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Studio 100 N.V.
Company typeJoint-stock company
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1996; 29 years ago (1996)
FounderGert Verhulst
Danny Verbiest [nl]
Hans Bourlon
HeadquartersSchelle,
Flanders
,
Belgium
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Gert Verhulst
CEO & Founder Studio 100 NV
Hans Bourlon
CEO & Founder Studio 100 NV
Anja van Mensel
CEO Studio 100 Benelux
Martin Krieger
CEO Studio 100 International
Steve van den Kerkhof
CEO Plopsa
BrandsK3
Samson en Gert
Kabouter Plop
Maya the Bee
OwnerGert Verhulst (25%)
Hans Bourlon (25%)
BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity (25%)
Vic Swerts (17%)
3D Investors (8%)
DivisionsMade 4 Entertainment
Terribly Terrific! Productions
Flying Bark Productions
Plopsa
Studio 100 Animation
Studio 100 International
Studio 100 Benelux
Websitewww.studio100.com

Studio 100 N.V. is a Belgian production company that operates television channels, animation studios and theme parks worldwide. The headquarters of the company is in Schelle, along with offices in Breda, Munich, Paris, New York, Sydney and Los Angeles.

History

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Studio 100 was founded in 1996 by Gert Verhulst, Danny Verbiest and Hans Bourlon. The three came together for seven years when they created the show Samson & Gert, in which Verhulst and Verbiest also starred. Samson & Gert started as a duo which announced television shows. Besides the production of their original show they started creating a new series called Kabouter Plop. Following the success of these two shows, the company expanded into new fields in 1999. Studio 100 produced their first movie that year, which was called The Gnome Treasure. Additionally, the company began to create the musical Assepoester, a Dutch spoken version of Cinderella. Studio 100 created their own theme park. For the latter three, they required co-funding from the Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. In 2000, they began to expand their offering when they acquired the girl group K3 from BMG.

In 2005, Danny Verbiest announced his retirement from Samson & Gert, but also as a shareholder of the company. The shares were bought by Verhulst and Bourlon, but in a year later, the shares were sold to BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity. With the new ownership the company ventured into the international, non-Dutch speaking, market by copying their original shows in other languages and creating new shows like Bumba.[1]

Their international expansion took flight in 2008 when they founded a Belgian digital television channel called Studio 100 TV,[2] and Studio 100 Media, a German division to sell their content to the international market. Over the next years, the company revamped the old classics they acquired and established a new cooking channel, called Njam!, in Belgium in 2010 and BeJunior in the Middle East and North Africa in 2016.

In late-May 2008, Studio 100 announced that they've acquired EM.Sport Media AG's entertainment division EM. Entertainment and its library along with the latter's Australian animation production studio Flying Bark Productions and German television channel JuniorTV (which Studio 100 would eventually close in 2022) for €41 million in order to expand Studio 100's expanded children's library, giving Studio 100 their own Australian production and animation studio outside of Belgium along with EM.Entertainment's distribution library including Yoram Gross's animated productions including Binky Bill which was placed under Studio 100's global distribution division Studio 100 Media alongside EM. Entertainment's classic catalogue such as Maya the Bee and Vic the Viking as Studio 100 will adapt new versions of the two classic shows.[3][4]

One year later on February 12, 2009 following Studio 100's acquisition of EM.Sport Media AG's entertainment production division EM. Entertainment and its Australian animation production studio Flying Bark Productions, Studio 100 announced that they've launched their in-house animation studio based in Paris, France named Studio 100 Animation to produce new and revamped adaptations of their existing catalogue including the classics that Studio 100 had acquired one year before such as the classics of both Maya the Bee and Vic the Viking alongside producing their original programmes with Jo Harris heading Studio 100's new in-house animation division.[5] Five months later in late-July of that same year, Studio 100 announced that their global distribution division Studio 100 Media had acquired the entire rights to the Maya the Bee from the German public foundation Waldemar Bonsels Foundation.

In May 2013, Studio 100 announced the expansion into the movie business worldwide with the launch of their new film division named Studio 100 Film with its first production based on its famous characters Maya the Bee: The Movie following the success of Studio 100's animation division's adaptation of the TV series of the same name with the new division securing internarional distribution for their first movie.[6]

In late-January 2017, Studio 100 announced that its global distribution division Studio 100 Media had made a deal to acquire a 68% majority stake in German brand management and media production & distribution company Made 4 Entertainment (m4e AG) the producer of Mia and Me and the owner of the library of the former distributor TV-Loonland AG including its Dutch distribution subsidiary Telescreen in a deal that could combine Studio 100's expanded catalogue with Made 4 Entertainment (m4e)'s wider library which would make the former as the biggest kids & family entertainment content companies across Europe with Made 4 Entertainment (m4e) would continue to invest their new content and its global expansion.[7] A month later in late-February of that same year, Studio 100's global distribution division Studio 100 Media announced that they've completed its acquisition of a 68% majority stake in German brand management and media production & distribution company Made 4 Entertainment (m4e AG) the owner of both the library of the former German distributor TV-Loonland AG and its Dutch distribution subsidiary Telescreen, making it a subsidiary of Studio 100 Media with Made 4 Entertainment (m4e)'s CEO and founder Hans Ulrich Stoef continued to lead the acquired company.[8] Studio 100 Media would eventually increase their stake of Made 4 Entertainment (m4e) and later took full control after selling and spinning off some of m4e's subsidiaries three years later in 2020[9]

