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Beta Film
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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…
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Drama, Italian style
Italy has emerged from the doldrums to become a leading European drama producer in recent…
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Televisa USA adapting Spanish drama Gran Hotel
The US arm of Mexican media giant Televisa is adapting hit Spanish drama Gran Hotel,…
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Beta to debut Germany pay TV drama, kids division
Beta Film heads to Cannes with new shows including the much-hyped German psycho-thriller drama Weinberg…
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Netflix buys Italian corruption drama
Netflix has acquired US subscription streaming rights to Italian crime and corruption period drama 1992,…
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Israeli VOD service lands Romanzo Criminale
New Israeli on-demand platform Cellcom TV has acquired Italian gangster drama Romanze Criminale from Germany-based…
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Beta’s Welbers to join German indie
Eric Welbers’s next post will be at German independent film and TV producer Neue deutsche…
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NATPE Europe: Welbers exiting Beta Film
Eric Welbers will leave Beta Film in the next few weeks, after almost twenty years…