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.