the main owner of the competing channel TV3, which owned a part of TV4 AB and was represented on the board for sabotaging board meetings and working against the interest of TV4. MTG applied to be given the concession previously possessed by TV4. Scherman requested that MTG would sell their TV 4 shares Shortly after publicizing his claims concerning Persson, Scherman was himself accused of being a too powerful figure and compared to Silvio Berlusconi by Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO of MTG, which owns the competing channel TV3. It was later reported that MTG sold their shares to the investment company Proventus, and in 2005 TV4 AB and MTG entered an agreement where TV4 AB channels would be distributed through the MTG-owned cable network Viasat. Notes References Albrecht, Hans-Holger: "Jan Scherman är Sveriges Berlusconi", Dagens Nyheter, 29 January 2004 Madestrand, Bo: "Persson hotade TV4 hävdar Scherman", Dagens Nyheter April 15, 2004. Scherman, Jan: "Jan Scherman om Göran Perssons hotelser"; Expressen, January 7, 2004. Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå (news agency), "Scherman sluter fred med MTG", published on website Realtid.se, February 2, 2005. Konstitutionsutskottets betänkande, 2003/04:KU20: Granskningsbetänkande (Report of the investigation by the Riksdag Committee on the Constitution). "MTG bör sälja sina aktier i TV4", Privata Affärer online. Swedish journalists Swedish people of Jewish descent Living people Swedish television executives 1950 births People from Filipstad