COLOGNE, Germany -- Senator Entertainment has acquired a 51% stake in Pro, the production company of one of Germany's leading on-air personalities, talk show host and amateur TV chef Alfred Biolek.
The Cologne-based production company made its name with some of Germany's most successful talk and light entertainment programs, including late-night talker "Boulevard Bio" and variety show "Bio's Bahnhof".
Pro also has produced several drama series, including critically acclaimed detective show "The Elephant", a co-production with teamWorx for Sat.1, and crime-sitcom "The Little Monk", for public broadcaster ZDF.
SPTI ups Herran, Lezaun in Iberia
By Pamela Rolfe
MADRID -- Sony Pictures Television International on Tuesday announced the promotions of Carlos Herran to vp programming and production for Spain and Portugal and Jorge Lezaun to vp finance and administration.
The move comes in response to the growing strength of Sony's channels in Spain. AXN, which boasts some 4 million subscribers, and Sony Entertainment Television, SPTI's first unscrambled channel, launched last September.
Lezaun will be responsible for business development and channel distribution and report to senior vp and general manager of SPTI Networks Iberia Juan Maria Romeu and Los Angeles-based vp finance international Mark Rogers.
The Cologne-based production company made its name with some of Germany's most successful talk and light entertainment programs, including late-night talker "Boulevard Bio" and variety show "Bio's Bahnhof".
Pro also has produced several drama series, including critically acclaimed detective show "The Elephant", a co-production with teamWorx for Sat.1, and crime-sitcom "The Little Monk", for public broadcaster ZDF.
SPTI ups Herran, Lezaun in Iberia
By Pamela Rolfe
MADRID -- Sony Pictures Television International on Tuesday announced the promotions of Carlos Herran to vp programming and production for Spain and Portugal and Jorge Lezaun to vp finance and administration.
The move comes in response to the growing strength of Sony's channels in Spain. AXN, which boasts some 4 million subscribers, and Sony Entertainment Television, SPTI's first unscrambled channel, launched last September.
Lezaun will be responsible for business development and channel distribution and report to senior vp and general manager of SPTI Networks Iberia Juan Maria Romeu and Los Angeles-based vp finance international Mark Rogers.
- 6/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The most typical date in the world is dinner and a movie. But with "Culinary Cinema: Eat, Drink, See Movies," this year's Berlin International Film Festival has taken the traditional date to an entirely new level.
The movies will all revolve around food. The dinners will be cooked by top-ranked chefs, and will be directly inspired by the films. And the filmmakers will be present for a round of conversation with the audience, moderated by one of Germany's most popular talkshow hosts, Alfred Biolek -- who also happens to wield a pretty mean spatula himself.
"Fire was the first expression of human civilization," said "Culinary Cinema" sidebar organizer Thomas Struck, "and cinema is the latest. The very word 'focus' comes from a Latin root meaning 'fireplace' or 'hearth.' To us, each evening is a unified work of art."
The evenings begin with a main film or films at 7:30, followed by the dinner and a chat with Biolek and film participants, and end with a second film at 10 p.m.
Sarah Wiener is a Viennese-born chef who runs three restaurants in Berlin. A half-hour documentary about her culinary adventures in France will screen on Feb. 14 along with "The Chicken, the Fish & the King Crab," a work-in-progress by Jose Luis Lopez-Linares of Spain, and a Japanese comedy, "Purukogi/Bulgogi" (Red Meat Or Innards?) by Su-yeon Gu.
Michelin starred chef Kolja Kleeberg Will Cook an Andalusian meal.
The movies will all revolve around food. The dinners will be cooked by top-ranked chefs, and will be directly inspired by the films. And the filmmakers will be present for a round of conversation with the audience, moderated by one of Germany's most popular talkshow hosts, Alfred Biolek -- who also happens to wield a pretty mean spatula himself.
"Fire was the first expression of human civilization," said "Culinary Cinema" sidebar organizer Thomas Struck, "and cinema is the latest. The very word 'focus' comes from a Latin root meaning 'fireplace' or 'hearth.' To us, each evening is a unified work of art."
The evenings begin with a main film or films at 7:30, followed by the dinner and a chat with Biolek and film participants, and end with a second film at 10 p.m.
Sarah Wiener is a Viennese-born chef who runs three restaurants in Berlin. A half-hour documentary about her culinary adventures in France will screen on Feb. 14 along with "The Chicken, the Fish & the King Crab," a work-in-progress by Jose Luis Lopez-Linares of Spain, and a Japanese comedy, "Purukogi/Bulgogi" (Red Meat Or Innards?) by Su-yeon Gu.
Michelin starred chef Kolja Kleeberg Will Cook an Andalusian meal.
- 2/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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