Sitel
"Sitel" is the oldest Macedonian private television that continues to operate to date. It was established in 1997 by the then politically active Ljubisav Ivanov - Zingo, local official from Kratovo and the president of the Socialist Party. In the privatization transitional period of the 1990s, he became the owner of the mining complex "Sileks", where he previously held a management position.
In 2003, his son, Goran Ivanovski took over the management and ownership of the television.
"Sitel" was one of the main media allies of the government of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. After the fall of Gruevski, the editorial team was changed, and since 2017, the television has been a relatively politically neutral medium.
Audience Share
Missing Data
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
CBC Sitel
Ownership Structure
"Sitel" is 100 percent owned by the company "Monteko", which deals with managerial services. The owner of that company is Goran Ivanovski, the son of Ljubisav Ivanov-Zingo.
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
1997
Affiliated Interests Founder
Started building his business empire with the mining-industrial complex "Sileks" in Kratovo in the early 1990s. He also had a long political career, serving as a member of parliament for 30 years, first in the Federal Assembly in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and since the country's independence, he had been a long-time MP in the parliament. He was the president of the Socialist Party from 1996 until his death in 2020. The party has been a coalition partner of center-right VMRO-DPMNE for two decades, although in the 1990s it also participated in the government led by Social Democrats.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
There is not much information available about Goran Gligorov in the public domain. Prior to becoming the CEO of "Sitel", he was the marketing director at the same television.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Is a Macedonian singer who has been on the scene since the 80s. He has worked at "Sitel" for many years. He used to be the editor of the entertainment programs, and in 2019 he became the editor-in-chief of the Television "Sitel". No information available about his personal connections to other businesses.
Contact
Address: Stoltenbergova No. 2 1000 Skopje
phone: +38923116-566
email: informativna@sitel.com.mk
website: www.sitel.com.mk
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
7.06 Mln $ / 413.69 Mln. MKD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
82.765 $ / 4.85 Mln. MKD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
6.87 Mln $ / 402.5 Mln. MKD (97.3 %)
Market Share
33.05%
Further Information
Meta Data
The ownership structure and the financial reports are based on data recived from Central registry of the Republic of North Macedonia. The documents were received on 03.07.2023 based on a government decision from 2017 for free access for investigative journalists. The financial information is for 2022. For the calculation of the amounts in US dollars, the average exchange rate for 2022 from the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia was used.
