Sport1 Medien

Sport1 Medien AG is a media company based in Ismaning, Germany, which works worldwide.

 History 

 1989: Thomas Haffa founded EM.TV, which stands for "Entertainment, Merchandising, TV."
 1996: Junior, a TV channel with licenses for animated shows, was created.
 1997: EM.TV became a public company and expanded.
 1999: EM.TV bought Tele München Gruppe and created home video company Planet Junior.
 2000: EM.TV bought The Jim Henson Company and 50% of Formula One's holding company, SLEC Ltd.
 2001: Werner Klatten became CEO and restructured the company, selling holdings and buying a German sports TV station.

 2003: The Henson family bought The Jim Henson Company back from EM.TV.
 2007: EM.TV bought a stake in Swiss media company Highlight Communications AG.
 2008: The company changed its name to EM.Sport Media AG and sold its children's catalogue to Studio 100.
 2009: The company changed its name to Constantin Medien AG.
 2018: Highlight Communications AG took over the company.
 2019: The company was delisted from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and changed its name to Sport1 Medien AG.

 References 

Category:1989 establishments in Europe
Category:Companies of Germany