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Sport1 Medien
Sport1 Medien AG (previously known as EM.TV & Merchandising AG, EM.Sport Media AG and Constantin Medien AG) is a German international media company that has a strong focus on the sports and entertainment sectors. It's based in Ismaning near Munich and it operates a multi-channel sports platform in German-speaking countries, including free and pay-TV, online services, social media, and digital radio under the SPORT1 brand, and also offers content solutions, event organizing, and marketing services for sports and entertainment. The company formerly owned its kids & family entertainment division including its children TV channel Junior TV and its Australian production studio Flying Bark Productions until 2008 & its the former owner of American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company before selling it in 2003.
In 1997, EM.TV went public and started to expand in various businesses.
In October 1997, EM.TV & Merchandising announced a production partnership with Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow the producer of Blinky Bill to co-produce 10 of the Australian animation studio's animated series with EM.TV handling distribution and merchandising the 10 animated projects outside of Australia. Their successful partnership with them lead to EM.TV acquiring a 50% stake in the Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow from both Australian company Village Roadshow (when they exited the television production) two years later in March 1999 renaming it to Yoram Gross EM.TV as their own Australian animation studio with its founders Yoram and Sandra Gross retaining their 50% stake in the rebranded animation studio.
In August 1999, EM.TV & Merchandising announced that they have taken a 25% stake in German independent film production company Constantin Film including the latter's 51% stake in Olga Film, marking their entry into the feature film business and increasing their family entertainment business.
In September 1999, EM.TV & Merchandising entered a joint venture with Danish magazine publishing company Egmont to launch a publishing subsidiary that could bring EM.TV's productions under one roof named Junior.Publishing. One week later in that same month of the same year, EM.TV announced that they have acquired a 49% stake in German production and distribution company Tele München Gruppe (TMG) in order for the former to expand their children's entertainment library and its feature film activities.
In February 2000, EM.TV enterted the American entertainment production industry by acquiring American entertainment company behind The Muppets, The Jim Henson Company, for $680 million. The acquisition had gained EM.TV its own American entertainment production subsidiary and further extending EM.TV's kids & family production operation as The Jim Henson Company became EM.TV own American production unit with EM.TV would handle distribution to future programming produced by the acquired American entertainment outfit The Jim Henson Company while president of The Jim Henson Company, Brian Henson, would remained chairman and gave up & handled the role of CEO to its president & CCO Charlie Rivkin.
In March 2000, EM.TV & Merchandising purchased a 50% stake in Speed Promotions LTD.
One month later in April of that year during the MIP-TV event, EM.TV & Merchandising expanded the Junior brand by announcing a joint venture production subsidiary with Spanish film & television production/distribution subsidiary of Spanish publishing company Grupo Planeta, Planeta 2010 (now DeAPlaneta), to handle distribution of EM.TV's children's programming including those from the former's Australian & American subsidiairies Yoram Gross-EM.TV and The Jim Henson Company in Spain and Portugal with EM.TV and Planeta forming a Madrid-based Spanish joint-venture home entertainment & distribution/production subsidiary entitled Planeta Junior, marking EM.TV's entry into the Spanish film & TV production industry. Their partnership would be extended one year later in March 2001, when EM.TV formed an animation co-production partnership with Spanish film & television studio unit of Spanish publishing company Grupo Planeta, Planeta 2010, under their joint-venture production subsidiary Planeta Junior to handle distribution to the then-upcoming shows from EM.TV such as Old Tom (which was produced by its Australian studio Yoram Gross-EM.TV) for the Spanish and Portuguese territories.
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Sport1 Medien
Sport1 Medien AG (previously known as EM.TV & Merchandising AG, EM.Sport Media AG and Constantin Medien AG) is a German international media company that has a strong focus on the sports and entertainment sectors. It's based in Ismaning near Munich and it operates a multi-channel sports platform in German-speaking countries, including free and pay-TV, online services, social media, and digital radio under the SPORT1 brand, and also offers content solutions, event organizing, and marketing services for sports and entertainment. The company formerly owned its kids & family entertainment division including its children TV channel Junior TV and its Australian production studio Flying Bark Productions until 2008 & its the former owner of American entertainment company The Jim Henson Company before selling it in 2003.
In 1997, EM.TV went public and started to expand in various businesses.
In October 1997, EM.TV & Merchandising announced a production partnership with Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow the producer of Blinky Bill to co-produce 10 of the Australian animation studio's animated series with EM.TV handling distribution and merchandising the 10 animated projects outside of Australia. Their successful partnership with them lead to EM.TV acquiring a 50% stake in the Australian animation studio Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow from both Australian company Village Roadshow (when they exited the television production) two years later in March 1999 renaming it to Yoram Gross EM.TV as their own Australian animation studio with its founders Yoram and Sandra Gross retaining their 50% stake in the rebranded animation studio.
In August 1999, EM.TV & Merchandising announced that they have taken a 25% stake in German independent film production company Constantin Film including the latter's 51% stake in Olga Film, marking their entry into the feature film business and increasing their family entertainment business.
In September 1999, EM.TV & Merchandising entered a joint venture with Danish magazine publishing company Egmont to launch a publishing subsidiary that could bring EM.TV's productions under one roof named Junior.Publishing. One week later in that same month of the same year, EM.TV announced that they have acquired a 49% stake in German production and distribution company Tele München Gruppe (TMG) in order for the former to expand their children's entertainment library and its feature film activities.
In February 2000, EM.TV enterted the American entertainment production industry by acquiring American entertainment company behind The Muppets, The Jim Henson Company, for $680 million. The acquisition had gained EM.TV its own American entertainment production subsidiary and further extending EM.TV's kids & family production operation as The Jim Henson Company became EM.TV own American production unit with EM.TV would handle distribution to future programming produced by the acquired American entertainment outfit The Jim Henson Company while president of The Jim Henson Company, Brian Henson, would remained chairman and gave up & handled the role of CEO to its president & CCO Charlie Rivkin.
In March 2000, EM.TV & Merchandising purchased a 50% stake in Speed Promotions LTD.
One month later in April of that year during the MIP-TV event, EM.TV & Merchandising expanded the Junior brand by announcing a joint venture production subsidiary with Spanish film & television production/distribution subsidiary of Spanish publishing company Grupo Planeta, Planeta 2010 (now DeAPlaneta), to handle distribution of EM.TV's children's programming including those from the former's Australian & American subsidiairies Yoram Gross-EM.TV and The Jim Henson Company in Spain and Portugal with EM.TV and Planeta forming a Madrid-based Spanish joint-venture home entertainment & distribution/production subsidiary entitled Planeta Junior, marking EM.TV's entry into the Spanish film & TV production industry. Their partnership would be extended one year later in March 2001, when EM.TV formed an animation co-production partnership with Spanish film & television studio unit of Spanish publishing company Grupo Planeta, Planeta 2010, under their joint-venture production subsidiary Planeta Junior to handle distribution to the then-upcoming shows from EM.TV such as Old Tom (which was produced by its Australian studio Yoram Gross-EM.TV) for the Spanish and Portuguese territories.