ZDF Studios\u2019 Robert Franke, Dynamic Television\u2019s Daniel March and LEONINE Studios\u2019 Caroline Kusser have taken note of how the co-production model has evolved.<\/p>\n
With production budgets already on the rise before Covid and an increasingly competitive environment, \u201cwe as international distributors have to change the model a little bit, and we are becoming co-producers,\u201d said Kusser, executive VP of international co-production and world sales at LEONINE. \u201cWe have to jump on board very early if we want to get our hands on a project. We used to write a check for an MG, and the deal was done, or we were deficit financing. And we see a lot more private equity companies coming into the market wanting to be part of the game. That\u2019s a new model to look at in co-financing\/co-production.\u201d<\/p>\n