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DANIEL
SANDELSON

Daniel Sandelson is the Group’s Chief Counsel, responsible for all legal matters worldwide across all our business lines, covering investments, financing, and operations.

He was previously a partner in a leading global law firm where he was a corporate finance and TMT lawyer and one of the founders and leaders of the worldwide TMT practice. He was global client lead for Hollywood Studios, cable operators, private equity funds, radio and TV groups and IP investors, leading mandates across a range of high-value M&A, financing and IP-driven transactions in the TMT space, as well as advising on communications and content regulation.

He also co-founded and built a VOD platform operating across Latin America.

He holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of London.

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Investments Timeline

1988
2026

1988

ANT1 RADIO

Kyriakou’s family first media investment by establishing Antenna Radio in Greece

1989

ANTENNA TV

Launched Antenna TV, a pioneer in Greek private broadcasting

1991

ANT1 MEDIALAB

Established the Antenna Studies Centre for media education to train and educate young professionals in the media industry

1993

ANTENNA CYPRUS

Antenna Cyprus established, free-to-air channel for Cypriot community, and became a commercial partner of the Antenna Group

ANT1 SATELLITE

Antenna Satellite launched in North America, as a pay-tv channel for Greeks abroad

1996

THEO KYRIAKOU

Theo Kyriakou joined Antenna

1999

NETMED

Invested in NetMed

NASDAQ

Listed Antenna TV on NASDAQ with a market cap of $0.6bn

2000

NOVA TV

Acquired Nova TV for $3m

2001

$1BN MILLESTONE

Antenna TV’s valuation reached $1bn

2003

ANTENNA TV DISLISTED FROM NASDAQ

Kyriakou family bought back the 19% free float and Antenna TV was delisted from the NASDAQ

2005

TIM HELLAS

Invested in TIM Hellas

2006

SOLD NETMED

Sold NetMed

2007

SOLD TIM HELLAS

Sold TIM Hellas

2008

SOLD NOVA TV

Sold Nova TV in Bulgaria to Modern Times Group for $970m

2010

ACQUIRED FOX TELEVIZJA

Acquired Fox Televizija from News Corp in Serbia

2011

RAINE GROUP

Invested in The Raine Group’s first fund

JAGEX

Invested in Jagex

TWITTER

Invested in Twitter

FACEBOOK

Invested in Facebook

2012

RAINE GROUP

Invested and partnered with The Raine Group

PRVA

Expanded in Montenegro with the acquisition of Pro TV and Pro FM rebranded as PRVA

2013

TELEKOM SLOVENIJE

Formed a JV with Telekom Slovenije

2014

KISS TV

Acquired Kiss TV in Romania from ProSieben Sat.1

2015

B92

Acquired a controlling stake in Serbian broadcaster B92

SPOTIFY

Invested in Spotify

2016

IMAGINE

Invested in Imagine

2017

ANTENNA CAPITAL PARTNERS

Launched and invested in Antenna Capital Partners

THRIVE GLOBAL

Partnered with Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global

2018

CHEDDAR

Invested in Cheddar

THRIVE GLOBAL

Launched Thrive Global in Greece

SERBIA

Launched cable channels in Serbia

2019

PLANET TV

Sold Planet TV in Slovenia

1PRVA

Sold operations in Serbia and Montenegro for €180m

2020

THRIVE GLOBAL

Launched Thrive Global in Romania

2021

SONΥ PICTURES

Acquired Sony Pictures Television Network Portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe

2022

VILLAGE ROADSHOW

Antenna Group acquires cinema chain Village Roadshow Operations, Greece

2025

DAZN

Partnered with DAZN to exclusively bring premium global sports content to Greece.

Options & Town Cinemas

Acquired Options & Town Cinemas, further expanding its cinema and entertainment operations.

2026

Semafor

Invested in Semafor (K Group’s investment)

Warner Music

Partnered exclusively with Warner Music in Greece and Cyprus.

GEDI Gruppo Editoriale

Antenna Group’s affiliate has had 100% control of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale

DAZN

Partnered exclusively with DAZN in Italy to launch news service

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