
Sportal Media Group
Company overview
Sportal Media Group is a leading digital media group in Bulgaria, established more than 16 years ago and since then, sport is in our DNA every day. Today, we are part of the Swiss media group Ringier AG, which is a family-owned company, a leader in Central and Eastern Europe.
Since 2022, Sportal.bg and Sportal365 are also part of Ringier Sports Media Group – a group of sports websites in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Africa, in the management of which also part of the Bulgarian management team of Sportal Media Group participates. Innovative technology products are also developed in our media group. Our sports CMS – Sportal365 is a unique technology product specifically developed for sports media and is used by the largest sports websites in the world.
Sportal.bg was the first site created in the media group more than 16 years ago and we currently manage some of the largest sites in the news, lifestyle, business, e-commerce, as well as the largest Facebook group in Bulgaria – that of Novini.bg.
Most of our team are still people who started together more than 10 years ago. Although the main areas of activity are the media and IT sector, Sportal Media Group also has specialists in customer relations, marketing, creative, web design, sales and administration.
We are here to prove that world-class sports media and technology products are created in Bulgaria.
Activity
Media group, e-commerce, digital marketing, sports data technologies
Sector
Media
Central Office
Sofia, Bulgaria
Year of establishment:
2006
Employees worldwide
150+
Established in Bulgaria
2006
Employees in Bulgaria:
150+
Offices in Bulgaria
Sofia
IT Employees in Bulgaria
30+
Tech stack
Technologies/programming languages used by the company:
How we work
Annual leave
20 days paid annual leave.
Work from home
Depending on the position, we have different options - office, hybrid or remote model.
Flexible Working Hours
There is the possibility of partially flexible working hours.
Benefits
Health and insurance
Additional health insurance
Entertainment and discounts
Parties and teambuilding
Monthly sports card
Participation in sports tournaments (with company team)
Professional Development
Certification courses
Extra insights
Key company services/products:
Ringier Sports Media Group brings together global sports media to bring the best experience to those who love sports. Global market leaders with technology solutions come together, driven by journalistic standards to guide Ringier in its 188-year history. With 8 sports, technology and media companies - Sportal.bg, Sportal.rs, Sportal.hu, Gsp.ro, Sport.sk, LiveScore, Pulse Sports, Sportal365 and more than 200 journalists, Ringier publishes 1,000+ publications daily and reaches 300+ million consumers with the stories that matter most to them.
Sportal.bg is theundisputed leader in the sports segment. With a 16-year history in the world of digital sports, we have created a "cult" in our audience. Our loyal readers return 8 times a day to read the latest news in the world of sports. We are dedicated to technological innovation and our CMS platform Sportal 365 is used globally by some of the biggest sports websites. We reach over 85% of the male audience on the internet in Bulgaria. Our unique monthly users are 2.9 million and monthly page views are 54 million.
Sportal365 (product of Digital Ventures) Digital Ventures are a product company with a team of talented specialists who create software solutions for sports content management. Our best known product is Sportal365 - a sports content creation and management system (content management system).
Sportal365 is the preferred product of both the world's largest sports media companies and betting companies. The system is designed specifically for sports content - articles, photos, videos, live scores and real-time data from sporting events. Sportal365's unique features are developed and tailored entirely to the needs of sports journalists and advertisers in the world of sports.
Novini.bg delivers the fastest local and global news across all devices and platforms. Driven by facts with independent content, Novini.bg is one of the fastest newsrooms on the market. We have a dedicated TV news studio and a team of experienced journalists who cover all major events. We are the leader in the number of daily live broadcasts and number 1 in social media size and engagement, outperforming traditional media in Bulgaria. Our unique monthly users are 6.4 million.
Woman.bg provides inspiring and engaging content that includes all lifestyle topics such as fashion, lifestyle news, parenting and health. A brand originally born on social media, today Woman.bg is the largest and most engaged lifestyle fan page on Facebook in Bulgaria. Woman.bg is one of the first Bulgarian digital media to expand its product offering into branded content and leverage its distribution channels across social media and all platforms. We reach 1.8 million unique monthly users.
Profit.bg is among the country's leading business media with a focus on global and regional economic and financial news, forecasts, analysis and commentary, HR and marketing strategies, interviews with entrepreneurs and leaders of successful companies. Our goal is to inform readers and the business community about the leading trends in the financial markets, banking, trade, real estate, energy, tourism, technology, start-up environment, as well as new developments in the field of career and personal development.
What we believe:
We believe that talent combined with exceptional passion are the necessary ingredients to create products that are not only successful in Bulgaria, but also abroad. In the context of our partnership with Ringier, a media group operating in over 20 countries, our ambitions are to prove that world-class sports and technology products are created in Bulgaria.
In March 2021, the leading Swiss media group and one of the fastest growing in Europe - Ringier purchased the majority stake in Sportal Media Group and thus the Bulgarian media became part of the family of over 125 media from Europe, Asia and Africa and over 7100 employees worldwide. Thanks to its experience and focus on sports, Sportal supports the development of the sports media portfolio of the entire group through the internally developed headless CMS for sports data management.
Contacts
Location
gr. Sofia, zh.k. Iztok, ul. Nikolay Haytov 3A, sgrada ESTE