EIKON is a German television and film production company whose largest shareholder is the Evangelical Church in Germany.

Founded in Munich in 1960 and based in Berlin since 2003, EIKON is now the parent company of a group of ten companies that produce cinema and television films, documentaries and children's programs at various locations throughout Germany.

EIKON emerged in 1960 from the film distribution company Matthias-Film in Stuttgart, which was organized by the Protestant Church. It was founded in Munich in 1960 by Robert Geisendörfer and quickly developed into an independent, growing film and television production company. Eikon GmbH primarily produced children's programs, church-related series, entertainment series and feature films - mainly on behalf of public broadcasters.

After the reunification of Germany, EIKON did not offer itself as a partner to the new ARD broadcasters in East Germany. Together with a structural decline in orders from public broadcasters, this led to a decline in journalistic relevance and thus an economic imbalance.

A relaunch was decided in 1992. EIKON moved from Munich to the former DEFA film studios of the GDR in Potsdam-Babelsberg, which had just been handed over by French investors to German director Volker Schlöndorff for redevelopment. In 1995, EIKON acquired the majority of shares in Studio.TV.Film GmbH, a company mainly involved in the production of children's programs. Well-known and award-winning series include “Löwenzahn” with Peter Lustig and “Siebenstein” with Rudi the raven.

In 1999, a recommendation for the overall journalistic plan of the Protestant Church in Germany led to EIKON and a number of regional Protestant church television production facilities being merged into a holding company under the management of EIKON GmbH.

EIKON and Tellux founded the joint company “CROSS MEDIA” and jointly produced an entertainment series for ZDF for the first time.

In 2003, EIKON GmbH moved its headquarters from Potsdam to Berlin. (Source: Wikipedia)