Studio 100

Studio 100 is a Belgium based production company with four television channels, four animation studios and 7 theme parks around the world. The headquarters of the company is based in Schelle, with offices in Breda, Munich, Paris, New York, Sydney and Los Angeles.

History
Studio 100 was founded in 1996 by Gert Verhulst, Danny Verbiest and Hans Bourlon. The three came together in 1989 when they created the show Samson & Gert, in which Verhulst and Verbiest also starred. Besides the production of their original show they started creating a new series called Kabouter Plop. Following the success of these two shows the company expanded into new fields in 1999. They produced two new television series, a movie, a musical and acquired a themepark. For the latter three they required co-funding from the Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. 2000 saw the acquiring of the girl group K3 and in the following years the number of television series, movies and musicals produced by Studio 100 grew. In 2005 Danny Verbiest announced his retirement from Samson & Gert, but also as shareholder of the company. The shares were bought by Verhulst and Bourlon, but in 2006 the shares were sold to BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity. With the new ownership the company ventured into the international, non-Dutch speaking, market by copying their original shows in other languages and creating new shows like Bumba.

Their international expansion took flight in 2008 when they founded a Belgium digital television channel called Studio 100 TV, an animation studio in Paris and Studio 100 Media, a German division to sell their content to the international market. Later that year they acquired EM.Entertainment, a division of EM.Sports Media, for €41 million. EM.Entertainment owned a large library with well-regarded classics such as Vicky the Viking and Maya the Bee, a German television channel called Junior and the Australian animation studio Flying Bark Productions. EM-Film, EM.Entertainment’s film production company, didn’t get sold to Studio 100 along with the main company. ZDF acquired EM-Film instead. Over the next years the company revamped the old classics they acquired and established a new cooking channel, called Njam!, in Belgium in 2010 and BeJunior in the Middle East and North Africa in 2016.

2017 was the next big step for the growth of the company when they acquired American animation studio Little Airplane Productions, and their subsidiary Studio 100 Media took a majority share in the German-based Made 4 Entertainment (m4e), a company with a wide catalogue with series like Tip the Mouse. Their share was increased over time until they reached full ownership in 2020, after spinning off some m4e subsidiaries. Their fourth animation studio, called Studio Isar Animation, was founded in 2018 by Studio 100 Media in Munich. In 2020 their animation studio Flying Bark Productions opened a second studio in Los Angeles.

The themepark division, Plopsa, also grew significantly. After taking full control of Plopsaland in 2005, they opened new theme parks in Hasselt (2005), Dalen (2010) and co-opened a theme park in Torzym (2018). The division also acquired theme parks in Stavelot (2005), Haßloch (2010) , Antwerp (2019) and created water parks in De Panne (2015) and Hannuit-Landen (2020). With expansions planned in Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic and The Netherlands.

On 7 February 2020, the ownership of the company shifted again when Vic Swerts and 3D Investors acquired 17% and 8% of the shares respectively. After the transaction Gert Verhulst, Hans Bourlon and BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity had a remaining 25% share each.

Series

 * Samson & Gert (1989-2019)
 * Kabouter Plop (1997-present)
 * Wizzy & Woppy (1999-2002)
 * Big & Betsy (2000-2003) (co-production with VTM)
 * Piet Piraat (2001-present)
 * Spring (2002-2008)
 * Hallo België (2003-2005)
 * Topstars (2004-2006)
 * Bumba (2004-present)
 * Het Huis Anubis (2006-2009) (co-production with Nickelodeon Productions)
 * Mega Mindy (2006-present)
 * Amika (2008-2011)
 * Big & Small (2008-2011) (co-production with Kindle Entertainment, 3 J's Entertainment, BBC, Treehouse TV and Sixteen South)
 * Kerwhizz (2008-2011) (co-production with Blue-Zoo Productions and BBC)
 * K2 zoekt K3 (2009)
 * Das Haus Anubis (2009-2012) (co-production with DED's IT Productions and Nickelodeon Productions)
 * Dobus (2009-present)
 * Slot Marsepeinstein (2009-present)
 * Hallo K3! (2010-2012)
 * Tegen de sterren op (2010-2018) (co-production with DED's IT Productions) (Live-shows only)
 * Bobo (2011-2012) (co-production with Blink Uitgevers)
 * House of Anubis (2011-2013) (co-production with Lime Pictures and Nickelodeon Productions)
 * Galaxy Park (2011-2014)
 * ROX (2011-2015)
 * Jabaloe (2012-2013)
 * Hotel 13 (2012-2014) (co-production with Nickelodeon Productions)
 * Maya the Bee (TV series) (2012-2017) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, ZDF, TF1 and ABC)
 * Vic the Viking (2013-2014) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Flying Bark Productions, ZDF and TF1)
 * Prinsessia (2014-2016)
 * Ghost Rockers (2014-2017) (co-production with Ketnet)
 * De avonturen van Lolly Lolbroek (2015)
 * K3 zoekt K3 (2015)
 * Flin & Flo (2015-2016)
 * K3 (TV series) (2015-2016) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Toon Factory, M6 & Teletoon+)
 * Nachtwacht (2015-2018) (co-production with Ketnet)
 * Kosmoo (2015-2019)
 * Heidi (2015 TV series) (2015-2019) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Heidi Productions Pty. Ltd., TF1, ZDF and Nine Network)
 * Nils Holgersson (2016-2017) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation)
 * Kosmoo (2016-2019)
 * Arthur and the Minimoys (2017-2018) (co-production with Europacorp Television, Lagadere Group and Disney Channel Germany)
 * Greeny Phatom (2017-2020) (co-production with 20th Century Fox Television and Disney Television Studios)
 * Greeny Phatom Kids (2017-2021) (co-production with 20th Century Fox Television and Disney Television Studios)
 * Campus 12 (2018-present)
 * K3 Roller Disco (2018-present)
 * Greeny Phatom: After the Departure (2020) (co-production with Disney Television Studios)
 * Samson & Marie (2020-present)
 * Future Phatom (2021-present) (co-production with Disney Television Studios)

Films

 * De Kabouterschat (March 31, 1999)
 * Plop in de Wolken (December 6, 2000)
 * Plop en de Toverstaf (October 25, 2003)
 * K3 en het Magische Medaillon (September 29, 2004)
 * Plop en Kwispel (December 15, 2004)
 * Piet Piraat en de Betoverde Kroon (August 3, 2005)
 * Plop en het Vioolavontuur (December 14, 2005)
 * K3 en het Ijsprinsesje (July 26, 2006)
 * Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip (October 25, 2006)
 * Plop in de Stad (December 13, 2006)
 * Plop en de Pinguïn (October 17, 2007)
 * K3 en de Kattenprins (December 19, 2007)
 * Samson & Gert: Hotel op Stelten (March 12, 2008)
 * Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden (October 8, 2008)
 * Piet Piraat en het Zwaard van Zilvertand (December 10, 2008)
 * Het Geheim van Mega Mindy (July 1, 2009)
 * Plop en de Kabouterbaby (December 9, 2009)
 * Anubis en de Wraak van Arghus (December 16, 2009)
 * Mega Mindy en het Zwarte Kristal (December 15, 2010)
 * Mega Mindy en de Snoepbaron (December 21, 2011)
 * Plop wordt Kabouterkoning (March 28, 2012)
 * K3 Bengeltjes (December 12, 2012)
 * Piet Piraat en het Zeemonster (June 26, 2013)
 * K3 Dierenhotel (February 12, 2014)
 * Maya the Bee Movie (September 4, 2014) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Buzz Studios, Fizz Blowing Bubbles, Flying Bark Productions and Screen Australia)
 * Blinky Bill the Movie (September 17, 2015) (co-production with Assemblage Entertainment, Flying Bark Productions, Telegael, Screen Australia, Studio 100 Animation, Screen NSW and Lusomundo)
 * Mega Mindy vs. Rox (December 9, 2015)
 * Ghost Rockers: Voor Altijd? (December 17, 2016)
 * Greeny Phatom: The Movie 3 (August 11, 2017) (co-production with 20th Century Fox)
 * K3 Love Cruise (December 10, 2017)
 * Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (March 1, 2018) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Buzz Studios, Fish Blowing Bubbles, Flying Bark Productions and Screen Australia)
 * Greeny Phatom: The Movie 4 (December 10, 2018) (co-production with 20th Century Fox)
 * Nachtwacht: De Poort der Zielen (December 19, 2018) (co-production with Ketnet)
 * Greeny Phatom: The Movie 5 (July 22, 2019) (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures)
 * Nachtwacht: Het Duistere Hart (December 18, 2019) (co-production with Ketnet)
 * Vic the Viking and the Magic Sword (December 18, 2019) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Studio 100 Media, Belvision, SND Groupe M6, ZDF, BNP Paribas Fortis and Dreamwall)
 * 100% Wolf (May 29, 2020) (co-production with Flying Bark Productions and Siamese Pty Ltd.)
 * K3: Dans van de Farao (December 16, 2020)
 * Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb (January 7, 2021) (co-production with Studio 100 Animation and Flying Bark Productions)

Musicals

 * Sneeuwwitje (flemish version) (1998)
 * Assepoester (1999)
 * Pinokkio (2000)
 * Robin Hood (2001)
 * Sneeuwwitje (dutch version) (2001)
 * Doornroosje (2002)
 * De 3 Biggetjes (2003)
 * Sneeuwwitje (french version) (2003)
 * De Kleine Zeemeermin (2004-2005)
 * Sneeuwwitje (revival) (2005)
 * Pinokkio (revival) (2006-2008)
 * Daens (2008)
 * Alice in Wonderland (2011)
 * Pinokkio (turkish version) (2011)
 * Robin Hood (revival) (2012)
 * '14-'18 (2014)
 * Kadanza (2015)
 * Wickie de Musical (2015-2016)
 * Kadanza Together (2016)
 * Unidamu (2017)
 * Team U.P. (2018)
 * '40-'45 (2018-present)
 * TROEP! (2019)
 * Knock-Out (2020-present)
 * Vergeet Barbara (2020-present)