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DGAP-News: PANTALEON Entertainment AG's 'You Are Wanted' renewed for a second season by Amazon after record-breaking launch
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PANTALEON Entertainment AG's 'You Are Wanted' renewed for a second season by
Amazon after record-breaking launch
22.03.2017 / 10:09
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PANTALEON Entertainment AG's "You Are Wanted" renewed for a second season by
Amazon after record-breaking launch
- "You Are Wanted" is the most successful series ever on Amazon Prime Video
in Germany
- "You Are Wanted" is one of the five most-watched series on Amazon Prime
Video in 70 countries over the weekend
- Warner Bros. will co-produce the series once again
- PANTALEON given fast-track renewal for Season 2
- PANTALEON's successful entry into the international market for web
television series after new production breaks all records
Berlin, March 22, 2017 - PANTALEON Entertainment AG (XETRA: PAL, ISIN:
DE000A12UPJ7) has already been given the green light by Amazon to produce
another season of "You Are Wanted" with Matthias Schweighöfer after a
record-breaking opening weekend. Launched worldwide only last weekend, this
Pantaleon-produced series achieved a new streaming record and was watched by
more people than any other series on Amazon Prime Video in Germany and
Austria during its opening weekend. Its international success was also
remarkably strong. Second only to the USA, Germany represents the largest
market for Amazon worldwide. Shortly after its release, "You Are Wanted" has
been given more 5-star ratings by Amazon customers than any other series in
the history of Amazon Prime Video in Germany.
Internationally, the show's success was also remarkably strong: "You Are
Wanted" is one of the five most popular series watched over the weekend in
70 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy and Spain.
Like the first season, the second will be produced by the 100%-owned
subsidiary PANTALEON Films GmbH, together with Warner Bros. Entertainment
GmbH and Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany GmbH.
As of 17 March 2017, Amazon Prime members in over 200 countries can stream
all six episodes of "You Are Wanted". This production is thus not only the
first web-streamed series for PANTALEON but also the first German series
ever to be launched simultaneously in more than 200 countries and states
around the globe.
For the PANTALEON group, the record-breaking release of "You Are Wanted",
its first such streaming project, marks its successful entry into the new
world of web series production for international video-on-demand providers.
This will lastingly vitalize PANTALEON's production branch which, in
addition to its own VoD-platform pantaflix.com, can now boast another
rock-solid pillar for dynamic growth within the entire PANTALEON group.
"This outstanding success and the resulting commission of a second season
unmistakeably validates the strategic decision we took to market our
productions in collaboration with strong and globally represented business
partners," according to PANTALEON CEO Dan Maag. "We all have high hopes for
our continued partnership with Warner Bros. and Amazon, a genuinely
successful constellation that has proved its potential.
"We at Amazon listen very carefully to our customers. They have spoken and
given our first German Amazon Original series the most successful launch of
all time," says Dr. Christoph Schneider, managing director of Amazon Video
Germany. "We're now looking forward to making Season Two even bigger and
better."
"We are very pleased about the great success the series has had on Amazon
Prime Video. The reactions we've received from around the world are
incredible," adds Matthias Schweighöfer. "I can't wait to continue the story
in the next season, together with PANTALEON Films and Warner Bros."
About PANTALEON Entertainment AG:
PANTALEON Entertainment AG is one of the fastest growing media companies in
Europe. The group, as a leading producer of feature films with world-class
distribution partners such as Warner Bros. and Amazon Prime, developed high
growth dynamics from the start. The financial success of the content
division paid in for the formation of the disruptive video-on-demand (VoD)
game changer pantaflix.com, a 100% daughter of PANTALEON that just recently
initiated its global rollout. For more information:
www.pantaleonentertainment.com and www.pantaflix.com.
Contact:
PANTALEON Entertainment AG
Katharinenstrasse 4
D-61476 Kronberg im Taunus
Tel.:+49 6173 3945095
Fax: +49 6173 3945097
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact Investor Relations:
CROSS ALLIANCE communication GmbH
Susan Hoffmeister
Freihamer Strasse 2
D-82166 Gräfelfing/Munich
Tel.:+49 89 89827227
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: PANTALEON Entertainment AG
Katharinenstr. 4
61476 Kronberg
Germany
Phone: 06173 - 394 50 95
Fax: 06173 - 394 50 97
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.pantaleonentertainment.com
ISIN: DE000A12UPJ7
WKN: A12UPJ
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Stuttgart,
Tradegate Exchange; Open Market (Scale) in Frankfurt
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