Company history
2023/03
In the Netherlands www.goudengids.nl are relaunched with a modern look-and-feel, reliable data and fast, user-friendly search options.
2023 / 02
FCR Media Belgium once again is among the top digital agencies according to DigiMedia Top 100 - the ranking of digital agencies in Belgium.
>> Opnieuw 6de plaats: FCR Media blijft digitale leider - FCR Media
2022/03
FCR Media is taking over the company Youvia, allowing for a geographical expansion into the Dutch market. With this acquisition FCR Media becomes the largest digital marketing player in the Benelux.
2022 / 03
FCR Media Belgium once again achieves a top position in DigiMedia Top 100 - the ranking of digital agencies in Belgium.
2022 / 01
FCR Media Belgium launches Sitee, a professional business management solution for small businesses.
2021 / 10
Mediatel Czech is taken over by its management and continues providing online-services to Czech companies.
2021 / 03
FCR Media Belgium chooses Spotzer as their digital production partner. Spotzer supports FCR Media in delivering robust online marketing and web services to small and medium businesses in the region.
2021 / 03
FCR Media Belgium achieves a top position in DigiMedia Top 100 - the ranking of digital agencies in Belgium - with 2nd place.
2020 / 01
Mediatel Slovakia is taken over by CS Group Polska S.A. and is now part of WeNet.
>> www.wenet.pl.
2019 / 05
FCR Media Belgium implements the NewVoiceMedia (NVM) solution for sales and service of Vonage, a global business cloud communications leader.
2019 / 04
FCR Media Lithuania UAB is taken over by YNOT Holdings.
2018 / 03
FCR Media AS is taken over by its management and now trades under the name of Nobel Digital.
2017 / 11
FCR Media Ireland LTD was taken over by its management. While retaining the company name, they provide small business marketing solutions to Ireland & UK Customers.
2017 / 10
Acquisition of ViSiYou, a digital agency focusing on Facebook campaigns and building websites.
2017 / 09
FCR Media Belgium NV chooses Mono Solutions as the preferred website platform in order to be able to deliver high-quality websites in the Belgian market.
2017 / Q2
Dexville is created as a full service digital agency for major customers of FCR Media Belgium.
2017
FCR Media Belgium implements salesforce in full scale.
2016 / 05
Lokaldelen / Torget is taken over by a local investor – the local Swedish search service and information.
2016/07
FCR Media Belgium is taking over the activities of truvo belgium. Truvo Belgium is the parent company of goudengids.be/pagesdor.be, Blue Bees Agency and Blue Bees Dialog and is the country’s largest digital marketing agency for SME’s.
2015 / 08
FCR Media expands its footprint to Uruguay. Through the acquisition of controlling stake of Volt Directories S.A. Ltd. in Uruguay, FCR Media Group enters its 1st market in Latin America and adds the 12th market to its diversified geographic portfolio. This is the first investment in Latin America by FCR Media, which offers integrated digital media solutions for SMEs.
Established in 1983, Volt Directories currently operates in publishing, digital marketing and mobile app businesses. The company specializes in the production and commercialization of advertising and printing of Uruguay Telephone Directories. The acquisition of Volt Directories by FCR Media makes perfect business sense given FCR Media’s expertise in helping businesses be present and highly visible across all digital media channels.
2014/06
FCR Media group has taken over Mti Telefonski Imenik / Zute Stranicah d.o.o in Croatia. FCR Media Group has taken over the local search operations of MTI Telefonski imenik / Zute Stranicah d.o.o from Müller Verlag, Nuremberg Germany. MTI Telefonski imenik / Zute stranice has been a leading provider of advertising solutions to small and medium-sized businesses in Croatia since 1998. It offers a complete range of online, mobile and print solutions to meet its customers’ needs.
2013/12
FCR Media acquires MTT Magyar Telefonkönyvkiadó Társaság in Hungary. FCR Media Holding has taken over MTT Magyar Telefonkönyvkiadó Társaság, Hungary. The new company will be named MTT Media KFT. MTT Media has been a leading provider of advertising solutions to small and medium sized businesses in Hungary since 1991. It offers a complete range of online, mobile and print solutions to meet its customers’ needs. As well as offering an extensive range of proprietary products and services, including the market leading online directories www.telefonkönyv.hu and www.aranyodalak.hu, MTT Media also offers a wide range of Search Engine Marketing products such as Google AdWords™.
2013/04
FCR Media launches in Romania. BaltCap’s portfolio company FCR Media launches in Romania by taking over Romanian Yellow Pages’ online properties from bankrupt Pagini Aurii S.A FCR Media has saved the well-known Romanian Yellow Pages concept by acquiring 100% of the online properties from bankrupt Pagini Aurii S.A. FCR Media On line is the first venture into Romania for the international Local Search group FCR Media. The Romanian Yellow Pages has information on over 600,000 companies in Romania and the Balkans. It is an important free resource for businesses and the public to find the products and services they need quickly and easily.
2013/01
FCR Media Holding purchases Lokaldelen i Sverige AB in Sweden from European Directories, extending FCR Media’s largest local search footprint in Europe. Lokaldelen i Sverige AB is one of the leading local directory providers in Sweden. It publishes 245 books and has a search portal – lokaldelen.se - and mobile search solutions. In addition, it has a strong presence in the B2B market. As well as offering an extensive range of proprietary products and services, Lokaldelen also offers website development, Search Engine Marketing products such as Google AdWords™ and search Engine Optimisation. This acquisition extends FCR Media’s portfolio into Scandinavia for the first time.
2012/07
FCR Media Holding purchases Mediatel operations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from European Directories. Mediatel has been a leading provider of advertising solutions to small and medium sized businesses in both countries for over 20 years. It offers a complete range of online, mobile and print solutions to meet its customers’ needs. As well as offering an extensive range of proprietary products and services, Mediatel also offers a wide range of Search Engine Marketing products such as Google AdWords™ and Facebook.
2012/06
FCR Tech Company is established. FCR Tech is offering IT services to all FCR Media Group companies. Services include local search platform, call center operator module, webpage template platform, mobile apps and many other IT solutions and support. FCR Tech offices are located in Tallinn and Prague.
2011/12
FCR Media expands to Ireland market in December 2011. Today called FCR Media Limited, is built on the solid foundations of a superbrand, the Golden Pages Directory (now the goldenpages.ie Print Directory), which had been in existence for over 40 years. Ireland has the widest product portfolio in FCR Media, offering numerous of Print, Online and Mobile products, is a specialised sales and marketing company connecting buyers and sellers in Ireland.
2010/03
Baltcap Acquires Ekspress Hotline AS. BaltCap Private Equity Fund portfolio company Contact Holding signed an agreement with the publicly listed Ekspress Grupp to acquire 100% of Estonian yellow pages business Ekspress Hotline AS and its subsidiaries on April 23rd 2009. Following Estonian Competition Authority approval from September 29th 2009, the transaction was closed on 25th of February 2010.