Red Arrow Entertainment to acquire 100% of Sultan Sushi in Belgium and Holland
Munich, February 5th,
2014. Red Arrow Entertainment will acquire 100% of the
shares in Sultan Sushi, the Group's Belgium and Holland-based
production company. In March 2010, Red Arrow Entertainment acquired
a majority interest (51%) in the production company in Belgium. In
June 2010, the Red Arrow Entertainment Group expanded Sultan Sushi
to the Netherlands. As part of the revised share structure, Sultan
Sushi has appointed Steven Allcock and Jan Keersmaekers as
Co-Managing Directors. Allcock, who will join the company as
of April 1st, was most recently Manager of Business
Affairs and Head of Broadcasting at Studio 100 NV in Belgium.
Keersmaekers joined Sultan Sushi in 2003 and has since acted as
COO. Former CEO and founder, Johan Tuyaerts, will leave the company
at the end of February.
Jan Frouman, Group Managing Director of the Red
Arrow Entertainment Group: "Thanks to the smooth and successful
cooperation over the last few years we are able to increase our
share to 100%. I am very much looking forward to working with
Sultan Sushi even closer. At the same time I want to thank Johan
for his valuable work. Johan has been with Red Arrow since our
earliest days - and he has always been a model partner and
colleague. We wish him nothing but the best for the future. We also
want to welcome Steven to the Group and congratulate him and Jan on
their new roles. We believe Sultan Sushi couldn't be in better
hands."
Steven Allcock: "I am very excited to join such a
well-respected production company as Sultan Sushi. In this rapidly
changing media world, I hope to further position Sultan Sushi as a
key production company in Belgium and the Netherlands, building on
the strengths of the company set by Johan and Jan. With the support
of the team at Red Arrow Entertainment, I am convinced that Jan and
I will be able to successfully face all the future challenges."
In his role at Studio 100, a production company
specializing in the creation, production and distribution of
children's and family programs, Allcock was responsible for public
affairs, business development, and corporate strategy. Previously,
Allcock was employed in various positions at Telenet NV and SBS
Belgium NV in Belgium.
Jan Keersmaekers: "Johan founded the company in
2003 and successfully used his vast network of industry contacts
and experience with factual, travel-documentary and lifestyle TV,
to make Sultan Sushi a recognized brand. Over the years, he became
known as a language and spelling fanatic - but also for a level of
enthusiasm that could revive dead cows and make them jump
fences."
About Red Arrow Entertainment
Group:
Launched in January 2010 as a ProSiebenSat.1 company, Red Arrow
Entertainment Group has quickly established itself as a leading
global content production player. The Group includes 14 TV
production companies across 9 countries, global program
distribution company Red Arrow International, and powerful
partnerships with some of the industry's most renowned and
innovative creators and producers, including second-screen
specialist Screenz, leading UK content-house STV Productions, and
Mark Burnett's One Three Media.
Boasting a broad and diverse content portfolio covering, among
others, entertainment, reality, factual, scripted series, TV
movies, and magazines, Red Arrow has created and produced more than
50 formats and sold programs into more than 150 territories,
including "The Taste" (ABC, Channel 4, Sat.1, M6), "Off Their
Rockers" (NBC, ITV), "My Man Can" (Sat.1, ITV, Jiangsu Satellite),
"The Escape Artist" (BBC), "A League of Their Own" (Sky, Ten
Australia), and "Married At First Sight" (DR3).
With offices in Munich, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong,
Red Arrow's catalogue offers more than 500 titles, including
star-studded drama and entertainment shows with Jean Reno, Betty
White, Nigella Lawson, Anthony Bourdain, Steven Van Zandt, Titus
Welliver, Michelle Dockery, and Charlotte Rampling.
For more information about Red Arrow Entertainment
Group, please visit:
www.redarrow.tv
About Sultan Sushi:
The Sultan Sushi production company was founded in Belgium in
2003. It develops and produces international reality formats, drama
series, and lifestyle and children's programs. The company also
applies its creativity and experience to promotional and corporate
films and event planning.
The production company sells its formats worldwide, including to
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, and South Africa.
Among Sultan Sushi's successful productions are "Birth Day", "Rok
en Rol", and "The Taste" in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Contact:
ProSiebenSat.1 Group
Stefanie Prinz
Medienallee 7
D-85774 Unterföhring
Phone +49 [89] 95 07-1199
Fax +49 [89] 95 07-91199
Email: Stefanie.Prinz@ProSiebenSat1.com