IMH Group is a U.S.-based media company dedicated to producing compelling documentaries and managing one of the world’s most extraordinary film archives — over 120,000 reels of diverse footage spanning more than a century of cinematic history.

From historical glimpses of Egypt in 1905 to Japan in the 1910s, rare silent movies, and powerful Holocaust documentation, IMH Group crafts documentaries with unparalleled depth and authenticity. The company manages the entire production process, ensuring each film resonates deeply with a global audience.

IMH Group’s CEO Christian Aberle secured a landmark acquisition in 2009: the Inter-Pathé collection of over 12,336 film cans in 16mm and 35mm formats — encompassing historical newsreels, contemporary historical documents, and a rich selection of classic German feature films.

Collaboration with aberle-media: IMH Group and aberle-media work together on movie editing, film rights trading, and content distribution via the aberlemediaTV YouTube channel — showcasing documentaries, historical footage, and feature films in HD, 4K, and native 3D formats.

Heritage Media Labs is a Thailand-based media technology company specializing in AI-driven film restoration, high-resolution scanning, and global content distribution. Their mission is to preserve cinematic history and make culturally significant films accessible to modern audiences through innovative technology.

Founded by industry veterans Christian Aberle (CEO) and Peter Aberle (CTO), Heritage Media Labs builds on decades of experience in film digitization, software development, and digital distribution across Europe, the USA, and the Middle East. The company develops proprietary AI tools that automate and enhance the film restoration process at scale.

Collaboration with aberle-media: Heritage Media Labs handles movie scanning and AI-powered restoration for the aberle-media and IMH Group film collections. Their proprietary AI pipeline delivers color correction, noise reduction, image stabilization, and SDR-to-HDR conversion — transforming analog archival material into broadcast-ready digital masters.

Brightflixx Entertainment Visual Recorded Media Distribution L.L.C. is a Dubai-based streaming platform offering unlimited classic movies, vintage TV series, award-winning documentaries, and free Live TV — available on web, mobile, and smart TV apps. Founded in 2021 and launched in July 2022, Brightflixx is the go-to destination for fans of the golden age of cinema.

With over 2,000+ hours of content and support for 9 languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic), Brightflixx serves a truly global audience. The corporate site at corporate.brightflixx.com is available in English, German, Spanish, French, and Chinese.

Team: Christian Aberle (CEO & Founder), Kassem Lahham (CFO & Co-Founder), Peter Aberle (COO & Co-Founder), supported by a team of 12+ specialists in development, design, film digitization, and content production.

Plans: Free tier (2,000+ content + Live TV), Monthly $4.99 (UHD, 3 devices, 5 profiles), Annual $49.99 (save 16%, 4 devices). No hidden fees, no ads on premium.

Collaboration with aberle-media: Brightflixx is the primary streaming distribution channel for the aberle-media ecosystem. Films from the IMH Group archive, scanned and AI-restored by Heritage Media Labs, and mastered by aberle-media are delivered to global audiences via the Brightflixx platform — including AI-colorized classics like Charlie Chaplin and vintage Hollywood productions in HD and 4K.

Stummfilm-Verleih (stummfilm-verleih.de) is a specialized platform operated by aberle-media GmbH, offering one of the most extensive digital archives of historical silent films in the German-speaking world — spanning from the very beginnings of cinema in the 1890s through the late 1920s transition to sound film.

The platform provides professionally restored silent films for rental and licensing, serving cinemas, film festivals, cultural institutions, museums, universities, and private events. With hundreds of titles from over 30 countries — from German Expressionism masterpieces to American slapstick comedies — Stummfilm-Verleih preserves and promotes the unique cultural heritage of silent cinema.

Ideal for: Cinema retrospectives (Fritz Lang, Murnau, Chaplin, Buster Keaton), German Expressionism series, silent film nights with live piano, corporate galas, museum exhibitions, open-air screenings, weddings, and academic film studies courses.

Part of aberle-media: Stummfilm-Verleih is a dedicated division of aberle-media GmbH, drawing directly from the company’s restored Inter-Pathé archive and IMH Group film collection. All titles are available in professionally restored quality suitable for theatrical projection.