Brainpool TV GmbH is a German television production company located in Cologne. It was a subsidiary of

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Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a

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in January 2007, now owned by Banijay. The film ''

Stromberg – The Movie ''Stromberg'' () is a German mockumentary comedy television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. The series stars Christoph Maria Herbst as Bernd Stromberg and is written mainly b ...

'' was crowdfunded 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 to ...

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

Die Wochenshow ''Die Wochenshow'' (English: ''The Weekly Show'', lit.: ''The Week's Review'') was a German television comedy, German weekly sketch comedy show that aired on Sat.1 and was produced by Brainpool TV. It first aired on 20 April 1996 and was cancelled ...

* TV total *

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 * RTL Promiboxen * Der Bachelor * Anke Late Night * Stromberg * Bundesvision Song Contest *

Unser Star für Oslo Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, which was held in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The country's entry was selected in a series of competitive heats and a national final – ''Unser Star für Oslo'' – which was organised jointly b ...

* Unser Song für Deutschland *

Unser Star für Baku Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and selected their entry in a series of competitive heats and a national final ''Unser Star für Baku'', which was organised jointly by the public broadcasters ARD and NDR and the private ...

Unser Song für Malmö Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song " Glorious" written by Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas and Tony Cornelissen. The song was performed by Cascada. The German entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sw ...

Unser Song für Dänemark Germany participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Is It Right", written by Elżbieta Steinmetz, Frank Kretschmer and Adam Kesselhaut. The song was performed by Elaiza. The German entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Den ...

* Unser Song für Österreich * Eurovision Song Contest 2011 * Eurovision Song Contest 2012 * Free European Song Contest

References

External links

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