EM.Entertainment licenses program package for pay-TV to ProSiebenSat.1 Group

EM.Entertainment GmbH - December 2007
 
  • Broadcast rights for pay-TV stations kabel eins classics and Sat.1 Comedy
  • Portfolio encompasses well-known classics such as Lassie and The Flying Classroom

EM.Entertainment GmbH has inked a long-term license contract for a program package for pay-TV channels kabel eins classics and Sat.1 Comedy with ProSiebenSat.1 Group.

The package boasts a total of 26 well-known feature films from the EM.Entertainment program library – including numerous Lassie films and the ten-part Princess Fantaghiro series, as well as film adaptations of works by well-known German author Erich Kästner such as The Flying Classroom, Lottie and Lisa, Emil and the Detectives and Anna Louise and Anton.

The programs will appear on digital pay-TV-stations kabel eins classics and Sat.1 Comedy. kabel eins classics broadcasts a wide range of feature film classics from Hollywood and Europe featuring movie hits from the thirties to the nineties. Sat.1 Comedy presents a high quality selection of sitcoms, TV shows and entertaining feature films. Both stations have been available throughout Germany digital via cable as well as via satellite as part of the packages “Premiere Star” and arenaSAT.

“The co-operation with ProSiebenSat.1 Media documents the cult status of the classics in our portfolio: Countless viewers have grown up with films like Lassie – and can now look forward to a reunion with their childhood heroes on kabel eins classics and Sat.1 Comedy,” comments Susanne Schosser, Managing Director of EM.Entertainment.