PolyGram GmbH

German PolyGram record company; headquartered in Hamburg, with pressing plants in Hannover and Langenhagen. Legally operating under this name from 25 May 1984 to 28 June 1999.

First legal entity
Hamburg company number: HRB 13041
ed: 27 November 1969 as 'Polytel International Film- und Fernseh GmbH'
First name change: 25 May 1984 to 'Polygram GmbH' - this page
Second name change: 10 June 1986 to 'Philips and Du Pont Optical Deutschland GmbH'

Second legal entity
Hamburg company number: HRB 22808
ed: 26 January 1979 as 'Informationsfilm-Verleih Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung Kultur, Bildung und Wissenschaft'
First name change: 16 February 1981 to 'TV Hamburg Fernseh- und Filmvertrieb GmbH'
Second name change: 10 June 1986 to 'Polygram GmbH' - this page
Immediate parent: 'Polygram Holding GmbH' from 6 December 1994
Spin-off: 'Polygram Manufacturing & Distribution Centres GmbH' and Deutsche Grammophon GmbH on 4 December 1995 to 'Polygram Holding GmbH'
Spin-off: 'TV Hamburg Fernseh - und Filmvertrieb GmbH' to PolyGram Film Entertainment GMBH
Third name change: 28 June 1999 to Universal Vertrieb GmbH