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Beta Film
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Show of the Week: Silent Road
The disappearance of a school bus, and the nine children aboard, in a seemingly peaceful…
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Beta Group ups Oliver Bachert to become chief distribution officer
Germany’s Beta Group has named long-time executive Oliver Bachert to lead its global sales efforts….
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Exclusive: Beta Film adds Greek thriller ‘Silent Road’ & Ukrainian drama ‘Picnic’ to MIPTV line-up
German distributor Beta Film has acquired distribution rights to its first-ever Greek and Ukrainian series,…
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Show of the Week: El Inmortal – Gangs Of Madrid
A fact-based drama set in 1990s Spain, El Inmortal – Gangs of Madrid follows the…
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Sales round-up: Beta’s football drama ‘The Net’ wraps German shoot; Tern returners go global
Beta’s football drama The Net wraps German shoot Global drama project The Net now has…
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Five takeaways from Berlinale on the future of scripted drama
Berlinale wrapped its 72nd edition at the weekend, the first physical iteration for the German…
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Beta Nordic Studios buys into Sweden’s ‘Missing People’ prodco Unlimited
Beta Nordic Studios (BNS) has taken a majority stake in A Piece of My Heart…
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News round-up: Netflix boards ‘Family Feud SA’ S2; ‘Gomorrah’ heads to Hollywood Suite; Discovery+ orders Depp vs Heard doc
Netflix boards ‘Family Feud SA’ S2 Netflix has boarded the second season of Family Feud…
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RTL extends ‘Sisi’ as Globoplay, Mediaset strike deals for Austrian drama
RTL Deutschland has ordered a second season of period drama Sisi ahead of its debut…
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Show of the Week: You Shall Not Lie
When a video of a high school teacher having sex with one of her students…
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TBI Weekly: Exploring Germany’s fast-evolving scripted sector
Germany’s content business is booming, with scripted programming fast becoming a key tool for incumbent…
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Show of the Week: La Fortuna
This David versus Goliath battle, based on a true story, is from acclaimed director Alejandro…
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RTL preps German period drama ‘House Of Promises’ from X Filme & Beta
TVNOW, RTL Deutschland’s streaming service, Berlin-based production company X Filme Creative Pool and production-distribution firm…
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TBI Show of the Week: The Winemaker
The Winemaker is a thrilling tale involving a murderous plot and the Mafia, all set…
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Exclusive: Topic, HBO Max, SBS Oz buy Russian drama ‘Dead Mountain’
US streamer Topic and HBO Max in Latin America are expanding their Russian drama offerings…
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Amazon expands Italian scripted push with mafia & YA series
Amazon has commissioned a dark mafia comedy for its Prime Video service in Italy, along…
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Beta snags global rights to France 2 drama ‘The Island Of Thirty Coffins’
German distributor Beta Film has expanded its French offering by acquiring global rights to The…
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TF1 in France & Austria’s ORF join Beta Film drama ‘Sisi’
France’s TF1 and Austria’s ORF have picked up Sisi, the upcoming drama for RTL Group…
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Beta Film hires BluTV exec to lead new Turkish division
Germany’s Beta Film has launched a Turkish division and appointed former BluTV executive Sarp Kalfaoğlu…
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Show of the Week: Professor T
Original Death In Paradise leading man Ben Miller returns to the detective genre with this…
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Show of the Week: Libertad
Issues of liberty and freedom lie at the heart of this period drama, set in…
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Beta Nordic Studios acquires ‘Atlantic Crossing’ & ‘Wisting’ prodco Cinenord
Beta Nordic Studios (BNS), the Scandinavia-focused division of Germany’s Beta Film, has taken a majority stake…
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Beta Film takes global rights to AMC, Movistar+ drama ‘La Fortuna’
Germany’s Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to Movistar+ and AMC’s drama La…
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Deals round-up: Beyond engineers raft of sales; ZDF Enterprises gets Naked; Nippon TV & WBITVP expands ‘Mute it!’; Sony snags Beta series
Beyond engineers raft of sales Blue Ant Media in Canada, RTHK in Hong Kong, Discovery…
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HBO Max joins Movistar+ show ‘Perfect Life’ as co-producer
HBO Max has picked up the first season of Spanish-language dramedy Perfect Life (Vida Perfecta)…
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TBI In Conversation: Autentic MD on the future of factual
Autentic MD Patrick Hörl tells Richard Middleton how his German factual producer and distributor responded…
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PBS Masterpiece books an ‘Atlantic Crossing’
US broadcaster PBS Masterpiece has acquired TV broadcast rights to Cinenord’s upcoming World War Two…
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MIPCOM Drama round-up: SPT takes ‘Doc’ to US; NTV’s Russian dramas sell in Asia; ‘Babylon Berlin’ sales; BBCS, NENT & more…
Sony preps US remake of Lux Vide’s drama Doc Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has picked up…
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MIPCOM Drama round-up: Raft of deals for Navarro adaptation; Lagardère to take ‘Troubled Waters’ global; ‘Shepherd’ travels to Hungary and Poland
Raft of deals for Navarro adaptation Broadcasters across Europe, Latin America and the US have…
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Beta Film closes global sales for ‘Atlantic Crossing’
Broadcasters in Russia, Australia and across Europe have picked up new wartime drama series Atlantic…