ProSieben is a commercial television station in Germany istributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) in larger population centres. It began operations on January 1, 1989. Since 2003 the station, as part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, is owned by a group of investors lead by Haim Saban. ProSieben is Germany's second largest privately owned television company. Although some of ProSieben's programming is self-produced, it is largely known for its heavy dependence on British and American copyrighted series and films, shown throughout the week during prime time.