BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 18, 2000 ISSUE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Kirch's Still-Growing Media Empire FREE TV Through his KirchMedia unit, owns ProSieben, a broadcaster of films and youth-oriented programming; Sat.1, a general-interest channel; Kabel 1, which airs old movies; the N24 news channel; and the DSF sports channel. FILMS Kirch has been a backer of The Truman Show, Godzilla, Armageddon, and others. RIGHTS Its library includes 85,000 hours of television programs and movies, including Baywatch and Lawrence of Arabia. PAY TV Through its KirchPayTV unit, owns Premiere World, whose 2.2 million subscribers in Germany get commercial-free events and specialized programming. PUBLISHING KirchBeteiligungs owns a 41% stake in Axel Springer Verlag, publisher of mass-circulation tabloid Bild Zeitung. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Why They're Cool to Kirch (int'l edition) TABLE: Kirch's Still-Growing Media Empire INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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