Az Üzleti Sajtószolgálat (Original Text Service - OTS) üzleti vállakozások, cégek, intézmények közleményeit, tájékoztatóit, meghívóit, állásfoglalásait közli. Szolgáltatásunk segítségével több mint 2000 újságírót és kommunikációs szakembert érhet el könnyen, gyorsan és költséghatékonyan – az Ön által megfogalmazott sajtóközleményt változtatás nélkül juttatjuk el az MTI-előfizetők szerkesztőségi rendszerébe vagy igény szerint akár a külföldi sajtóhoz is. (Az OTS anyagai nem képezik az MTI-kiadás részét, a szó szerint továbbított szövegekért minden esetben a közlő a felelős.)
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2017. október 30., hétfő 10:57 |
APA acquires stake in new Swiss news agency group KEYSTONE-SDA (part 1) |
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Vienna, 30 October 2017., (APA/OTS) - Austria Press Agency to bring Keystone holdings and technology into restructured Swiss news agency group |
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Austria Press Agency and Schweizerische Depeschenagentur (SDA) have
significantly intensified their relationship at the cooperative and
corporate level: together with picture agency Keystone, the Swiss
agency is merging into the integrated KEYSTONE-SDA Group. Already
affiliated through the joint subsidiary Keystone, at the beginning
of the new year APA will therefore become the Swiss news agency's
biggest single shareholder with a 30 percent holding in the share
capital.
APA and SDA, the respective leading news agencies in Austria and
Switzerland, have been equal shareholders in Keystone, the biggest
Swiss picture agency, for approximately ten years. The merger now
planned by SDA and Keystone will enable an integrated multimedia
supply of content from both agencies to Swiss media customers and
communicators in text, image, graphics and video.
Clemens Pig, CEO and a member of the management board of APA Group,
calls attention to the advantages of this new, in Europe so far
unique news agency merger: "This transaction is a genuine win-win
solution for all of the three agencies involved. The new
KEYSTONE-SDA Group will be able to optimally handle every editorial
requirement from a single source, particularly in the area of
multimedia and visual news production. I am very much looking
forward to cooperating with our Swiss colleagues and am firmly
convinced APA's investment will involve a solution which is geared
toward the future as well as the long-term invigoration of
independent, multimedia and technology-oriented news agencies in
both countries".
APA will provide its technological expertise in the development and
operation of IT services for KEYSTONE-SDA and its customers as part
of a long-term cooperation in the IT business. A wholly-owned
subsidiary of APA - Austria Press Agency, APA-IT is Austria's
leading IT information service provider in the fields of media
solutions, IT outsourcing and content management.
The planned transaction will be carried out with APA swapping its
current 50 percent stake in Keystone. "Originating from a long-term
cooperation in IT with KEYSTONE-SDA, this investment represents for
APA a milestone in the internationalisation of the Austrian news
agency. Both sides have already succeeded at demonstrating their
trustworthy and profitable collaboration in the ownership of
Keystone over the last ten years. We are delighted about cooperating
to carry out this cross-border investment and technology project and
wish a prosperous future to the newly established Swiss news agency
group together with APA", Hermann Petz, chairman of the management
board, and Alexander Wrabetz, chairman of the supervisory board of
APA - Austria Press Agency, point out.
"With the merger of SDA and Keystone our intention is to offer our
customers high-quality multimedia information products comprising
text, image, infographics and video. This reflects the changing
needs of our customers and forms the basis for the company's
strategic development", says SDA CEO Markus Schwab.
SDA chairman of the board of directors Hans Heinrich Coninx adds:
"In an era of digitisation, combining competencies is an important
step for media enterprises to succeed in the long term. The fact
that APA is contributing its extensive technological expertise to
the new KEYSTONE-SDA Group as part of this merger enables us to play
an active role in these developments".
The transaction requires the approval of the respective competition
authorities and the general meetings of Keystone AG and SDA AG and
is to be retroactively implemented in the second quarter of 2018 as
of 1.1.2018.(be cont.)
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Az OTS internetes oldalán található hírek, közlemények, fotók
a forrásmegjelöléssel (OTS) szabadon és korlátozás nélkül
felhasználhatók. Továbbközlés esetén a közzétevő köteles az átvett
anyagot tartalmának torzítása nélkül, félreérthetőséget,
rosszindulatú következtetéseket kizáró, az eredeti
szövegkörnyezetnek megfelelő módon feldolgozni és megjelentetni.
Az OTS hírek nem képezik az MTI hírkiadás részét, az MTI
által szó szerint továbbított tartalomért minden esetben a beadó a
felelős. © Copyright MTI nonprofit Zrt.
Az OTS szolgáltatással kapcsolatban további információt a
(06-1) 441-9050 telefonszámon vagy a ots@mti.hu elektronikus
levelező címen kaphat.
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2017. október 30., hétfő 11:01 |
APA acquires stake in new Swiss news agency group KEYSTONE-SDA (part 2.) |
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Vienna, 30 October 2017.,(APA/OTS) - |
About Schweizerische Depeschenagentur AG (SDA)
Schweizerische Depeschenagentur AG (SDA) is Switzerland's national
news agency and is owned by Swiss media. In the three national
languages of German, French and Italian it provides round-the-clock
comprehensive independent news services on issues arising in the
areas of politics, business, culture, social affairs and the arts.
It therefore ensures the Swiss media a basic supply of news from at
home and abroad. The guiding principles of the company, which was
founded in 1894, are independence, solidarity and innovation. The
range of services also includes holdings in other agency businesses
such as pictures and financial news. Headquartered in Bern, SDA
Group has 15 locations in German-speaking Switzerland, Romandie and
Ticino.
About Keystone AG:
Keystone was founded in 1953 as a Swiss subsidiary of the American
"KEYSTONE View Company", which was established in 1891. Keystone is
the leading picture agency in Switzerland and has over 75 employees.
As a result of the global network of partner agencies and numerous
freelance photographers, Keystone offers more than 15 million images
on its database and has a historical archive of more than ten
million images, which form an important part of the visual memory of
Switzerland. In addition to the media, customers include companies,
advertising agencies, organisations and associations.
About APA - Austria Presse Agentur eG:
APA - Austria Press Agency is the national news agency and
Austria's leading information service provider. It is owned by
twelve Austrian daily newspapers and ORF. APA Group is comprised of
the cooperatively organised news agency and three wholly-owned
subsidiaries and operates as a news agency, picture agency, in
information management and in information technology. The editorial
offices of APA ensure real-time news services in word, image,
graphics, audio and video, while the subsidiaries provide
distribution, research and knowledge management services as well as
information technology solutions.
For further inquiries:
APA - Austria Press Agency Petra Haller Company Spokesperson Corporate Communications Tel.: +43 (0)1 360 60-5710 petra.haller@apa.at http://www.apa.at
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Az OTS internetes oldalán található hírek, közlemények, fotók
a forrásmegjelöléssel (OTS) szabadon és korlátozás nélkül
felhasználhatók. Továbbközlés esetén a közzétevő köteles az átvett
anyagot tartalmának torzítása nélkül, félreérthetőséget,
rosszindulatú következtetéseket kizáró, az eredeti
szövegkörnyezetnek megfelelő módon feldolgozni és megjelentetni.
Az OTS hírek nem képezik az MTI hírkiadás részét, az MTI
által szó szerint továbbított tartalomért minden esetben a beadó a
felelős. © Copyright MTI nonprofit Zrt.
Az OTS szolgáltatással kapcsolatban további információt a
(06-1) 441-9050 telefonszámon vagy a ots@mti.hu elektronikus
levelező címen kaphat.
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