Optimal Media: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 17:44 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the CD Macaco – Rumbo submarino (EAN 4029758332627, Edel Records 0133262ERE) from the wanted list (old Barcodepedia title "rumbo submarino"). Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz (barcode, label, . This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Optimal Media <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Optimal Media
legal_name: optimal media GmbH
country: DE
website: https://www.optimal-media.com/
founded: 1990
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target       | market | from | until | ended | status   | source      | note                                                                           |
| -------- | ------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/edel |        |      |       |       | verified | ^edel-about | Edel's own site calls optimal media 'our subsidiary'; also stated by Wikipedia |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                            | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| optimal media GmbH                              | legal |        | 2011-10-01 |            |
| optimal media production GmbH                   | legal |        | 1997-10-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| Optimal Media Production                        | name  |        | 1997-10-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| "optimal" Tonträger Produktionsgesellschaft mbH | legal |        | 1990-12    | 1997-09-30 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                  | url                                   | title                    | accessed   | publisher          | kind         | published | record_id | locator       | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------ | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-optimal-gmbh | https://api.discogs.com/labels/313190 | Optimal Media GmbH       | 2026-09-13 | Discogs            | catalogue    |           | 313190    |               |         |             |          |
| discogs-optimal      | https://api.discogs.com/labels/129094 | Optimal Media Production | 2026-09-13 | Discogs            | catalogue    |           | 129094    |               |         |             |          |
| edel-about           | https://www.edel.com/en/about-us/     | About us                 | 2026-09-13 | Edel SE & Co. KGaA | manufacturer |           |           | optimal media |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Optimal Media is a German media manufacturer in Röbel/Müritz that makes CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and vinyl records, and is a subsidiary of Edel.[^edel-about] Founded in December 1990 as "optimal" Tonträger Produktionsgesellschaft mbH, it traded as Optimal Media Production GmbH from October 1997 and has been optimal media GmbH since 1 October 2011.[^discogs-optimal][^discogs-optimal-gmbh] Its CDs carry "manufactured by optimal media production" beside the matrix number.[^discogs-optimal]
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