Thirtyfour Media expands pan-European collective with two new partners

Thirtyfour Media, the indie production collective championing independent European creative labels, is adding two new partners – Norway’s The Oslo Company and Belgium’s Sputnik Media.

Joris Gijsbertse

Production companies in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland came together to form the indie collective led by former Banijay Entertainment acquisitions exec Joris Gijsbertse last year.

Initial members included Munich-based Constantin Entertainment, NewBe in Amsterdam, Copenhagen-based Laud People and Constantin Entertainment Polska in Warsaw.

They have now been joined by The Oslo Company, founded in 2016 by Christian Steen and Trond Kvernstrøm. The company is an independent, creatively-driven advertising, design & production agency offering both content creation and advertising services based in Oslo.

They are the producers behind titles such as Home for Christmas (Netflix), The Culinary Camp (Viaplay), The Oil Fund (NRK) and Don’t Laugh (VGTV).

Sputnik Media, founded in 2001, is a Belgian production company based in Antwerp and operates across the Benelux. They work across both fiction and non-fiction, with strong international ambitions in both genres. Their unscripted catalogue includes productions such as Prank Squad (VRT MAX), In Shape (VRT) and Paranormal (Streamz).

The Thirtyfour advisory board comprises Tanja van der Goes (CEO, All Right Media; former EndemolShine Group), Boudewijn Beusmans (3Rivers; ex-CEO EndemolShine Netherlands) and latest addition, Sarah Edwards (formerly SVP Sony Global Development & Production).

Gijsbertse, MD of Thirtyfour Media, said: “Thirtyfour Media was established to offer best-in-class support to outstanding European producers who want to maintain independence, while bolstering their creative pipeline, and accessing first-class support with international affairs. In onboarding The Oslo Company and Sputnik Media we take the next step in our plan to further grow our collective, our international reach, our creative pipeline and our rights offering.”