2. Substantially more diversified revenue sources.
The goal of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group is to reduce the dependency on economic fluctuations in the TV advertising market and to respond to future trends in media utilization. The company summarizes these strategic goals under the term diversification, namely the broadening of the portfolio through cross-media commercialization of content and geographic expansion. ProSiebenSat.1 also uses diversification in adjacent areas like music or games to reach additional target groups, thereby fully exploiting these groups' growth potential.
We take a further step toward greater revenue diversification with innovative business models such as "Media for Revenue Share." Under this model, companies that had not advertised on television before will be given air time for spots; in exchange, ProSiebenSat.1 will receive a share of the company's revenue. Entry into the business of artist and event management is another example of a potential income stream. The Group laid the foundation in early March 2010 by forming the "talent management agency" (tma), an artists' marketing platform for musicians, actors and presenters. In the spring of 2010, moreover, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group combined its production, program distribution and format development under the roof of the newly formed Red Arrow Entertainment Group. Red Arrow develops, produces and distributes formats to ProSiebenSat.1 Group TV stations and the external market, thus creating an additional revenue model alongside advertising-financed television.