Brainpool (company)
Encyclopedia
Brainpool TV GmbH is a German television
production company
located in Cologne
. In 2001 it had become a subsidiary of VIVA Medien AG, until a Management-Buy-outs in January 2007.
German television
Television in Germany began in Berlin on March 22, 1935, broadcasting for 90 minutes three times a week. The German television market had approximately 36.5 million television households in 2000, making it the largest television market in Europe...
production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
located in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. In 2001 it had become a subsidiary of VIVA Medien AG, until a Management-Buy-outs in January 2007.
Productions
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (until July 1998, from then BonitoBonitoBonito is a name given to various species of medium-sized, predatory fish in the Scombridae family. First, bonito most commonly refers to species in the genus Sarda, including the Atlantic bonito and the Pacific bonito ; second, in Japanese cuisine, bonito refers to the skipjack tuna , which, in...
) - Die WochenshowDie WochenshowDie Wochenshow is a German weekly comedy sketch show that is aired on Sat.1 and is produced by Brainpool TV. It started on April 20, 1996 and was cancelled early in 2002...
- TV totalTV totalTV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show that has run since 8 March 1999 on ProSieben, and is currently aired at around 23:15 from Monday to Thursday....
- LadykracherLadykracherLadykracher is a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced.- Skits :All Ladykracher skits plays by Anke Engelke...
- Elton.tvElton.tvElton.tv was a German comedic late-night talk show hosted by Elton. It was originally shown once a week on ProSieben between 6 December 2001 and 27 March 2003....
- Rent a PocherRent a PocherRent a Pocher was a German television show hosted by comedian Oliver Pocher. The weekly late-night show ran on Thursdays on the commercial television channel ProSieben and was produced by Brainpool. On the show, in addition to comedy bits and celebrity guests, Pocher offered to "rent" himself out...
- RTL Promiboxen
- Der Bachelor
- Anke Late NightAnke Late NightAnke Late Night is a German late night talk show hosted by Anke Engelke and produced by Brainpool.The show first aired on 17 May 2004 on Sat.1, in the same timeslot as Die Harald Schmidt Show. The stageband for the show was the "Electric Ladyband" led by Claus Fischer, who was previously the...
- StrombergStromberg (TV series)Stromberg is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool and broadcast on the commercial television channel ProSieben. The series was proclaimed as a copy of the BBC series The Office, although initially the producers claimed it was based on a character from a past ProSieben comedy,...