Interviews

Attendance at the 51st edition of MIPTV is expected to be up on last year’s milestone event, according to Laurine Garaude, director of Reed MIDEM’s television division, with 11,000-plus executives expected to attend. The number of buyers on site will be above 4,000, of which about 1,000 will come from …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2014 issue of TV Europe. From their earliest days on the air, ProSieben and SAT.1 have relied on imported programming—mainly American movies and TV series. Rüdiger Böss, the senior VP of group programming acquisitions at ProSiebenSat.1, has been instrumental in finding product that …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. Expanding Shine International’s drama portfolio has been one of CEO Nadine Nohr’s top priorities since taking the helm of the company last year. And her efforts have certainly borne fruit, with the entity now boasting a catalogue that …

As BSkyB celebrates its 25th anniversary, Sophie Turner Laing, the managing director of content for Sky’s portfolio of channels, speaks to World Screen about the value of putting customers first, delivering the best content and innovating continually. WS: Much of Sky’s success is due to the relationship it has with …

As the commercial arm of ZDF, the German public broadcaster, ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) does much more than sell a broad range of programs from the world’s largest German-language library. Besides distributing homegrown series, miniseries, TV movies, documentaries and children’s shows, ZDFE is charged with setting up international co-productions, representing third-party …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of World Screen. Established by a Royal Charter in 1922, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) declared from the start that its mission was: “to enrich people’s lives with programs and services that inform, educate and entertain.” Through the decades, just as …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. The terms “game changer” and “disruptor” are bandied about so often these days. We take for granted that updated versions of our mobile phones or tablets will be released every year and that platforms will constantly innovate. We …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. With some 45 production entities in 17 territories, Zodiak Media, majority owned by Italy’s De Agostini Group, has established itself as a leading independent producer of a broad range of genres: from scripted series Being Human and Millennium …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. As deregulation of the broadcast industry in Europe began in the 1980s, privately owned stations mushroomed across several countries. Few, if any, were as successful as what started as RTL Plus. With its tagline of “refreshingly different” programming, …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2014 issue of TV Europe. For more than 40 years, Tele München Group (TMG) has been providing top-quality content across a range of genres to German-language markets and beyond. The company was an early pioneer in the business of multi-territory drama co-productions, and …