In December 2017, Studio 100 expanded their international operations into the United States with their acquisition of New York-based American preschool animation production studio Little Airplane Productions, thrust giving Studio 100 another animation studio this time in the U.S as their subsidiary with the latter will develop and produce their new projects with Studio 100's own in-house animation production studios such as Studio 100 Animation alongside its Munich-based global distribution division Studio 100 Media will distribute them.[10]

In late-July 2018, Studio 100 through its Munich-based global production and distribution division Studio 100 Media announced the launch of feature-focused German animation studio named Studio Isar Animation in order for Studio 100 to expand their film productions completely in-house which opened three months later in October of that same year.[11][12]

The theme-park division, Plopsa, also grew significantly. After taking full control of Plopsaland in 2005, they opened a couple of new theme parks in Hasselt (2005), Dalen (2010) and co-opened a theme park in Torzym (2018). The division also owned theme parks in Stavelot (2005), Haßloch (2010), Antwerp (2019), and created water parks in De Panne (2015) and Hannuit-Landen (2020). With expansions planned in four countries: Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands.[13][14]

On 7 February 2020, the ownership of the group shifted again when Vic Swerts and 3D Investors acquired 17% and 8% of the shares respectively. After the transaction Gert Verhulst, Hans Bourlon and BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity had a remaining 25% share each.[15]

In 2020, their animation studio Flying Bark Productions opened a second studio in Los Angeles.[16]

In December 2020, Studio 100 announced their restructing of its international businesses and announced that their New York-based American animation studio Little Airplane Productions's founder and CEO Josh Selig alongside CCO Sharon Gomes had left the acquired American animation studio with the co-CEOs of Studio 100's international division Studio 100 Media which were Martin Krieger and Barbara Stephen taking over as the new CEOs of the New York-based animation studio in order for Studio 100 to launch more streamlined international operations during the COVID-19 impact on Studio 100's businesses.[17]

In October 2023, Studio 100 through its global distribution division Studio 100 Media announced their entry into the Spanish animation business by acquiring a stake in Tenerife, Canary Islands-based Spanish animation studio 3 Doubles Producciones as their Spanish animation production studio with Studio 100 Media will co-produce and distribute its films and animated series internationally.[18]

In March 2024, Studio 100 announced that they've rebranded their Munich-based global production and distribution division Studio 100 Media as Studio 100 International including their redesigned logo and reflecting their expanded role for the entire Studio 100 group with the rebranded division announced a first-look production and distribution partnership with French animation studio Gaumont Animation to co-produce animated shows and feature films with Studio 100.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fortis Private Equity bevestigt instap in Studio 100". www.standaard.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  2. ^ "Studio 100 lanceert eerste digitaal kinderkanaal". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  3. ^ Bell, Ryan (May 30, 2008). "EM.Entertainment Sold to Studio 100". Animation Magazine.
  4. ^ "Studio 100 koopt Maja de Bij en Pippi Langkous". www.standaard.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  5. ^ Moody, Anne-Marie (February 12, 2009). "Studio100 Launches New Animation Studio". Animation World Network.
  6. ^ "Studio 100 Launches New Film Division". Animation Magazine. May 20, 2013.
  7. ^ Whyte, Alexandra (January 25, 2017). "Studio 100 takes majority stake in m4e". Kidscreen.
  8. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (February 27, 2017). "Studio 100 Closes Acquisition of m4e Majority Stake". Animation Magazine.
  9. ^ "Consolidated Annual Accounts 2019" (PDF). Studio 100 International. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  10. ^ Foster, Elizabeth (December 1, 2017). "Studio 100 acquires Little Airplane Productions". Kidscreen.
  11. ^ Miligan, Mercedes (July 31, 2018). "Studio 100 Founds Studio Isar Animation in Munich". Animation Magazine.
  12. ^ Dickson, Jeremy (July 31, 2018). "Studio 100 to open film-focused animation studio". Kidscreen.
  13. ^ "Plop heerst alleen over zijn land". www.nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  14. ^ "Plopsa Group maakt plannen voor nieuwe pretparken concreet". Looopings (in Dutch). 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  15. ^ "Vic Swerts (Soudal) and 3d investors new shareholders of Studio 100" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  16. ^ "Flying Bark Productions Is Opening An L.A. Studio In 2020". www.cartoonbrew.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  17. ^ Touchow, Ryan (January 6, 2021). "Studio 100 splits from Little Airplane founder". Kidscreen.
  18. ^ Lang, Jamie (October 10, 2023). "Studio 100 Media Acquires Stake In 'Inspector Sun' Studio 3 Doubles Producciones". Cartoon Brew.
  19. ^ Kaminska, Karolina (March 5, 2024). "Producer, distributor Studio 100 Media rebrands as Studio 100 International". C21Media.
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