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2020
The ORF opts for Sophora.
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2020
subshell switched to home office early in the Corona crisis and grew anti-cyclically.
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2020
Sportschau, tagesschau and NDR start the joint project "Unified Sophora".
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2019
subshell celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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2017
ZDF is relaunching heute.de and the heute-app with Sophora.
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2016
ZDF chooses Sophora! Complete launch follows in October as ZDF merged ZDF.de and ZDFmediathek into one portal, and modernizes and optimizes their sites for all relevant devices and third-party platforms.
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2016
Sophora 2.3 comes with a completely renewed editor.
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2015
coliquio chooses Sophora CMS. coliquio is Germany’s leading physician-only social network.
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2015
SWR chooses Sophora CMS over CoreMedia CMS. SWR’s in-house developer team starts implementation.
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2015
subshell is adding skilled employees as business continually grows. Two of subshell’s development teams move into neighboring offices.
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2014
subshell celebrates its 15th anniversary.
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2014
subshell introduces DeskClient scripting, a versatile customization tool for Sophora.
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2014
kika.de launches with Sophora CMS. kika.de is the website of the children‘s channel of ARD and ZDF.
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2013
subshell optimized Sophora with the ongoing releases 1.37, 1.38, 1.50. With each release, the launch of Sophora 2.0 draws nearer.
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2010
subshell’s partner network grows to over 18 members and ranges from well-known global players to smaller local IT specialists.
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2009
subshell celebrates its 10th year in operation and continued growth during a period of worldwide financial uncertainty.
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2009
The MDR decides for Sophora. Further television broadcasters follow.
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2008
subshell relocates to a former cement storage facility in Hamburg’s booming HafenCity. The company is fully concentrated on product development and related services.
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2007
subshell launches Sophora. tagesschau.de and the NDR are the first clients.
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2007
subshell consults TicketOnline with the re-launch of their online ticket portal and offers continued support in the area of technology development for the customer.
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2006
subshell is chosen for the technology implementation for Volkswagen’s “Sound Foundation”. Musicians and bands can use “Sound Foundation” as an online vehicle to keep in contact with their fan base. Fans can locate special forums, download music and receive exclusive invitations to concerts and special events. Fans can participate in the selection of new talent for the foundation’s support program, which is aimed at offering new musicians the right information and support to succeed in the music industry.
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2006
Due to the success of the agile software development methodology, subshell switches its entire development process to the Scrum method.
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2005
subshell is chosen as the software developer for the Bundeszentrale fuer Politische Bildung’s video asset management needs. The solution is based on the open-source-software “DSpace” and is developed in such a way that cross-media and multi-media media formats can be easily researched and located.
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2004
subshell expands and relocated to a loft located in a former hygrometer factory in Hamburg’s trendy Sternschanze neighborhood.
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2003
subshell develops the online jazz and classical musical portal for Universal Music Group German, JazzEcho.de and KlassikAkzente.de.
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2002
The music download portal popfile.de is launched by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and a former Universal Music Executive, Tim Renner. The portal uses subCMS and features an integrated product catalog and ordering system.
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2002
subshell develops the newsletter management system makano. Makano sends 250,000 personalized newsletters weekly to registered fans. With this powerful new tool, Universal Music easily remains in contact with 2,45 million email addresses and 1287 different mailing lists.
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2001
subshell launches subCMS, a java based content management system. The new CMS is put to use at all of subshell’s clients, including Universal Music Germany, Ticket Online and VW.
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2001
subshell develops a versatile business-to-business software for Universal Music, universal b2b. Universal Music then launches universal b2b and is able to offer its distributors the most current information regarding new releases, marketing strategies and special events.
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2000
tagesschau.de and the NDR choose subshell for their online programming needs. subshell builds fullstory for the NDR, a new content management system based on Vignette. The foundation of a long-term cooperation with NDR is laid as subshell continues to build and expand its expertise in the media industry. fullstory was in use until 2007.
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2000
subshell wins the bid from Universal Music Group German to build a centralized product catalog. The product catalog is so structured that all content can be accessed via all Universal websites and other publication. Another long-term working relationship begins.
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1999
subshell creates the content management website for BMW’s Formula One website and Mini website, in conjunction with the agency Kabel New Media.
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1999
Tom Quellenberg and Jan Boddin found the software firm subshell in Hamburg, Germany