team of planning experts who, by continually monitoring sales points, has been able to determine the best locations to sell the publications. Additionally, by using the most appropriate distribution planning techniques makes sure that they reach their destination.
DPP distributes approximately 7.8 million magazines each month. This represents
65% of the total magazine and foreign periodical market. DPP’s annual revenue rose from US$ 47.2 million in 2003 to US$ 61.2 million in 2004, an increase of 30%. It is anticipated that by the end of 2005 revenue totaling US$ 75 million will be achieved. The periodicals for which DPP is responsible are distributed by Yaysat’s advanced logistics network and distribution chain, enabling publications to reach sales points on a daily basis. A total of 225 wholesalers and 24,700 retailers work to bring publications to the end user. DPP has recently developed a sales network consisting of retail stores, which has enabled the sales of some periodicals to increase 30%. DPP magazines are sold at 1,088 chain stores owned by 70 different companies.
www.dpp.com.tr
Printing
Doğan Printing Centers
Doğan Printing Centers (DPC) is a member of the DYH family. It first came into being with the February 1996 merger of the Trabzon printing facilities of Hürriyet and Milliyet dailies. The same process took place in Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Adana and finally in Istanbul and resulted in the gathering of all DYH printing business under the DPC roof. Doğan Printing Centers handle the printing of a series of periodicals and seven daily newspapers.
Seeking to find maximum productivity coupled with low-cost production and printing solutions within a rapidly growing printing capacity, DYH merged the separate printing centers of Hürriyet and Milliyet. The establishment of DPC lifted the burden of production, printing and distribution from newspapers and allowed them to focus on their core business - journalism. Employing modern production techniques designed to maximize productivity, DPC focuses on the activity it knows best - the printing business. Generating operational synergy with DYH newspapers, DPC prints all of the Group’s newspapers and plays an important part in reducing costs further by capitalizing on its capabilities to purchase and store paper in bulk.
A consistently growing market leader with a flexible and efficient organization and high quality standards, DPC uses 240,000 tons of paper a year and ranks among the most advanced facilities in the global newspaper industry.
Istanbul DPC, with 17,000 square meters of closed space, is Turkey’s largest and Europe’s second largest printing center in terms of capacity. The facilities are equipped with two Man Colorman printing machines and three Goss HT-70 printers, each with a capacity to produce 85,000 64-page (40-color) newspapers an hour. The Man printers are concurrently connected to state-of-the-art technology from the Müller Martine “insert” system. The facilities also possess another example of advanced technology – the “Computer-to-Plate” (CTP) system, which brings the page from the editor’s computer directly onto the printing plate.
www.dpc.com.tr
Doğan Ofset
Established in 1946, Doğan Ofset is an internationally competitive printing company with a high technology printing center. Foreseeing the future of heat-set offset technology, Doğan Ofset installed the first heat-set offset web machinery in 1976. At that time, the six-unit Cotrell Marinoni M200 was the only machine in Turkey providing state-of-the-art automation technology in printing.
The acquisition of Doğan Ofset by DYH in 1994 breathed new life into the commercial printing industry. Doğan Ofset is equipped with the heat-set web offset machinery and sheet-fed offset presses to produce magazines, brochures, catalogues, newspapers, directories and books.
Doğan Ofset remains committed to increased quality and continuous improvement. In 1999, the Company moved to a new 13,000 square meter facility designed to accommodate the highest levels of growth and development. The first printing company in Turkey to receive the ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Assurance Certificate, Doğan Ofset continues to actively implement the Total Quality Management System. Doğan Ofset has also earned the ISO 14001 Environmental Protection Program Certificate, helping to consolidate its strong position at the forefront of the printing industry.
With high print quality and capacity, a broad service network, web and sheet-fed printing capability, a new printing machinery line, a wide customer base, a young work force and a well-organized distribution system, Doğan Ofset is well positioned to become an international center for printing in the 21st century.
For the past three years Doğan Ofset has successfully served its customers in Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia and Great Britain. During 2005, the Company plans to further increase exports to 15% of its annual sales volume.
www.doganofset.com
Support Services
Doğan News Agency
Doğan News Agency (DHA), one of the largest international news services, is owned by the Turkish Doğan Media Group. It provides up-to-the-minute reports and video footage to the largest media organization in the country and is committed to keeping clients current and fully briefed on both domestic Turkish and global developments. DHA was established in 1999 by former executives of the merged HHA (Hürriyet News Agency) and MILHA (Milliyet News Agency).
