Tag: Anne Olzmann

Albatross World Sales has among its offerings Norway—A Call from the Wild, in which filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad documents the state of nature in his home country.

BossaNova’s Paul Heaney, Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier, Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann and ZDF Studios’ Nikolas Hülbusch discuss with World Screen Newsflash everything from the market for commissioning to the importance of library product and how AVOD and FAST are factoring into distribution strategies.

The inaugural TV Real Festival kicked off today with a panel on factual distribution trends featuring BossaNova’s Paul Heaney, Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier, Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann and ZDF Studios’ Nikolas Hülbusch.

BossaNova’s Paul Heaney, Off the Fence’s Bo Stehmeier, Albatross World Sales’ Anne Olzmann and ZDF Studios’ Nikolas Hülbusch will discuss the big-picture issues impacting the factual landscape during the TV Real Festival, taking place from June 18 to 20. You can sign up for your free registration here.

From exploring the burgeoning FAST landscape to managing the complexities of financing increasingly ambitious premium docs, leading distributors weigh in on trends shaping the factual business today.

Distributors share one way they have achieved breaking through the overly saturated wildlife genre: offering focused, single-species programs.

The AVOD business is booming, leading to a wealth of new opportunities for distributors with sizable factual content slates. 

Leading distributors of science documentaries talk about the increased interest in the genre and what makes a successful program.

The managing director talks about how the company is navigating the AVOD/FAST channel factual space.

Anne Olzmann, the managing director at Albatross World Sales, talks about the current trends in the factual space, the importance of getting involved in projects early on and the ever-complicated business of managing rights.