# Brainpool TV > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brainpool_TV > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brainpool_TV.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainpool_TV > Source revision: 1338068287 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German television production company You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (August 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. 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Brainpool TV GmbH Type Subsidiary Industry Entertainment Talent management Founded 1994; 32 years ago (1994) Founder Jörg Grabosch Martin Keß Ralf Günther Key people Jörg Grabosch (CEO, Production & Corporate Communications) Andreas Scheuermann (CEO, Licensing and Marketing, Financial Controlling & Legal and Business Affairs)[1] Parent VIVA Medien AG (2001–2006) Banijay Entertainment (2018–present) Website www.brainpool.de/en **Brainpool TV GmbH** is a German television [production company](/source/Production_company) located in [Cologne](/source/Cologne). ## History It was a subsidiary of [VIVA](/source/Viva_(TV_station)) Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a [management buyout](/source/Management_buyout) in January 2007, now owned by [Banijay](/source/Banijay).[2] The film *[Stromberg – The Movie](/source/Stromberg_%E2%80%93_The_Movie)* was [crowdfunded](/source/Crowdfunding) with €1,000,000 in one week by 3,000 fans in December 2011.[3] 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.[4] However, the Cologne Labor Court deemed some layoffs to be unjustified and thus invalid.[5] At the beginning of 2019 it was announced that Banijay Germany CEO and shareholder Marcus Wolter had been appointed as the new managing director.[6] In June 2020, Banijay took over the rest of the shares.[7] ## Productions - [Die Harald Schmidt Show](/source/Die_Harald_Schmidt_Show) (until July 1998, from then *Bonito*) - [Die Wochenshow](/source/Die_Wochenshow) - [TV total](/source/TV_total) - [Ladykracher](/source/Ladykracher) - [Elton.tv](/source/Elton.tv) - [Rent a Pocher](/source/Rent_a_Pocher) - RTL Promiboxen - Der Bachelor - [Anke Late Night](/source/Anke_Late_Night) - [Stromberg](/source/Stromberg_(TV_series)) - [Bundesvision Song Contest](/source/Bundesvision_Song_Contest) - [Unser Star für Oslo](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010) - [Unser Song für Deutschland](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011) - [Unser Star für Baku](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012) - [Unser Song für Malmö](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013) - [Unser Song für Dänemark](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2014) - [Unser Song für Österreich](/source/Germany_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015) - [Eurovision Song Contest 2011](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011) - [Eurovision Song Contest 2012](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012) - [Free European Song Contest](/source/Free_European_Song_Contest) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Brainpool - Banijay Group"](http://www.banijay.com/company/brainpool-germany). *www.banijay.com*. Retrieved 7 January 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["OTS: BRAINPOOL TV GmbH / Banijay Deutschland übernimmt 100 Prozent von ..."](https://boerse-express.com/news/articles/ots-brainpool-tv-gmbh-banijay-deutschland-uebernimmt-100-prozent-von--224717) (in German). 28 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hein, David (22 December 2011). ["Fans investieren 1 Million Euro und ermöglichen "Stromberg - der Film""](http://www.horizont.net/medien/nachrichten/-Fans-investieren-1-Million-Euro-und-ermoeglichen-Stromberg---Der-Film-104671). *horizont.net*. Retrieved 23 April 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Hans-Peter Siebenhaar](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans-Peter_Siebenhaar&action=edit&redlink=1) (4 September 2013), "Verdienen TV-Moderatoren zu viel?", *[Handelsblatt](/source/Handelsblatt)*, no. 169, p. 24, [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0017-7296](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0017-7296) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Kündigungen aufgehoben – Gericht schlägt den Raab"](http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/berufsleben/stefan-raab-gericht-hebt-brainpool-kuendigungen-auf-a-1063884.html). 20 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** GmbH, DWDL de. ["Marcus Wolter ist neuer Geschäftsführer von Brainpool"](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/70556/marcus_wolter_ist_neuer_geschaeftsfuehrer_von_brainpool/). *DWDL.de*. Retrieved 28 April 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Express, Börse. ["OTS: BRAINPOOL TV GmbH / Banijay Deutschland übernimmt 100 Prozent von ..."](https://boerse-express.com/news/articles/ots-brainpool-tv-gmbh-banijay-deutschland-uebernimmt-100-prozent-von--224717) *Börse Express* (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2022. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.brainpool.de/en/) v t e Banijay Entertainment Predecessors Endemol Shine Group Endemol Shine Group Zodiak Media RDF Media Subsidiaries Americas Bunim/Murray Productions Endemol Shine North America 51 Minds Entertainment Endemol Shine Boomdog Original Media Europe Adventure Line Productions (France) Brainpool TV (Germany) Endemol France Groenlandia (Italy) Jarowskij (Sweden) Jarowskij/Yellow Bird (Sweden) Meter/Jarowskij (Sweden) Banijay Nordics (Nordics) Nordisk Film TV (Denmark) UK The Comedy Unit Darlow Smithson Productions Dragonfly IWC Media Kudos Remarkable Entertainment Shine TV Simon's Cat Ltd. 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