Leonine’s Fred Kogel To Be Feted In Zurich
Leonine CEO Fred Kogel is to obtain the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award, which has beforehand gone to executives together with Pamela Abdy, Patrick Wachsberger, Michael Barker and Tom Bernard. The Leonine boss will settle for the award throughout the Zurich Summit trade convention on Sunday, October 1. Prior to establishing German studio Leonine, Kogel served as Head of Entertainment at ZDF and Managing Director of SAT1, the place he was accountable for the station’s merger into ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. He was CEO of Constantin Film AG from 2003 – 2009, engaged on Oscar nominees together with Downfall and The Baader Meinhof Complex. “Fred Kogel has built Leonine from the ground up, a new entertainment company for the digital age that brings together the most exciting artists and successful producers, allowing them to focus on their core strengths while the studio takes care of services such as HR, marketing and sales,” mentioned Zurich Artistic Director Christian Jungen.
‘Million Dollar Island’s Talpa Creates Adventure Reality Unit
Talpa, the Dutch unscripted indie behind Million Dollar Island, has launched a complete division devoted to journey actuality codecs. The John de Mol-owned firm drafted in Geraldine Smink and Wim van Dam, each outstanding European producers within the style, to guide the unit. Smink has spent the final fifteen years as an government producer for Strix/Monday Media specializing in factual, survival and actuality exhibits, whereas van Dam has produced varied journey actuality exhibits, together with the Dutch model of Survivor, for the same time interval. Several journey actuality initiatives are set to be introduced, together with originals and productions ensuing from artistic partnerships. The first, which is presently unannounced, has simply recorded in Africa and is about to air in 2024 within the Netherlands, on SBS6. Talpa co-created Million Dollar Island, which was set for an NBC remake earlier than being shelved, with Smink’s former employer, Monday Media.
RTL & Talpa Network Accept Dutch Merger Is Off
European networks big RTL Group yesterday confirmed its Dutch division will not pursue a merger with Talpa Network, one other of de Mol’s operations, after native regulators kiboshed the merger in January. RTL Nederlands and Talpa have withdrawn an enchantment over the ACM’s choice. For RTL, the episodes is a case of historical past repeating, after its French community M6’s proposed merger with TF1 suffered the identical destiny final yr. We stay satisfied that market consolidation is important to compete with the worldwide tech platforms – and that market consolidation will occur within the European TV markets eventually.”
Pluto TV Debuts In Australia
Paramount Global’s Pluto TV has launched in Australia. The free streaming service has debuted 50 FAST (free advertiser-supported tv) networks via a branded space on digital platform 10 Play, which is the digital platform of Paramount Australia & New Zealand-owned industrial community Network Ten. Included are channels devoted to South Park, The Shores, I Love Lucy and Dynasty, actuality TV, and Nickelodeon classics and cartoons. The channels will launch on August 31, with extra content material plans revealed earlier than then. “These 50 Pluto TV channels represent our first step to engage with Australian audiences,” mentioned Olivier Jollet, Executive Vice President and International General Manager for Pluto TV.