EM.Entertainment GmbH and Studio100 Media have agreed an extensive co-operation running until the end of 2008 and covering international distribution of the wide-ranging EM.Entertainment rights portfolio within the TV, home entertainment and video on demand (VOD) sectors, the companies announced Tuesday.
The distribution partnership that EM.Entertainment agreed March 2007 with London-based media house Sparrowhawk Distribution Ltd. expires March 31, 2008 due to the takeover of the company by NBC Universal and its subsequent organizational restructuring.
As of March 1, 2008, a joint distribution team drawn from both EM.Entertainment and Studio100 Media will immediately market classics from EM.Entertainment such as MAYA THE BEE, TABALUGA, VICKY THE VIKING and the Astrid Lindgren portfolio, as well as new productions like STAINES DOWN DRAINS, DOGSTAR or LIFE RULES and MASTER RAINDROP or ENYO.
The distribution units of both companies will be managed by Patrick Elmendorff, who is General Manager of Studio100 Media and, until the end of 2006, served as Managing Director of EM.Entertainment GmbH and Junior.TV GmbH & Co. KG.
The agreement covers distribution worldwide, with the exception of the U.S., Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
