Bavaria Fiction hires Sky exec in rejig
German production company Bavaria Fiction is reorganising its top management, with Marcus Ammon joining the company from Sky Deutschland as MD of content.
Long-time overall joint MD Jan S Kaiser will become MD of production and finance once Ammon arrives in the autumn, while his fellow joint MD, Manfred Haus-Pflüger, will leave the company at the end of the financial year after five years.
Ammon will assume responsibility for the content of all Bavaria Fiction’s productions and projects. In particular, he will focus on the development, acquisition and exploitation of TV, streaming and film programmes, including casting, as well as PR and marketing.
Moritz Polter to launch new premium, international scripted label within ITV Studios Award-Winning Executive Producer, known for Das Boot and Freud to establish new ITV Studios Production Company in Germany
April 15th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News,
ABC and SBS titles have been nominated in the prestigious Banff Rockie Awards 2021.
6 titles are nominated across various categories:
Bluey, Love on the Spectrum, Revelation, 100% Wolf, First Day for ABC and
Filthy Rich & Homeless for SBS.
Eureka is again nominated for its US production of
Holey Moley.
“We’re ecstatic with the range of high-profile international and Canadian programs that entered and are nominated for the 2021 Rockie Awards,” said Jenn Kuzmyk, Executive Director of the Banff World Media Festival. “This year’s nominees are a showcase of the spirit, creativity and truly exceptional work the global entertainment industry continued to produce amidst a year of challenge and change. We can’t wait to share this year’s show via a special live stream on June 15th.”
Moritz Polter
Moritz Polter, also an executive producer on the Netflix series Freud, will launch the new TV label later this year.
ITV Studios is boosting its investment in German TV, launching a new label for high-end scripted television with Moritz Polter, the producer of such hit German-language series as Sky s
Das Boot and the Netflix/ORF production
Freud.
Polter, a former executive at Bavaria Fiction and StudioCanal-owned Tandem Productions, Polter will set up the new German fiction division under the auspices of ITV Studios. The label, which is still unnamed, will be launched later this year.
Polter will develop and produce high-end fiction series for the German-language market which ITV Studios will distribute internationally. He will report to Lisa Perrin, ITV Studios managing director of international production.