In today’s International Newswire, Bavaria Fernsehproduktion rebrands; Gaumont picks up a millennial drama, from Milo Ventimiglia; Alexander Coridass steps down at Zdfe; and Sony adds social edge to its new Mexican TV drama.
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion, one of Europe’s biggest production companies, has rebranded as Bavaria Fiction. There are several good reasons. One: The name, Bavaria TV Production in German, was a misnomer. Bavaria Fernsehproduktion moved waves last month scoring the first original series production commission from Deutsche Telekom, hardly a traditional TV, on comedy half-hour “Germanized,” on which, Variety reported, Amazon Prime Video, again hardly a traditional TV, is in advanced negotiations to acquire select territories. Bavaria Fiction, as its new name makes clear, only produces fiction, not general entertainment. Also, try pronouncing “Fernsehproduktion” if you’re not German. Bavaria Fiction has a weighty core business producing for Germany’s domestic market such shows as evergreen soap “Storm of Love” for Ard, episodes...
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion, one of Europe’s biggest production companies, has rebranded as Bavaria Fiction. There are several good reasons. One: The name, Bavaria TV Production in German, was a misnomer. Bavaria Fernsehproduktion moved waves last month scoring the first original series production commission from Deutsche Telekom, hardly a traditional TV, on comedy half-hour “Germanized,” on which, Variety reported, Amazon Prime Video, again hardly a traditional TV, is in advanced negotiations to acquire select territories. Bavaria Fiction, as its new name makes clear, only produces fiction, not general entertainment. Also, try pronouncing “Fernsehproduktion” if you’re not German. Bavaria Fiction has a weighty core business producing for Germany’s domestic market such shows as evergreen soap “Storm of Love” for Ard, episodes...
- 10/5/2017
- by John Hopewell
- Variety - Film News
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