Tandem


Bavaria poaches Tandem exec for int’l push

Bavaria Fernsehproduktion has poached Moritz Polter from Tandem, and the new recruit will lead an international expansion effort at the German producer. Bavaria Fernsehproduktion is a subsidiary of Bavaria Film and ZDF Enterprises, and one of Germany’s most longstanding and largest production groups. Moritz takes the newly-created role of executive producer, international television series, at […]

Vivendi moves for stake in Banijay-Zodiak

French media giant Vivendi is in talks to buy a minority stake in the soon-to-be merged Banijay Group and Zodiak Media production and distribution group. Vivendi confirmed yesterday that it is in exclusive talks to buy into to the new company. In a note in its first half 2015 financial results, the French media firm […]

Donald Sutherland making animated pirate TV movie

Donald Sutherland is writing, producing and voicing Pirate’s Passage, an animated TV movie for Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television. Based on the William Gilkerson book of the same name, the TV movie will be made by Sutherland’s production company, Martin’s River Ink with Canadian studio Pip handling the animation. The pirate story is set in […]

StudioCanal closes in on deal for Red Production Company (exclusive)

France-based movie producer and distributor StudioCanal is locked in exclusive takeover talks with UK indie producer Red Production Company, TBI can reveal. The studio, which is part of the Vivendi-owned Canal Plus Groupe, has already staked a claim in the TV world with the acquisition of Munich-based Pillars of the Earth and Crossing Lines producer […]

Tandem adds trio of execs

Studio Canal-backed producer and distributor Tandem has hired three new executives. The Munich-based firm has hired Ben Stoll (pictured) as director of development, Marcos Eberle as logistics manager and Mitch Zamarin to run press and PR. Tandem has recently moved into the series world having previously specialised in the TV movie genre. The second season […]

Starz buys US$30m Titanic series

Starz Entertainment has acquired Titanic: Blood and Steel, the twelve-part miniseries about the ill-fated ocean liner.   The show will air on Starz’ Encore channel. Distributor Tandem Communications said that as well as the US deal, it has sold the series into fifty other territories including to NRJ12 in France, YLE in Finland, TV Norge […]