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Exclusive: Beta Film strikes global sales for Russia’s Trigger

Beta Film has struck deals across Brazil, Israel and Japan for Russian drama series Trigger,…

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Show of the Week: The Pier

Spanish romantic thriller The Pier originates from Esther Martínez Lobato and La Casa de Papel…

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Show of the week: Trigger

Trigger warning: The Sreda Film-produced drama is a clear indication of the premium content beginning…

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Red Bull & Beta Film pick up first network partner for JV series

Red Bull and Beta Film have partnered with the first network, Germany’s ARD/Degeto, for the…

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Beta Film partners with La Casa de Papel showrunner for new drama

Beta Film has announced a partnership with Movistar+/Telefonica and Atresmedia Studios to work with acclaimed…

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Beta Film & O3 Productions team for Arab-European copros

Beta Film and O3 Productions, the production arm of Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC, are partnering…

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Germany’s Beta Film secures rights to French Victor Hugo series

Beta Film has secured worldwide rights for the high-end French scripted series Victor Hugo –…

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Red Bull & Beta Film team for football corruption scripted venture

Red Bull Media House and Beta Film are set to launch an ambitious high-end scripted…

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Beta joins Sky Germany’s Bridge-inspired Pagan Peak

Sky Germany’s upcoming reimagining of The Bridge has welcomed Munich’s Beta Film as coproducer and…

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Beta buys prodco MR Film

Germany’s Beta Film has acquired a majority stake in Austrian prodco MR Film for an…

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Autentic buys WDR out of distribution JV

Munich-basesd Autentic is taking full control of the international distribution company it runs with WDR…

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MIPCOM slates – Drive & Beta Film

Drive Media Rights UK-based Drive has revealed its factual slate for Cannes from a line…

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Returning miniseries

Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…

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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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Captive audience: the Spanish SVOD boom

Spain’s drama production sector is moving swiftly towards international television’s top tier, fuelled by the…

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Sky and Movistar buy Beta’s 1993

Sky Deutschland and Spain’s Movistar+ are among several buyers of political thriller 1993. The Sky…

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Second Swedish-French drama copro on horizon

Following on from SVT and Canal+ thriller Midnight Sun, a second Swedish-French scripted coproduction is…

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German prodco creates Italian JV prodco with Passadore

German prodco Neue Deutche Filmgesellchaft (NDF) has created a joint venture production company with Italian…

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Beta buys into Tykwer’s X Filme

German producer and distributor Beta Film has acquired a stake in X Filme, Tom Tykwer’s…

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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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Stingray buys music channel from Mojto firm

Montreal-based Stingray Digital Group is acquiring international pay TV music channel Classica from Unitel, a…

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Beta Film buys into Lineup Industries

Beta Film has bought into Lineup Industries, the distribution business set up in 2014 by…

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Autentic declares War on Drugs in Cannes

German distributor Autentic is launching factual special King of Cocaland – UN Losing War on…

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ZDF orders Professor T drama remake

German broadcaster ZDF has ordered a German version of Professor T., the Belgian cop drama….

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Germany’s Beta makes another Spanish drama move

Munich-based Beta Film has picked up international rights to Spanish TV drama Light of Elna….

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RTL sets up German Power Couple

German free TV powerhouse RTL has ordered a local version of the Israeli-originated format Power…

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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part II

The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…

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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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ZDF, WDR prep for MIPTV’s German Focus

Key German distributors, including ZDF Enterprises and WDR Mediagroup, are prepping for a MIPTV during…

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Ex-Red Arrow exec joins Fremantle

Caroline Kusser will reunite with her former boss at Red Arrow International, Jens Richter, after…