Pan-European media group Cordoba has launched with former BBC director-general Tony Hall of and Apple Siri co-creator Luc Julia becoming a member of as senior advisors to the Paris-headquartered firm.
The brand new enterprise, based by Jesse Mimeran, Audrey Tcherkoff, Dana Al Salem, Cédric Torossian and Matthieu d’Arc, will concentrate on unique content material manufacturing and platform improvement, partnering with movie, TV and creator financial system firms for world distribution.
Cordoba plans to leverage cutting-edge AI applied sciences to supply a various slate together with sequence, movies, non-fiction, branded content material and digital experiences, with worldwide co-productions spanning each established and rising markets.
The group is launching with its unique AI Abilities roster and Trackflow platform, positioning itself as a European chief in generative AI content material creation.
Mimeran serves as CEO, bringing expertise from UNESCO, UN, Canal+, France TV and TF1. Chief ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) officer Tcherkoff beforehand held roles as basic supervisor of the Ladies’s Discussion board and president of the Optimistic Economic system Institute, together with VP of Optimistic Planet and BFM Enterprise internet hosting duties.
Chief improvement officer Al Salem co-founded Yahoo Europe and Sky Italia, whereas chief technique officer Torossian spent over 15 years on Wall Road as a TMT (Know-how, Media and Telecommunications) analyst masking TF1, M6, ITV and Mediaset. Particular advisor d’Arc is managing companion on the Shift4Good Fund and former senior govt at BCG and AT Kearney.
The senior advisory board additionally contains Jacques-Henri Eyraud, former president of Olympique de Marseille and ex-VP of company communications at Disney, plus Media 365 co-founder credentials. Alexander Wrabetz, former CEO of ORF Austria and president of SK Speedy Vienna, rounds out the advisory staff.
The corporate’s AI Abilities initiative assembles 25 AI filmmakers throughout 12 international locations. In the meantime, the Trackflow platform gives end-to-end manufacturing options from improvement via supply, designed to align AI capabilities with content material creation processes.
“Cordoba is the place concepts, cultures, and applied sciences converge to inform tales that resonate globally,” Mimeran stated. “By uniting world-class artistic expertise with cutting-edge AI, we’re constructing a brand new form of ecosystem – one which’s agile, collaborative and visionary.”
Corridor added: “Cordoba’s imaginative and prescient deeply resonates with me. It champions creativity, embraces innovation, and offers a platform to various voices. I’m proud to assist this formidable collective because it reimagines what European media may be.”
