Constantin Medien : Changes in management at PLAZAMEDIA GmbH – Introduction of the new management area Production

• Jens Friedrichs is appointed as Managing Director of Production in the management body of PLAZAMEDIA GmbH
• Leif Arne Anders assumes the function of Commercial Managing Director
• Joachim Wildt will resign from management at his own request at the end of the year

Jens Friedrich, the current head of Technical Coordination/Production at Sport1 GmbH, has been appointed as Managing Director of this area. As part of his assignment to the management of the production company, Jens Friedrichs will join PLAZAMEDIA effectively November 1, 2015 and will be responsible for the divisions Fulfillment (bids and orders management) and Operations (operative services), both provided with a broad conception and production expertise. A change will also take place in the commercial management: Likewise, as of November 1, 2015, Leif Arne Anders will assume the commercial management of PLAZAMEDIA GmbH, in addition to his functions at Sport1 GmbH and Sport1 Media GmbH. He will follow Markus Pieper, who has held this position since December 2012 and has decided to leave the company at his own request.

Joachim Wildt, so far Chairman of the Management, will resign from PLAZAMEDIA GmbH at his own request at the end of the year, but will be available to us on a consulting basis in 2016.

Similar to Joachim Wildt, Jens Friedrichs will also be reporting directly to Fred Kogel, Chief Officer Production, Process Management, Integration of Constantin Medien AG. Leif Arne Anders reports directly to Hanns Beese, Chief Financial Officer of Constantin Medien AG.

'In addition to the traditional business fields in the broadcasting area, new business and revenue potential is being opened up as a consequence of digitalization and fragmentation. With respect to the requirements which accompany this, with Jens Friedrichs we have been able to gain an experienced and adept production expert, who has already demonstrated his know-how in these areas at SPORT1. He will considerably advance the further development of the product and performance portfolio of PLAZAMEDIA. Based on his long-term experience and expertise, Leif Arne Anders is an ideal choice for the position of Commercial Managing Director. On behalf of the Management Board, I would like to thank Markus Pieper for our long-standing and successful collaboration, as well as Joachim Wildt; whereby I am particularly pleased that, he will be available to our Company in the coming year as a consultant, with its proven expertise ', stated Fred Kogel.

Jens Friedrichs
Following his apprenticeship as an Audiovisual Media Designer at ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion GmbH, Jens Friedrichs (born 1978) commenced his career in 2004 as a freelancing cameraman at various media entities in the southern part of Germany. In parallel, he was project leader on a freelancing basis for a Nurnberg Event and Trade Faire service provider planning and realizing events for adidas and Siemens. In 2008, Friedrichs went to Sport1 GmbH (formerly: DSF, Deutsches SportFernsehen GmbH) as a Production Manager and starting 2009 as head of Production Planning. In 2011, he assumed the position of head of Technical Coordination/Production at SPORT1 and has since then been responsible for controlling of all technical production processes in the broadcasting area of SPORT1- among others, for services provided by PLAZAMEDIA for SPORT1.

Leif Arne Anders
After his studies of management economics at the Scientific University for Management (WHU) in Koblenz, Leif Arne Anders (born 1972) commenced his career in mid-1997 at the KirchGruppe. Among other items, Anders was co-responsible for setting up the controlling function at KirchMediaKGaA. Furthermore, he was assigned by KirchHolding GmbH & Co. KG to work for one year in London at Formula One Management Ltd. and restructured the business area. In June 2006, he moved to Sport1 GmbH (formerly DSF, Deutsches SportFernsehen GmbH) as business manager. In December 2012, Arne Anders assumed the functions of the Commercial Managing Director of the Constantin Medien subsidiaries Sport1 GmbH and Sport1 Media GmbH (formerly: Constantin Sport Marketing GmbH).

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