09.01.2017
PANTALEON Entertainment AG DE000A12UPJ7
DGAP-News: PANTALEON Entertainment AG adds top Apple manager to Executive Board
DGAP-News: PANTALEON Entertainment AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
PANTALEON Entertainment AG adds top Apple manager to Executive Board
09.01.2017 / 17:19
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PANTALEON Entertainment AG adds top Apple manager to Executive Board
- Stefan Langefeld leaving Apple for PANTALEON on May 1, 2017
- Long-standing iTunes Head of TV and Movies Central and Eastern Europe
to become new COO at PANTALEON Entertainment AG
- Expansion of Executive Board with view to global rollout of VoD
platform pantaflix.com in particular
Berlin, January 9, 2017 - PANTALEON Entertainment AG (XETRA: PAL, ISIN:
DE000A12UPJ7) is today announcing that Stefan Langefeld will be joining the
company to strengthen the Executive Board on May 1, 2017. Alongside CEO Dan
Maag, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) Stefan Langefeld will be handling
the already highly successful ongoing global rollout of the innovative
video-on-demand (VoD) platform pantaflix.com particularly, while
PANTALEON's CEO Dan Maag will focus more on the areas of strategy,
international partnerships and production.
Stefan Langefeld has more than 15 years of experience in the media and IT
industry as a founder and manager, including around nine years in
management positions at Apple, the biggest company in the world in terms of
stock market value. Projects for which he was responsible included the
launch of iTunes Video on German-speaking markets in Europe and more than
50 key emerging markets such as India, Africa, Russia, Turkey and the
Middle East. With his comprehensive global network and his experience, he
is considered one of Europe's leading managers in the field of VoD. He
began his career as an Executive Assistant to the CEO at Medienholding
EUVIA MEDIA AG. From there he joined SKY Deutschland before becoming Head
of TV Germany at Apple in 2007, launching and managing the iTunes TV Store
in Germany. The expansion of German-language business in Switzerland and
Austria was followed in 2013 by the position of iTunes' Head of TV and
Movies Central and Eastern Europe, which included the German-speaking
countries, Italy and Eastern Europe. In October 2016, he became the Head of
Apple Music and iTunes, assuming responsibility for the music business in
German-speaking territories.
"In Stefan Langefeld, we have secured one of the world's foremost minds in
the field of VoD for our company," announced Mathis Schultz, Chairman of
the Supervisory Board of PANTALEON Entertainment AG. "Mr Langefeld's
commitment highlights the significance of pantaflix.com for the Group's
ongoing growth. Especially in this phase of rapid growth, we are confident
that we can benefit from Stefan Langefeld's expertise and outstanding
network. We very much look forward to working together."
"We have always been confident of the enormous potential of pantaflix.com.
Nonetheless, the massive popularity since its launch in December 2016 has
exceeded all our expectations. Securing a key player in the international
VOD industry is therefore the next logical step in the rapid and solid
growth of our global platform. Thanks to Stefan Langefeld we are now
excellently positioned in the competition," said PANTALEON's CEO Dan Maag.
"PANTALEON has become one of Europe's fastest growing media companies in
recent years. I am especially pleased to be helping to shape the further
development of the company in a key position moving ahead," said the future
Executive Board member Stefan Langefeld. "I will contribute my experience
from my work to date to expand pantaflix.com into a leading VoD company on
the world stage."
About pantaflix.com:
www.pantaflix.com is an innovative and cloud-based Video-on-Demand (VoD)
platform, which for the first time enables filmmakers and rights owners to
market their productions to a worldwide audience with just a few clicks.
pantaflix.com offers immediate market access reducing the stages of the
exploitation chain. 75 percent of sales go straight to the producer, 25
percent to pantaflix.com. Thus, producers receive up to 7.5 times as much
revenue as from traditional platforms.
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 (Entry Standard) in
Frankfurt
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