Brainpool TV GmbH is a German television

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located in

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. It was a subsidiary of VIVA Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a management buyout in January 2007, now owned by

Banijay Banijay (formerly Banijay Entertainment and later Banijay Group) is a French television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over 120 production companies across 22 ...

. The film '' Stromberg – The Movie'' was

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with €1,000,000 in one week by 3,000 fans in December 2011. At the beginning of 2019 it was announced that Banijay Germany CEO and shareholder Marcus Wolter had been appointed as the new managing director. In June 2020, Banijay took over the rest of the shares.

Productions

Die Harald Schmidt Show ''Die Harald Schmidt Show'' ("The Harald Schmidt Show") was a German late-night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show ...

(until July 1998, from then ''Bonito'') * Die Wochenshow *

TV total ''TV total'' is a German late-night television comedy talk show which originally aired from 8 March 1999 to 16 December 2015 on ProSieben, hosted, created and produced by entertainer Stefan Raab. Following a six-year hiatus, it was revived on ...

Ladykracher ''Ladykracher'' was a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced until 2013. Skits All Ladykracher skits feature Anke Engelke. The p ...

Elton.tv ''elton.tv'' was a German comedic late night television, late-night talk show hosted by Elton (comedian), Elton. It was originally shown once a week on ProSieben between 6 December 2001 and 27 March 2003. The show was produced by Stefan Raab's co ...

Rent a Pocher ''Rent a Pocher'' was a German television show hosted by comedian Oliver Pocher. The weekly late-night show ran on Thursdays on the commercial television channel ProSieben and was produced by Brainpool. On the show, in addition to comedy bits and ...

* RTL Promiboxen * Der Bachelor *

Anke Late Night ''Anke Late Night'' was a German late night talk show hosted by Anke Engelke and produced by Brainpool. The show first aired on 17 May 2004 on Sat.1, in the same timeslot as ''Die Harald Schmidt Show''. The stageband for the show was the "Electr ...

* Stromberg *

Bundesvision Song Contest The Bundesvision Song Contest (often shortened BSC or BuViSoCo) was a song competition held annually between the sixteen states of Germany. Created by German entertainer Stefan Raab and aired live on ProSieben, the show was loosely based on t ...

* Unser Star für Oslo * Unser Song für Deutschland * Unser Star für Baku * Unser Song für Malmö * Unser Song für Dänemark * Unser Song für Österreich *

Eurovision Song Contest 2011 The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Uni ...

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerb ...

Free European Song Contest The Free European Song Contest is an international song competition, organised by the German television network ProSieben and the production company Brainpool TV, with participants representing primarily European countries. The contest is similar ...

References

External links

Official website
Television production companies of Germany Companies based in Cologne Mülheim, Cologne Mass media in Cologne Banijay {{Germany-company-stub