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TALKING SHOP: Jan Frouman, CEO of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, discuses the German company’s growing portfolio of production interests in the US and the possibility of super-consolidation within the industry.
C21's Talking Shop is a daily strand on C21Media.net that goes behind the news to talk to leading players in the international content business.
Frouman reflects on Red Arrow’s recent investment in US reality producer Half Yard, its alliance with Mark Burnett for One Three Media UK, plus the company’s strengthening relationships with Netflix and Amazon and stake in Collective Digital Studios.
He also talks about the departure of distribution chief Jens Richter; what record profits at parent ProSiebenSat.1 and the exit of private equity firms Permira and KKR mean for the business; and whether the industry is entering a new era of large-scaled M&A activity.
“If a unique, strategically transformative transaction was possible and made sense and didn’t take us off the path that we thought was sensible for the group I think we’d have a serious conversation about it,” says Frouman
