Bonton Group
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Bonton Group is a media / entertainment holding company in Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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. It grew from the Bonton Music record label
Record label
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 established in 1989 by Czech jazzman
Jazzman
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 Martin Kratochvíl
Martin Kratochvíl
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.

Holdings

  • Albatros nakladatelství, a.s. – book publisher
  • Ateliéry Bonton Zlín a.s. – filmateliérs
  • AZ Rádio, s.r.o. – regional radio (now Rock Max)
  • Bonton Music a.s. – music label; merged with Sony Music into Sony Music / Bonton. In 2003 Sony Music bought out the shares of Bonton
  • Bontonfilm a.s. – film production and distribution, later divided into Alfa a Beta
  • Bonton Home Entertainment
  • Bonton Home Video,a.s. – video distributor
  • CENTRUM ČESKÉHO VIDEA, a.s. – distribuce českých filmů
  • BONTONland, a.s. – prodejny médií
  • BONTON Promotions, a.s.– propagace
  • BONTON PLUS a.s. – podpůrná společnost
  • Bonton Online a.s. – internetová společnost (dříve Bonton TV, dnes Supraphon)
  • Cinema – film magazine
  • Hybernia a.s. – divadelní společnost
  • Panther
    Panther
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    , akciová společnost – distribuce médií
  • Radio Bonton akciová společnost – pražská, později multiregionální rozhlasová stanice, po rozpadu holdingu přejmenováno novým italským vlastníkem na Radio DeeJay
    Radio DeeJay
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    , nyní po další vlastnické změně opět Rádio Bonton
  • Supraphon
    Supraphon
    Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, it is oriented mainly towards publishing classical music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers.- History :...

     a.s. – record label; also labels Panton
    Panton
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     and Ultraphon
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