Brainpool TV

{{Short description|German television production company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{expand German|topic=|otherarticle=Brainpool|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox company | name = Brainpool TV GmbH | logo = Brainpool logo.svg | type = [[Subsidiary]] | industry = [[Entertainment]] [[Talent management]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1994}} | founder = Jörg Grabosch Martin Keß Ralf Günther | location_city = [[Cologne]] | location_country = Germany | key_people = Jörg Grabosch ([[CEO]], Production & Corporate Communications) Andreas Scheuermann (CEO, Licensing and Marketing, Financial Controlling & Legal and Business Affairs)<ref>{{cite web|title=Brainpool - Banijay Group|url=http://www.banijay.com/company/brainpool-germany|website=www.banijay.com|accessdate=7 January 2017}}</ref> | owner = | parent = [[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]] Medien AG (2001–2006) [[Banijay Entertainment]] (2018–present) | website = {{URL|http://www.brainpool.de/en}} }}

'''Brainpool TV GmbH''' is a German television [[production company]] located in [[Cologne]].

== History == It was a subsidiary of [[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]] Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a [[management buyout]] in January 2007, now owned by [[Banijay]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://boerse-express.com/news/articles/ots-brainpool-tv-gmbh-banijay-deutschland-uebernimmt-100-prozent-von--224717|title=OTS: BRAINPOOL TV GmbH / Banijay Deutschland übernimmt 100 Prozent von ...|date=28 June 2020|access-date=29 June 2020|language=de}}</ref> The film ''[[Stromberg – The Movie]]'' was [[Crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] with €1,000,000 in one week by 3,000 fans in December 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hein |first=David |date=December 22, 2011 |title=Fans investieren 1 Million Euro und ermöglichen "Stromberg - der Film" |url=http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Fans-investieren-1-Million-Euro-und-ermoeglichen-Stromberg---Der-Film-104671 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |website=horizont.net}}</ref> In June 2015, Brainpool announced a layoff of 80 employees at the end of 2015, due to Stefan Raab's announced retirement from the television industry.<ref>{{citation|author=[[Hans-Peter Siebenhaar]]|date=2013-09-04|issn=0017-7296|issue=169|pages=24|periodical=[[Handelsblatt]]|title=Verdienen TV-Moderatoren zu viel?}}</ref> However, the Cologne Labor Court deemed some layoffs to be unjustified and thus invalid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/berufsleben/stefan-raab-gericht-hebt-brainpool-kuendigungen-auf-a-1063884.html|title=Kündigungen aufgehoben – Gericht schlägt den Raab|date=2015-11-20|accessdate=2015-12-17}}</ref>

At the beginning of 2019 it was announced that Banijay Germany CEO and shareholder Marcus Wolter had been appointed as the new managing director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GmbH |first=DWDL de |title=Marcus Wolter ist neuer Geschäftsführer von Brainpool |url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/70556/marcus_wolter_ist_neuer_geschaeftsfuehrer_von_brainpool/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=DWDL.de |language=en}}</ref> In June 2020, Banijay took over the rest of the shares.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Express |first=Börse |title=OTS: BRAINPOOL TV GmbH / Banijay Deutschland übernimmt 100 Prozent von ... |url=https://boerse-express.com/news/articles/ots-brainpool-tv-gmbh-banijay-deutschland-uebernimmt-100-prozent-von--224717 |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=Börse Express |language=de}}</ref>

== Productions == * [[Die Harald Schmidt Show]] (until July 1998, from then ''Bonito'') * [[Die Wochenshow]] * [[TV total]] * [[Ladykracher]] * [[Elton.tv]] * [[Rent a Pocher]] * RTL Promiboxen * Der Bachelor * [[Anke Late Night]] * [[Stromberg (TV series)|Stromberg]] * [[Bundesvision Song Contest]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010|Unser Star für Oslo]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|Unser Song für Deutschland]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012|Unser Star für Baku]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013|Unser Song für Malmö]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014|Unser Song für Dänemark]] * [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015|Unser Song für Österreich]] * [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] * [[Eurovision Song Contest 2012]] * [[Free European Song Contest]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.brainpool.de/en/ Official website]

[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1994]] [[Category:German companies established in 1994]] [[Category:Television production companies of Germany]] [[Category:Companies based in Cologne]] [[Category:Mülheim, Cologne]] [[Category:Mass media in Cologne]] [[Category:Banijay]] [[Category:VIVA (TV station)]] [[Category:2020 mergers and acquisitions]]