holdings and links with Viktor Orbán's government Following his return to his native country, Vajna played an important role in Viktor Orbán's government's influence on the media. In 2015 he bought the Hungarian TV2 Group, the country's second-biggest commercial channel. The state-owned lender Eximbank, which usually supports export companies, helped Vajna's acquisition. In 2015, TV2 won nearly a fifth of state advertising spending, four times more than its nearest rival, according to the independent Hungarian watchdog Mérték Media Monitor. Under Vajna's ownership, the channel's editorial stance was strongly in favour of the government. From 2016 until his death he also owned the Rádió 1 radio station. In 2017 he bought Lapcom Zrt. which includes the tabloid Bors, and the regional dailies Délmagyarország and Kisalföld. Death Vajna died of a heart attack at his home in Budapest on 20 January 2019 at age 74. Filmography References External links 1944 births 2019 deaths Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Carolco Pictures Hungarian film producers Film people from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United States American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent American independent film production company founders