Carsten Schmidt (Manager)

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Carsten Schmidt (born October 10, 1963 in Lüneburg ) is a German manager . From 2015 to 2019 he was Chairman of the Management Board of Sky Deutschland GmbH and currently works there as a Senior Advisor.

Professional background

Carsten Schmidt was CEO of Sky Deutschland GmbH from 2015 to 2019. Before his appointment to the board of Sky Deutschland, he had been the head of sports for the media company since 1999. Before that, the graduate in business administration was managing director of Marketing and Television at WIGE Media for four years .

Under Schmidt's leadership, Sky Deutschland produced the first Sky Originals, such as Babylon Berlin , Das Boot , Der Pass und 8 Tage .

Before being appointed Chairman of the Management Board, he was Chief Officer Sports, Advertising Sales & Internet at Sky Deutschland AG (since 2006) and Program Manager at Sky Austria . In these functions he established, among other things, Germany's only 24-hour sports news broadcaster Sky Sport News HD , expanded relations with the German Football League (DFL) and opened up new business areas with the marketer Sky Media.

Schmidt initiated several high-profile campaigns at Sky. Since the beginning of 2017, he has been actively promoting measures against the increasing amount of plastic waste in the oceans with the company-wide Sky Ocean Rescue initiative. In February 2019, Schmidt signed the Berlin declaration “Together against homophobia. For diversity, respect and acceptance in sport ”.

Schmidt was also a board member of the Sky Foundation from 2008 to 2015.

Other offices

Carsten Schmidt was the spokesman for the advisory board of FASPO (Fachverband für Sponsoring eV). He is currently a board member of the Erich Kühnhackl Foundation

Honors

  • 2003: Awarded the German Television Prize for the Bundesliga conference
  • 2012: Award as Manager of the Year in the sports business category from Horizont magazine
  • 2016: Awarded the Bavarian TV Prize for the Sky Bundesliga Conference in the category "entertainment programs"
  • 2017: Admission to the "Hall of Fame Sponsoring" as part of the 24th International Sponsoring Awards of the FASPO
  • 2018: GQ Men of the Year Award "TV National" as the bravest TV idea of ​​the year for the Sky Originals " Das Boot "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carsten Schmidt , kress.de.
  2. ↑ Sky Deutschland CEO Carsten Schmidt will hand over to Devesh Raj from 2020 (November 21, 2019). Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Sky: Imprint , accessed on May 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Sky Deutschland CEO Carsten Schmidt will hand over to Devesh Raj from 2020 (November 21, 2019). Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Change in the board of Sky Deutschland (March 26, 2015). Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Christian Meier: Because of Amazon, Netflix and Co: Sky relies more on its own series . January 5, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed March 27, 2019]).
  7. ↑ GQ: Exclusive interview: The Sky boss Carsten Schmidt has big plans. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ PR & communication: Holger Enßlin and Wolfram Winter take on further responsibilities at Sky. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ BUSINESS: Sky Media Network markets Sky - mebucom. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Advertise & Sell: How Sky Fights Against Plastic, The Sea Monster | W&V. June 8, 2017, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  11. ^ Sky & WWF Making a Change, Making a Difference. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Football for Diversity: Signatories. Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Sky Deutschland is a sponsor of the Special Olympics Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2013 (January 14, 2013). Retrieved March 27, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Erich Kühnhackl Foundation , accessed on May 8, 2019.
  15. ↑ Der Blaue Panther - 28th Bavarian Television Prize: Announcement of the winners | Bavarian state portal. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Award: Faspo selects the best sponsoring projects of the year. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  17. ↑ These are the "Men of the Year 2018". Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
  18. ↑ GQ Men of the Year 2018: The Live Blog. Retrieved March 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Carsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg