Brainpool TV

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Brainpool TV GmbH

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment Talent management
Founded	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Founder	Jörg Grabosch Martin Keß Ralf Günther
Headquarters	Cologne , Germany
Key people	Jörg Grabosch (CEO, Production & Corporate Communications) Andreas Scheuermann (CEO, Licensing and Marketing, Financial Controlling & Legal and Business Affairs)[1]
Owner	Banijay Entertainment
Parent	Banijay Germany
Website	www.brainpool.de/en

Brainpool TV GmbH is a German television production company located in Cologne.

It was a subsidiary of VIVA Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a management buyout in January 2007, now owned by Banijay.^[2] The film Stromberg – The Movie was crowdfunded 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 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]

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