Media Musketeers is a European producer and distributor of international, high-end television series that champions the creative community and delivers valuable IP to market.
The Musketeers
Sebastien Janin, Andy Docherty, Chris Law and Patrick Swiderski collectively deliver several decades of experience gained in production, distribution, finance and acquisitions.
The company is perfectly positioned between traditional television and the new digital media economy, providing an innovative response to the dynamics and challenges of this evolving marketplace.
What We Do
Media Musketeers invests in development and secures distribution finance and can invest risk-based gap finance to green-light productions:
Up to €500k available per project for development and packaging, complemented by additional 3rd party development funds released in step with progressive closure of sales
Market-rate advance against distribution rights
Equity investment to enable ‘gap’ financing
Editorial transparency: Media Musketeers’ green-light committee’s clear and communicable financial parameters allow the release of funds without lengthy approvals
Operational simplicity: single and direct point of contact with one Managing Partner, who will take direct responsibility for each project
Media Musketeers funds high value projects – both domestic and international – with global resonance and the potential for significant commercial value:
Supporting creative talent with finance and commercial know-how to enable projects to be produced and distributed globally
Aiming to produce eight high-end, broad-budgeted scripted television series per annum
Seeking projects with true editorial distinction
Commanding significant recognition in the underlying intellectual property and the on and off-screen talent
Press
Media Musketeers has established relationships with a number of blue-chip financial institutions to facilitate production cash flows and optimise distribution.
We are proud to be partnered with amongst others:
Alliance Entreprendre became a significant equity investor in Media Musketeers in 2019. The Paris-based management company specialises in private equity and manages, and/or advises on, €530M of assets for institutional and retail investors. Alliance Media is the investment team dedicated to the media industry, which has already supported more than 15 major industry players. Alliance Entreprendre brings Media Musketeers significant financial means and advice to achieve its ambitious plan.
Entourage Ventures, with whom Media Musketeers has developed an innovative TV series slate financing fund. The Paris-based strategic equity partner for premium media and entertainment content specialises in designing innovative investment schemes in the media and entertainment sector. Entourage Pictures, under a slate financing agreement with the century-old studio, Gaumont, is financing more than forty French feature films, over a five-year period. Entourage will co-invest in TV series bringing unique financial reach to Media Musketeers.
Natixis Coficine is supporting Media Musketeers with a substantial credit line for early stage investment in IP and project development. The company is primarily involved in financing movies, television series and movie theatres, with a highly specialised business with lending totalling almost €1bn. The company has financed around 140 feature films and 100 television series per year over the past 20 years across most countries in Europe, making it a sector leader in Europe.