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Autentic has acquired the assets of GEDEON Media Group (GMG), including GEDEON Programmes, Docland Yard and MC4, and established a new French subsidiary, GEDEON Studios, to continue the group’s production and development activities. The acquisition covers GMG’s ongoing productions, a catalogue of approximately 3,000 hours of factual content and its portfolio of digital channels. Autentic Distribution will handle the catalogue, while Autentic’s Channels division will manage the digital services.
GEDEON Studios will oversee ongoing productions and project development, including around 25 hours of television programming currently in production and two feature-length documentaries. Seven members of GMG’s existing team will join the new company, ensuring continuity in its creative and editorial expertise.

The team includes senior producers Laurence Favreau, Valérie Guerin and Coraline Roch, as well as Head of Development Mina Cuche. Carine Nonnenmacher will lead the new studio, while GMG founder and former president Stéphane Millière will remain involved as Senior Consultant, Programme Development.
The acquisition combines GEDEON’s catalogue, production expertise and creative talent with Autentic’s international distribution network and digital capabilities. Both companies also have extensive experience in international co-productions.

“With GEDEON Studios in Paris, and Autentic in Munich, we will have teams in the two biggest markets in Europe” says Patrick Hoerl, Managing Director at Autentic. “By combining the expertise of both companies, and using significant synergies in the monetization of content, will make us more resilient in the current, challenging market environment. Over more than three decades, Stéphane Millière and the GEDEON team have built an extraordinary legacy, establishing the company as one of the most respected names in factual production. We are proud to continue that journey together with the team in France, preserving valuable expertise and creative excellence while laying the foundation for the next phase of growth.”
Stéphane Millière, founder and former president of GEDEON Media Group, adds: “I am very pleased that Autentic is taking over the assets of the GEDEON Group through a new company that will continue to build on the work of the outstanding editorial team that has worked alongside me to develop the brand, carry forward ongoing projects and distribute the catalogue established over the past 30 years. This alliance between two strong brands and two talented teams further strengthens the potential of Autentic for the years to come. I have the greatest respect for Patrick Hoerl, who has always been a passionate advocate for the documentary genre. I am delighted that he will become President of this new GEDEON.”