George has spent the last 30 years in pivotal senior executive roles across a range of media operations within the television,
entertainment and music industry. He has overseen the international business and creative operations for Simon Cowell’s
SYCO Entertainment including the expansion of over 50 versions of Got Talent and The X Factor formats globally. Among his previous
positions he was SVP of Global Marketing for SONY BMG Music Entertainment, SVP of International & Marketing for Arista Records
and COO of Acun Medya Global. George has worked closely with international superstars including Beyoncé, P!NK, Justin Timberlake,
John Legend, Whitney Houston, Puff Daddy, Carlos Santana to name a few. He recently executive-produced shows for Red Bull Media House
in London and LA. George was previously MD of Ant1 TV and GM of Heaven Music. He re-joined Antenna in 2020.
He started his career as a music executive in Sydney, Australia and has had a range of media executive roles in London, New York,
Athens and Istanbul. He completed his studies in Sydney and holds post-graduate Masters degrees in Marketing and Media Management
from UNSW/AGSM and Macquarie University as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree from UNSW.
Investments Timeline
1988
2026
1988
Kyriakou’s family first media investment by establishing Antenna Radio in Greece
1989
Launched Antenna TV, a pioneer in Greek private broadcasting
1991
Established the Antenna Studies Centre for media education to train and educate young professionals in the media industry
1993
Antenna Cyprus established, free-to-air channel for Cypriot community, and became a commercial partner of the Antenna Group
Antenna Satellite launched in North America, as a pay-tv channel for Greeks abroad
1996
Theo Kyriakou joined Antenna
1999
Invested in NetMed
Listed Antenna TV on NASDAQ with a market cap of $0.6bn
2000
Acquired Nova TV for $3m
2001
Antenna TV’s valuation reached $1bn
2003
Kyriakou family bought back the 19% free float and Antenna TV was delisted from the NASDAQ
2005
Invested in TIM Hellas
2006
Sold NetMed
2007
Sold TIM Hellas
2008
Sold Nova TV in Bulgaria to Modern Times Group for $970m
2010
Acquired Fox Televizija from News Corp in Serbia
2011
Invested in The Raine Group’s first fund
Invested in Jagex
Invested in Twitter
Invested in Facebook
2012
Invested and partnered with The Raine Group
Expanded in Montenegro with the acquisition of Pro TV and Pro FM rebranded as PRVA
2013
Formed a JV with Telekom Slovenije
2014
Acquired Kiss TV in Romania from ProSieben Sat.1
2015
Acquired a controlling stake in Serbian broadcaster B92
Invested in Spotify
2016
Invested in Imagine
2017
Launched and invested in Antenna Capital Partners
Partnered with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global
2018
Invested in Cheddar
Launched Thrive Global in Greece
Launched cable channels in Serbia
2019
Sold Planet TV in Slovenia
Sold operations in Serbia and Montenegro for €180m
2020
Launched Thrive Global in Romania
2021
Acquired Sony Pictures Television Network Portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe
2022
Antenna Group acquires cinema chain Village Roadshow Operations, Greece
2025
Partnered with DAZN to exclusively bring premium global sports content to Greece.
Acquired Options & Town Cinemas, further expanding its cinema and entertainment operations.
2026
Invested in Semafor (K Group’s investment)
Partnered exclusively with Warner Music in Greece and Cyprus.
Antenna Group’s affiliate has had 100% control of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
Partnered exclusively with DAZN in Italy to launch news service


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