DHA delivers news reports, still photographs and video news to an array of major clients. Within Turkey, this includes seven newspapers, two television channels, two radio stations and websites affiliated with the Doğan Media Group. Beyond Turkey’s borders, DHA serves a wide variety of media organizations and operates 15 state-of-the-art mobile news production and redundant Ku-band satellite uplink trucks. It also runs three fully equipped fly-away units which enable a prompt response to breaking news situations around the globe.
DHA relies on an experienced array of more than 600 journalists, photojournalists and camera crews within Turkey. The team of highly-professional correspondents gives DHA a special edge -- the capacity to cover developments in neighboring countries.
DHA operates in cooperation with internationally known and respected news-gathering services such as the Associated Press, Reuters and Sipa Press, distributing important news and visual materials to worldwide subscribers. DHA is represented in 17 countries beyond Turkey.
Since its establishment, DHA received more than 50 awards from diverse organizations.
www.dha.com.tr
Doğan Factoring
Established in 1999, Doğan Factoring operated until 2001 within Dış Factoring, another Doğan Group company. Doğan Factoring is specifically engaged in the collection of advertising revenue and other commercial receivables of DMG companies, aiming to provide uniform business practices within the Group, enabling common action against defaulting customers, controlling the collection process and determining the commercial policies with regard to advertising groups.
Doğan Factoring’s primary concern is to serve Group companies. Through the use of factoring services, the commercial risk of the Group can be managed effectively and financial support can be provided in the form of advance payments against the assignment of advertising receivables. The collection of receivables from Hürriyet, Milliyet, DTV, CNN Türk, D&R, Doğan Burda, Turkish Daily News and other Group companies has been subcontracted to Doğan Factoring. In addition, since June 2002, advertisement monitoring and control activities have been centralized at Doğan Factoring. Judicial operations of DMG companies related to executive law are followed by lawyers from within Doğan Factoring. The practices of Doğan Factoring are executed by the general manager and his assistants through a decision taken by the Board of Directors. Funds given to the companies are limited by the decisions of the Board. Operations are audited by CBTR, Treasury Council and independent audit companies and are followed by DMG through budgets prepared and operating programs. Doğan Factoring uses banking system and technical methodology in all its operations.
With the provision that their financial structures are strong and they are in a position to provide the required guarantees, advertising agencies and other non-group companies can also benefit from the factoring services provided by Doğan Factoring. However, this service is limited to commercial receivables from DYH companies and is offered under prevailing market conditions with respect to interest and commission rates.
In addition to collection services, Doğan Factoring is involved in other service aspects of factoring such as credit investigation and trade receivables accounting. Through in-depth risk analysis concerning trade receivables, the Company is largely instrumental in preventing possible payment default, thus raising the asset quality of the companies served.
In addition to summary reports indicating advertising targets and sales reports for all publication companies within the Group, every month Collection Status Reports and Advertising Audit Reports are issued. These reports enable Doğan Factoring to monitor every stage of the collection process, from job order to collection and final payment. Doğan Factoring also offers its customers the option of monitoring their accounts online via the Internet.
Within the scope of collection services, Doğan Factoring ensures its clients the optimum utilization of funds by extending cash management services as well. Collections are monitored daily and surplus funds are invested in repos or certificates of deposit depending on current yields and maturity dates.
Doğan Factoring’s targets for the coming years include development of a centralized collection platform, generation of a wide funding base to finance its clients, improvement of its existing early-warning systems and monitoring reports.
www.doganfactoring.com.tr
Galaxyteknik
Galaxyteknik is a member of the Doğan Holding Group and provides the technical infrastructure, broadcast services and staff for all of the Group’s channels such as Kanal D, CNNTÜRK, Euro D, Dream TV, DHA, Star TV and radio stations that operate under the umbrella of the Doğan Group. It is also responsible for the operation, maintenance and planning of the new investments for these channels. All production requirements starting with filming, editing and the on air process of these channels are prepared, controlled and coordinated by Galaxyteknik.
Galaxyteknik offers a wide range of broadcast services – from breaking news stories to an entire TV production and supports its production needs with a continuously developing technical infrastructure. Its main responsibilities include operating the uplink and transmitter network, satellite and broadcasting coordination and providing the necessary live or recorded broadcasts from around the globe to its chain of television stations.
