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TV2 Csoport

pro-government television group with a concealed ownership structure

Corruption Propaganda

TV2 Csoport's official majority owner has for years been a trust company called AGBVK Zrt., which formally manages other people's assets while leaving the identity of the ultimate beneficial owner obscured. In September 2025 it emerged that Talentis Group Zrt., the flagship of Lőrinc Mészáros's business empire, had transferred roughly 28.5 billion forints - mostly in dollars, with smaller forint and euro components - to AGBVK, an amount roughly matching TV2's estimated market value. In April 2026, Mészáros's group publicly acknowledged for the first time that it owns TV2, stating in an announcement that its ownership circle had no plans to sell the channel at either market or discounted prices. Since 2015 - first under Andy Vajna, then under Lőrinc Mészáros - the channel has continuously functioned as one of Fidesz's most important propaganda tools, backed by billions of forints a year in state advertising.

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