ProSiebenSat.1 Creates Seven.One Studios In Worldwide Restructure – Deadline

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 is bringing collectively its worldwide manufacturing and distribution subsidiaries underneath a brand new imprint, Seven.One Studios.

The formation of the brand new unit comes on the finish of a interval, following the sale of subsidiary Purple Arrow Studios U.S. manufacturing arm and the creation of two German manufacturing firms. 

The restructure will see eight manufacturing firms — from Germany, the UK, Denmark and Israel — bundled collectively alongside gross sales arm Purple Arrow Studios Worldwide.

From Germany comes Cheerio Leisure, Flat White Productions, Pyjama Productions and Redseven Leisure, with CPL Productions and Vienna Blood maker Endor Productions representing the UK, July August Productions hailing from Israel and Snowman Productions Denmark.

Seven.One Leisure Group Chief Content material Officer Henrik Pabst will lead Seven.One Studios as CEO whereas holding his current title, with Alexander Pesch CFO and Martin Metzger COO.

“The demand for content material is just growing,” saiod Pabst. “This makes it all of the extra necessary for cross-platform suppliers like ProSiebenSat.1 to have entry to the appropriate content material and its improvement, together with in-house manufacturing capacities.

“By founding Seven.One Studios, we’re making ourselves extra impartial from the aggressive German manufacturing market. Our European manufacturing homes, alongside our well-established Israeli manufacturing firm, stays a significant a part of our enterprise.”

ProSiebenSat.1 additionally famous there can be “a transparent focus inside the German-speaking territories on content material with younger expertise for the younger goal group” going forwards.

Pabst additionally pointed to ProSiebenSat1.’s monitor report in youth-focused packages, citing Pyjama Productions, which is working with Hamburg-based artistic firm Kleine Brüder on Die Discounter and new improv comedy Intimate, which on the filmed for streamer Joyn and ProSieben.

“By our Group-wide connection to Studio71 and Buzzbird, we even have entry to a big influencer community,” added Pabst. “We wish to understand many new tasks with these stars of the younger goal group.”