This move creates one of Europe’s premier independent studios with presence across 13 Countries, 85 Labels, a catalogue of 30,000 hours of premium content and revenue exceeding €1 Billion.
Leonine Holding GmbH is founding Leonine Animation Studios GmbH together with Hans Ulrich Stoef and Jo Daris, and all parties will pool their animation activities in this division in the future.
"Troppo" was sold to CANAL+ Group’s thriller channel POLAR+ for French speaking territories. The FreeTV rights to "Bonn" were sold to RTV Slovenija, MTVA Hungary, RTP2 Portugal and SBS Australia.
As of January 1, 2024, Jochen Koestler will take up the position of Executive Vice President of Non-Fiction of media company Leonine Studios in Munich.