M7 Group acquires three Scripps Networks International channels

With Travel Channel, already part of the programme line-up, the M7 Group’s MMDS channel bouquet will become the first TV offering in Hungary to include all three Scripps Networks International channels.

The upcoming Hungarian launch strengthens the partnership forged in June with the announcement of the debut of Fine Living and Food Network on the M7-owned satellite platforms in the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Scripps’ Travel Channel is also already available in HD on these platforms.

Jon Sichel, Managing Director, Scripps Networks UK & EMEA, commented: ‘Following the successful launch of Food Network and Fine Living by the M7 Group across a number of Western European markets earlier this year, we are thrilled to be expanding our partnership, introducing all of our EMEA channels to Hungary’. ‘Joining Travel Channel, viewers in Hungary will soon be able to enjoy the full range of our quality programming across each of the categories that we specialise in: home, food and travel’, added.

Marco Visser, CEO M7 Group, said: 'By adding Food Network and Fine Living to our Hungarian MMDS channel line-up, we are continuing to exceed the ever-growing demand of quality programming expected by our customers’.

Among the highlights of the series from Food Network and Fine Living are Andy Bates, Brazilian Street Feasts, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and Barefoot Contessa and the entertainment formats Million Dollar Room, Candice Tells All, My Yard Goes Disney, Platinum Weddings and Giada in Paradise.