btf GmbH develops and produces audiovisual media productions (shows, series, films), games, video productions and operates a music publishing business at two locations in Cologne and Berlin for clients such as WDR, ZDF, ARD, Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon. The company was founded in 2012 by Philipp Kaessbohrer and Matthias Murmann; at the balance sheet date btf GmbH employed 146 persons including freelancers and an average of 171.25 permanent employees during the year. The company operates its own "Studio Koenig" in Ehrenfeld, reported as a solar-powered television studio in NRW, and serves as a training site for 15 apprentices, trainees and interns. The structure includes a 100% subsidiary (btf series GmbH) for high‑end fiction and a 50% interest in Heavy German Shit GmbH & Co. KG; the group also invests in game development (total volume TEUR 1,802, funding quota almost 50%) and new format ideas.
die Entwicklung und Herstellung von audiovisuellen Medienproduktionen (für TV, Internet, Kino und andere Auswertungsplattformen), die Gameentwicklung, die Gameproduktion, die Videoproduktion und der Musikverlag.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 74707 (as of 24 August 2026)
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 74707 (as of 24 August 2026)
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Köln Local Court, HRB 74707 (as of 24 August 2026)
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