ProSieben Sat.1


ProSiebenSat.1 to cut 400 roles as part of entertainment ‘realignment’

German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 is cutting around 400 roles as part of its “realignment” to a digital-first business. These cuts amount to around 10% of its workforce, with a total of 30% anticipated to be departing from across the organisation in the coming months, as exclusively revealed by TBI in June. Bert Habets, group CEO, […]

Autentic launches new content unit, led by ProSieben Sat. 1 alum Tom Zwiessler

Germany factual production and distribution house Autentic is launching a new content unit, Autentic Studios, to be headed up by ProSiebenSat.1 and Storyhouse Productions alum Tom Zwiessler. The new unit will build upon existing production strategy to focus on documentaries for the international market, while becoming “even more involved” as a financing partner for documentary […]

Show of the Week: Estonia

Fact-based eight-part drama series diving into the true events of the sinking of the MS Estonia off the coast of Finland in 1994. Caught in a catastrophic storm, the ship sank within 30 minutes, claiming the lives of 852 people – despite a dramatic rescue attempt under the most difficult of conditions. This dramatised version […]

Show of the Week: Couple Wars

Would your partner be able to pick you out from a line-up of giant dancing chickens? That’s just one of the challenges facing contestants in this engaging and revealing new primetime challenge format from Germany’s Red Arrow Studios International (RASI). Couple Wars put relationships under the microscope via a series of very personal challenges that […]

ProSiebenSat.1 triggers strategic review, explores Red Arrow sale

ProSiebenSat.1 has triggered a strategic review that could see the business offload Red Arrow Studios, according to German reports. According to DWDL.de, the German media group has assigned Morgan Stanley to handle a sale, and potential investors have until 13 September to express their interest in the business, which houses the likes of Deep State producer Endor […]

Magnify’s Fittest Family lands in Germany

Andrea Jackson’s Magnify Media has sold reality-fitness format Fittest Family into ProSiebenSat.1. The German broadcaster has ordered a 4 x 90-minute version of the format, which was originally created for Irish broadcaster RTÉ. It will launch in a primetime slot in Germany this spring. The show will be produced by German superindie Constantin Entertainment, with whom the deal was […]

ProSiebenSat.1 acquires US dating service eharmony

ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired US dating platform eharmony via its e-commerce arm NuCom Group. The 18-year-old dating service, which bills itself as “the brains behind the butterflies”, will join NuCom’s German online matchmaking platform Parship Elite Group (PEG), which includes dating services Parship and Elite Partner and serves the German-speaking and Benelux region. The services will […]