| FOCUS Digital AG 2000 |
| 03 May |
Founding of FOCUS Digital AG |
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Hubert Burda Media GmbH & Co. KG and FOCUS Magazin Verlag GmbH bundle their successful Internet companies FOCUS Online, ICPro (Interactive Content Production) and IAC (Interactive Advertising Center) under the umbrella of FOCUS Digital AG
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| 13 July |
IPO on Neuer Markt, Frankfurt |
| 25 July |
Acquisition of stake in AIL Autofinanz AG, a leading online car seller, secures an important share in this strong-growth Internet segment for FOCUS Digital |
| 06 November |
Exclusive joint venture agreement signed with Playboy.com, Inc.(USA). The goal is to build up an Internet offering, playboy.de |
| 08 November |
FOCUS Online wins the Internet Oscar “Online Star” for the second time as the best website in the News & Information segment in 2000. |
| 22 November |
Takeover of Hamburg multimedia agency IMP Interactive Marketing Partner GmbH i.G. (Web branding specialist) |
| FOCUS Digital AG 2001 |
| 22 January |
FOCUS Online celebrates its fifth anniversary |
| 24 January |
Market launch of ebound, the newly developed e-mail response management system |
| 10 April |
Founding of Playboy Online GmbH in which FOCUS Digital has a majority shareholding of 80% |
| 19 April |
Takeover of HEXMAC Software Systems AG |
| 07 August |
Merger: The supervisory boards of FOCUS Digital AG and TOMORROW Internet AG instruct their management boards to carry out a possible merger of the two companies to create Germany’s most important Internet media group. |
| 18 September |
Merger: The share swap ratio is agreed. TOMORROW Internet shareholders will receive three shares in FOCUS Digital AG for four TOMORROW Internet AG shares |
| 20 September |
playboy.de launches as first international edition of the US offering |
| 04 October |
Merger: Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approves the planned merger with TOMORROW InternetMerger: TOMORROW FOCUS AG decided on as new name for the company. Munich is to be the headquarters with Hamburg as a second location |
| 15 October |
The Internet Oscar “Online Star” is again awarded to FOCUS Online |
| 08 November |
Extraordinary General Meeting approves merger with TOMORROW Internet AG; merger to be backdated to 1 July 2001
New group structure is defined:
Portal activities: TOMORROW FOCUS Portal GmbH
Online marketing: TOMORROW FOCUS AG
Technical services: TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH
Mobile Internet, streaming, electronic program guides: TOMORROW FOCUS next media GmbH
Agency activities: IMP Interactive Media Partner GmbH
playboy.de: Playboy Online GmbH
Real estate services: BELLEVUE AND MORE AG
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| 29 November |
FOCUS Digital and TOMORROW Internet publish their first joint nine-month report |
| 20 December |
Merger: Entry in the register of companies is completed. The merger takes effect. |
| 21 December |
Merger: First listing as TOMORROW FOCUS AG (Security ID number 549 532, Symbol TFA, Neuer Markt, Frankfurt) |
| TOMORROW Internet AG 1996 |
| July |
Verlagsgruppe Milchstrasse launches its Internet activities and goes online with the TV SPIELFILM and CINEMA websites, thereby laying the main foundation stones for what is to be TOMORROW Internet AG |
| TOMORROW Internet AG 1997/1998 |
| übers Jahr |
Die Online Aktivitäten werden umfangreich ausgebaut: MAX, FIT FOR FUN, AMICA und BELLEVUE und TOMORROW gehen online |
| TOMORROW Internet AG 1999 |
| 30 July |
TOMORROW Internet AG is founded |
| 30 November |
IPO on Neuer Markt, Frankfurt |
| TOMORROW Internet AG 2000 |
| 25 January |
First WAP service for users on offer |
| 09 February |
Internet TV becomes new field of business |
| 17 June |
Share split on a ratio of 1:2 implemented. Share capital increased |
| 12 October |
TOMORROW Internet online offerings score 100 million page impressions for the first time |
| 15 November |
TOMORROW-TV.de launches as largest moving picture platform on the German-language Internet |
| TOMORROW Internet AG 2001 |
| 13 July |
Participation in leading online insurance specialist Asuro AG |
| 02 August |
Schwäbisch Hall acquires a stake in TOMORROW Internet subsidiary BELLEVUE AG (50%) |
| 07 August |
Merger: The supervisory boards of TOMORROW Internet AG and FOCUS Digital AG instruct their management boards to carry out a possible merger of the two companies to create Germany’s most important Internet media group. |
| August |
TOMORROW Internet AG is Germany’s biggest online marketer; IVW coverages confirm market leadership for the first time |
| 18 September |
Merger: The share swap ratio is agreed. TOMORROW Internet shareholders will receive three shares in FOCUS Digital AG for four TOMORROW Internet AG shares. |
| 04 October |
Merger: Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approves planned merger with FOCUS DigitalMerger: TOMORROW FOCUS AG decided on as new name for the company. Munich is to be the headquarters with Hamburg as a second location |
| 06 November |
Extraordinary General Meeting approves merger with FOCUS Digital AG; merger to be backdated to 1 July 2001
New group structure is defined:
Portal activities: TOMORROW FOCUS Portal GmbH
Online marketing: TOMORROW FOCUS AG
Technical services: TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH
Mobile Internet, streaming, electronic program guides: TOMORROW FOCUS next media GmbH
Agency activities: IMP Interactive Media Partner GmbH
playboy.de: Playboy Online GmbH
Real estate services: BELLEVUE AND MORE AG
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| 29 November |
TOMORROW Internet and FOCUS Digital publish their first joint nine-month report. |
| 20 December |
Merger: Entry in the register of companies is completed. The merger takes effect. |
| 21 December |
