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Frank Otto (born July 7, 1957 in Hamburg) is a German media entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of private radio and private television in Germany. About the Frank Otto Medien Beteiligungs GmbH & Co.KG he is involved in various radio and TV stations. ==Biography== Frank Otto is the second eldest son of Werner Otto, the founder of the Otto Group, following Michael Otto. He was trained as a restorer of paper and graphics at the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts and studied Fine Art at the ''Muthesius Academy'' of Kiel. After that, he was active as a musician and music producer. In 1987 he founded ''OK Radio'', the second Hamburg-based private radio station (now HAMBURG ZWEI) and is the majority shareholder to this day. Together with Time Warner and Sony Television he became co-founder of the European music television channel VIVA in 1993. In 1995 he founded ''Hamburg 1'', one of the first private regional television in Germany. Among other things, he is involved with the Schleswig-Holstein radio ''delta radio'' and ''Radio NORA'' and 98.8 KISS FM Berlin, ''Energy Saxony'' and RauteMusik.FM. Along with Kathrin Lohmann, Frank Otto is currently one of the managing directors of ''Film Manufacturers GmbH'', Germany.〔http://www.filminc.com/who.php?c=GERMANY| filminc.com Who's Who Germany. Retrieved 2014-06-23.〕 In addition, Otto scored the soundtrack for his sister's, Katharina Otto-Bernstein's award winning film, ''Beautopia''.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139057/awards〕〔http://www.filminc.com/beautopia/awards.html〕 From 1999 to 2003 he was also editor of the Hamburger Morgenpost. At the Expo 2005 in Aichi , Japan, his music and multimedia project TRIP – Remix Your Experience was presented for the first time.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0811125/〕 The first full-scale performance was given in December 2005 in the USA at Bergamot Station in California. His production company established for this purpose, ''ferryhouse'', further developed for a music label in 2007 (Releasing The Subways, Compact Space, Wolfgang Michels, Carl Carlton, Ashley Hicklin, Nick Howard, ''Irie Révoltés'' incl. Alle Farben Remix).〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653240/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm〕 In the same year, he co-founded ''XOUNTS'' which became an official art-partner of the IFA before trading began. Since 2008 he has been involved in the ''Radio Park'' group. In the following spring he co-founded the ''Untitled – Publishing and agency''. The open air theater Loreley was revived and upgraded by him and Ulrich Lautenschlager since 2010. Frank Otto lives in Hamburgs Uhlenhorst at the Alster with his wife. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Otto (media entrepreneur)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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