scopas medien launches new sales division

scopas medien AG - November 2006

At the start of October, the Frankfurt-based film production company scopas medien AG launched a new sales operation, led as Director of Sales by Susanne Weisheit (35), licensing its rights for self- and co-produced films and series. scopas medien has thus added a further area of business to its two mainstays of operation in the fields of animation and documentary films.

A business management graduate, Susanne Weisheit worked previously as Merchandising Project Manager at ZDF Enterprises GmbH in Mainz. With scopas medien she will initially be building up the merchandising sales activities across Europe for the children’s series ‘Dragon’ (www.dragonandhisfriends.com), which is co-produced with Cité Amerique (Canada), Image Plus (Korea). ‘Dragon’ is a stop-motion animation series for pre-school children, which has already been broadcasted with great success in over 40 countries worldwide (e.g. USA (qubo), Australia (ABC), Canada (Treehouse), Korea (EBS), Latin America (Cartoon Network), Germany (ZDF), Italy (RAI), Belgium (VRT), The Netherlands (KRO), Sweden (SVT), Norway (NRK)).

Background information - scopas medien AG
scopas medien AG is a film production company based in Frankfurt am Main. It was formed in 1994 through the merger of Scopas Film, Clayart Trickfilm, Jellymann projects and Funpage. The two main areas of business of the resultant scopas medien AG are documentary and animated films. The documentary film division develops and produces documentaries for the German television market. Since 2004, it has also worked on projects intended for international screening in cinemas and on TV. scopas medien AG’s ‘Clayart’ cartoon brand specialises in animated films produced using the stop-motion technique. The company has made a name for itself in the European animation industry with its classic, painstakingly crafted films and productions, such as the award-winning children’s films ‘Max&Ko’ and ‘Frau Holle’. In Germany, scopas is the market leader in high-quality stop-motion productions.