Galaxyteknik operates and maintains the external broadcast units, a fleet of 11 mobile satellite units and nine studios ranging between 100 and 1,250 square meters. Based on the strength of these mobile satellite units and supported by the latest technology and the achievement and experience of the staff, Galaxyteknik has been consistently preferred by international broadcasters. Following UEFA Champions League and Formula 1 broadcasting services, the Company plans to continue offering top quality broadcasts and will serve all of the Group’s television and radio stations along with the market and international broadcasters.
www.galaxyteknik.com
Doğan Dış Ticaret
Doğan Dış Ticaret handles the import of raw materials and promotional items utilized by the Doğan Group of Companies. In 2004, the sales revenue of Doğan Dış Ticaret totaled US$ 195 million and was dominated by raw materials such as paper, steel, film and plates used by the Group.
Doğan Dış Ticaret is a leading name in the paper and steel markets, best known for the volume of material imported. The Company is also recognized for its representation of major worldwide producers such as the world’s biggest paper and board producer, Stora Enso OYJ and as the world’s largest steel manufacturer, LNM Group’s European Subsidiary Mittal Steel Europa SA GmbH. Doğan Dış Ticaret controls a 55% market share in paper and board imports/sales, including non-group sales. In addition, it commands a 36% market share in graphic film and plates; both used in the printing industry.
Activities in Europe
DMG International
DMG International was established in 1999 to serve as DYH’s gateway to Europe. The Company handles most of the DYH publication and broadcast operations that target the Turkish expatriate community in Europe. Headquartered in Mörfelden-Walldorf, near Frankfurt, DMG International plays a key role in the development of DYH’s business relationships and interactions with Europe’s leading media companies.
DMG International, in cooperation with newspapers such as Hürriyet, Milliyet and Fanatik along with Haftasonu and Kanal D’s European broadcasting, has extended DYH’s reputation as a market leader to Europe. Hürriyet is distrubuted by the Axel-Springer distribution network from Great Britain to Greece, Spain to Denmark with 20,000 sales points in Germany alone. It operates through a total of 30,000 sales points to reach Turkish nationals in 24 different countries as the most popular Turkish newspaper, verifying DYH’s market leadership status.
Statistics show that Hürriyet, Turkey’s leading newspaper, is also the most widely read Turkish daily in Germany, with a 77.32 % (Source: Axel-Springer Vertriebs GmbH 3. quarter Market Share) market share of retail sales. Its weekly supplement published in German aims at expanding its circulation among young readers, putting Hürriyet once again in the lead outside Turkey.
As a result of the success of these publications, DMG International has a 75% share of the advertising turnover for the ethnic Turkish market in Germany.
Hürriyet, Milliyet and Fanatik’s pages are transmitted daily from Istanbul to Frankfurt, where they are transferred directly onto plates using CTP technology.
The publication of Hürriyet is carried out in Germany by Hürriyet A.Ş. – Germany Branch, a subsidiary of Hürriyet. This Company is also a contract printer for other European titles such as The Wall Street Journal Europe, the German sports paper Sportwelt, Financial Times, Blic and Stars & Stripes, the USA Army newspaper. At Hürriyet A.Ş. – Germany Branch modern Goss Universal 45 offset newspaper printing machines are capable of printing 135,000 papers per hour at a maximum of 40 pages, 16 of which are in color. The paper width is variable (between 630 mm and 914 mm), making it possible to print a wide range of products of different sizes.
Each machine is equipped with the Müller Martini Conveyor system. Newsliner insert units, wrapping stations, feeders, counting, bundling and packaging bands complete the modern print facility setup. The insert units make it possible to add customer brochures, magazines, envelopes and pre-printed newspaper sections and supplements so that the newspapers reach consumers at the same moment.
Two Buhrs Variajet systems are in use for automatic customer addressing using the inkjet method. The “Pick & Place” module completes the line, with a maximum capacity of 15,000 copies per hour, adding stickers, brochures or CDs to the newspapers’ cover pages. Three loading bays permit direct loading of the bundles into vehicles, saving valuable distribution time.
www.doganmedia.de
Euro D
Euro D, was originally founded in 1996 with the aim of giving Turkish expatriates the opportunity to remain in touch with their homeland. It provides Turkish communities in Europe with instant access to the latest developments in daily news and cultural and social affairs in Turkey.
Germany’s official media research organization, Gesellschaft für Kommunikationsforschung, has named Euro D the most widely viewed privately-owned television channel among Turkish viewers.
The favorite television channel of Turks living in Europe, Euro D reaches the entire European continent through its Turksat satellite link and broadcasts via major cable operators. Agreements with BOSCH Cable Inc., Eutelsat Cable Inc. and Kabel Deutschland Inc. have allowed Euro D to expand its broadcast outreach, and the Channel continues to invest in its technical infrastructure. Euro D reaches Holland, Germany, Denmark, Romania and Bulgaria, and it is also viewed in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The technology exists to reach all the Turkish homes in these regions.
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