Stoll Tapped as Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Portman

LONDON, July 26: Anke
Stoll has been appointed as the head of acquisitions and co-productions at
Portman Film and Television, effective in September.

In her new role, Stoll
will join Chris Bartlett, Portman’s head of TV sales, and Neil Zeiger, head of
development, in working to increase drama acquisitions by establishing new
relationships with drama producers, both within the U.K. and abroad. She will
also be responsible for sales of Portman’s programming to German-speaking
territories.

She was previously with
BBC Worldwide, where she was responsible for the overall BBC media business for
German-speaking territories.