Scandinavian production and distribution house Scanbox Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in Norwegian distributor Ymer Media.
Ymer Media’s management team will continue to lead the company with no operational changes, with Jarle Namtvedt and Cecilia Aas remaining shareholders and company owners.
Scanbox’s chief commercial officer Torben Thorup Jorgensen will become chairman of the board for Ymer Media.
Ymer Media will maintain its upcoming slate, which includes Alex Garland’s Civil War, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black and Richard Linklater’s Hit Man; plus local titles Adil, Cinderella’s Stepsister and animation Kaja The Great.
Ymer Media’s management team will continue to lead the company with no operational changes, with Jarle Namtvedt and Cecilia Aas remaining shareholders and company owners.
Scanbox’s chief commercial officer Torben Thorup Jorgensen will become chairman of the board for Ymer Media.
Ymer Media will maintain its upcoming slate, which includes Alex Garland’s Civil War, Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black and Richard Linklater’s Hit Man; plus local titles Adil, Cinderella’s Stepsister and animation Kaja The Great.
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Scanbox Entertainment Sets Restructured Senior Management Team With Multiple Promotions And New Hire
Scanbox Entertainment has finalized a restructuring of its senior management team with a series of internal promotions alongside a new hire.
Merete Martensen Christensen has taken over from Kim William Beich as acting Chief Operations Officer (COO). Beich will continue at the company as Head of Acquisitions and Special Projects. Christensen will also retain her role as Head of Theatrical in Scandinavia and as local Head of Theatrical in Denmark. Christensen has been part of the management group since 2014 and originally joined Scanbox back in 2011.
Elsewhere, Per Bergholdt Knudsen has joined Scanbox in the newly created Director of Sales & Acquisition Manager. He will work closely with Torben Thorup Jørgensen, Chief Commercial Officer (Cco), taking over sales duties and joining the acquisitions team at Scanbox Entertainment. Knudsen is a senior sales and acquisitions executive who started as a film buyer in TV2’s acquisition department and worked there for five years,...
Merete Martensen Christensen has taken over from Kim William Beich as acting Chief Operations Officer (COO). Beich will continue at the company as Head of Acquisitions and Special Projects. Christensen will also retain her role as Head of Theatrical in Scandinavia and as local Head of Theatrical in Denmark. Christensen has been part of the management group since 2014 and originally joined Scanbox back in 2011.
Elsewhere, Per Bergholdt Knudsen has joined Scanbox in the newly created Director of Sales & Acquisition Manager. He will work closely with Torben Thorup Jørgensen, Chief Commercial Officer (Cco), taking over sales duties and joining the acquisitions team at Scanbox Entertainment. Knudsen is a senior sales and acquisitions executive who started as a film buyer in TV2’s acquisition department and worked there for five years,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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