| IM Internationalmedia AG is the Munich based parent company of the Internationalmedia group, a global, independent film company with additional offices in London and Los Angeles. The company went public on May 18, 2000. On January 15, 2003, the worldwide operating company was included in the Prime Standard Segment of the Frankfurt stock exchange (WKN 548 880). To date, movies of the Internationalmedia group have received about 350 nominations and awards from the film industry and have been highly acclaimed at leading film festivals such as in Cannes, Berlin, Salt Lake City, San Sebastian, Toronto and Venice. Films of the Internationalmedia group include Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Sir Anthony Hopkins, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, LIFE OF DAVID GALE starring Kate Winslet and Kevin Spacey, BASIC starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson as well as THE WEDDING PLANNER starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey, amongst others. |
Business model |
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The core business of the Internationalmedia group consists of three main business areas. The first, Intermedia Films, is the company’s traditional business, in which the group develops, finances, produces and distributes high-quality motion pictures. In the year 2005, the business model was expanded by two further business areas. With Intermedia Cinema, the company develops, finances, produces and distributes genre movies, primarily action and horror films with budgets between 10 and 25 million US-dollars. The third business area is Intermedia TV, in which the Internationalmedia group develops, finances, produces and distributes TV formats for the international market. Accordingly, the main focuses of the core business areas can be described as follows: |
Development |
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| The value added chain commences with the conception of films and series and extends to the search for material and the screenplay development phase and finally to the selection of producers, directors and actors. |
Financing |
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| Before a project goes into the production phase, the Internationalmedia group ensures the highest possible percentage of the budget through presale of the rights to international and local sales partners. The minimum guarantees achieved this way and the overages that are expected usually offset the production costs of the films and series and provide the collateral for potential investors such as banks, film funds or rights dealers. |
Production |
| In principle, the Internationalmedia group does not invest equity in the main production of its movies; financing is exclusively provided externally. In consequence, presales provide sufficient backing, which reduces the company group’s production risk to a minimum. In general, the group’s films comprise own productions and work-for-hire productions for studios. |
Distribution |
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Distribution consists of the worldwide licensing of the films and series produced by the Internationalmedia group for exploitation. The licences for this are generally granted for individual territories (countries) and for all exploitation stages (cinema, home entertainment, Pay TV, Free TV). Furthermore, the Internationalmedia group has accumulated its own film library with over 75 films. In addition, the group distributes a number of serviced films. The various business activities of the Internationalmedia group result in the following sources of income:
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