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Babylon Berlin
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A “new game” for German drama
The floodgates have opened for premium German drama after a comparatively slow start in the…
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Viasat World’s Epic Drama heads to Bulgaria
Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel is to launch in Bulgaria via telco Vivacom. The channel…
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Is this Europe’s next super-indie trio?
Mediawan has ambition and the cash, but what is the strategy? France’s newest production-distribution group…
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UFA Fiction exec transfers to Beta
Beta Film has tapped a producer from German compatriot UFA Fiction to become its international…
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Netflix takes US rights to Babylon Berlin
Streaming service Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to big-budget German drama Babylon Berlin. The series…
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UK, Germany, Russia dominate revamped MIPDrama
The UK has three of the twelve entries in this year’s MIPDrama Screenings with Germany…
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Sky and Scandis buy Babylon Berlin
Beta Film has sealed a raft of deals for Babylon Berlin, the upcoming €40 million…
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Sky Germany spends Eight Days on new original
The German arm of pay TV giant Sky is developing Acht Tage (Eight Days) as…
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Das Boot fits as Sonar joins Sky drama
LA-based Sonar Entertainment will coproduce Sky’s German television remake of the anti-war film Das Boot….
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German drama sells to Scandis
Beta Film has shopped 40 hours of scripted content to broadcasters in Scandinavia. Public broadcasters…
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Sky, ARD set up ‘pioneering’ German drama
Sky Deutschland and ARD are two of four partners attached to a German-produced crime thriller…
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Sky Deutschland and ARD making original drama
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is teaming up with public broadcaster ARD to collaborate…