French indie Elephant has hired Germanized executive producer and Newen Group head of international copros, Sandra Ouaiss, as its head of international drama. Ousaiss, who will also executive produce for the company, will develop projects for French broadcasters and oversee Elephant’s push into international scripted production, with a particular focus on projects for major SVOD […]
Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with Newen (through its Telfrance subsidiary), Bavaria Fiction and Deutsche Telekom for new comedy drama Germanized. In French, the title will be Deutsche-Les-Landes. It will be the first French original to appear on Amazon’s streaming service in France. Amazon will also be the exclusive distribution partner for the title […]
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced comedy. The move into original production is a “logical step” for Deutsche Telekom following the launch of Ultra-HD services and its first exclusive acquisitions for its new Entertain TV streaming platform, its execs say. The show, Germanized, is a 10x30mins comedy […]