Merger: First listing as TOMORROW FOCUS AG (SIN 549 532, symbol TFA, Neuer Markt, Frankfurt) |
| TOMORROW FOCUS AG 2002 |
| 28 January |
Helmut Markwort is elected Supervisory Board Chairman of TOMORROW FOCUS AG |
| 12 March |
TOMORROW FOCUS next media develops and implements no fewer than seven independent services for the new E-Plus multimedia service i-mode. This makes it i-mode’s biggest content partner. |
| 18 March |
FOCUS Online goes online with “Germany’s fastest title page story”, an offering for which a fee is payable. From 2 p.m. on Saturdays the title page story of the FOCUS magazine that comes out on the following Monday can be accessed online. |
| 9 April |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG enters into an exclusive agreement with E-Plus to buy playboy.de content for mobile use |
| 24 April |
TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies GmbH moves straight into the top 10 in the German multimedia rankings and becomes one of the established providers of content management systems and solutions. |
| 24 April |
BELLEVUE AND MORE AG assumes responsibility for the entire editorial and advertising marketing of “house and more”, the customer magazine of Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall AG, which has a quarterly print run of 3 million copies |
| 02 May |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG together with FOCUS Magazin Verlag GmbH acquires the license to publish the German edition of PLAYBOY magazine from Heinrich Bauer Verlag. |
| 10 June |
The editorial departments in Hamburg and Munich are brought together at the Munich headquarters |
| 11 July |
The 49% holding in Performaxx Research AG is sold as part of a management buyout. |
| 30 July |
Microsoft MSN and TOMORROW FOCUS AG enter into a long-term, strategic marketing a editorial cooperation agreement. |
| 13 September |
Lufthansa AG resolves to enter into a strategic partnership with TOMORROW FOCUS AG for technical development, supply of editorial content and marketing of the world’s first in-flight portal, Lufthansa FlyNet |
| 01 October |
Under the partnership with the Microsoft portal MSN, all TOMORROW FOCUS online offerings are brought under the umbrella of MSN.de |
| 20 November |
BELLEVUE AND MORE AG launches the premium travel magazine FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
| 22 November |
eBay enters into a comprehensive, long-term advertising cooperation agreement with TOMORROW FOCUS AG |
| 10 December |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG is for the first time Germany’s biggest online marketer, according to IVW |
| 20 December |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG commits to Corporate Governance Code |
| TOMORROW FOCUS AG 2003 |
| 15 January |
World premiere - TOMORROW FOCUS realizes first in-flight portal for Lufthansa AG |
| 22 January |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG is listed in the Deutsche Börse Prime Standard segment |
| 23 January |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG sells its minority holding in A.I.L. Autofinanz AG |
| 03 February |
Shell has new online agency |
| 11 February |
Beck's launches new website |
| 04 April |
Kronenzeitung opts for Internet content management with HPS and online community at Krone.at |
| 28 April |
Google introduces new type of online advertising format jointly with TOMORROW FOCUS AG and Burda Digital |
| 22 September |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG cooperates with JobScout24 and Autoscout 24 |
| 07 November |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG and Lufthansa Systems get airborne together |
| 13 November |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG sells stake in IMP |
| TOMORROW FOCUS AG 2004 |
| 09 January |
FOCUS Online launches medication database with price comparisons |
| 02 March |
Successful capital increase brings in more than EUR 12 million for TOMORROW FOCUS AG |
| 28 April |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG starts cross-media publishing and website relaunch for VAUDE |
| 09 June |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG joins NEMAX 50 |
| 29 June |
SAP certifies content management system of TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies |
| 05 July |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG assumes responsibility for marketing the online offerings of AS Young Mediahouse |
| 07 July |
Dr. Kallen joins the Supervisory Board of TOMORROW FOCUS AG as its new Chairman |
| 14 July |
FOCUS Online presents new health portal |
| 20 August |
cardscout – TOMORROW FOCUS AG and mobidata GmbH launch Germany’s largest credit card portal |
| 01 September |
TOMORROW FOCUS succeeds with “FOCUS Abo & more” |
| 20 October |
TOMORROW FOCUS Technologies wins the Voice Award |
| TOMORROW FOCUS AG 2005 |
| 31 January |
Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt acquires a 25.1% stake in BELLEVUE AND MORE |
| 08 March |
TOMORROW FOCUS and Vogel Burda Holding take over TOMORROW magazine |
| 03 May |
Cellular GmbH is launched |
| 14 June |
FOCUS Online launches online diaries (blogs) |
| 16 June |
Stefan Winners becomes the new CEO of TOMORROW FOCUS AG |
| 19 July |
TOMORROW FOCUS acquires a stake in CLAUDIO Medien GmbH |
| 27 July |
TOMORROW FOCUS AG takes over onboard entertainment specialist IDF Europe GmbH |
| 02 September |
Video streaming: CELLULAR realizes cell phone TV offerings for T-Mobile |
| 24 November |
Arcor presents the DSL Channel in the MSN and TOMORROW FOCUS network |
| 29 November |
TOMORROW FOCUS and ISA cooperate |
| 01 December |
Jochen Wegner becomes the new Editor-in-Chief |
| 08 December |
Mobile Advertising: TOMORROW FOCUS markets the O2 Active mobile portal |
| 09 December |
Thomas Schmidt becomes Head of Online Publishing for the MILCHSTRASSE brands at TOMORROW FOCUS AG |
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