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\n\tLeonine\u2019s Fred Kogel To Be Feted In Zurich<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tLeonine CEO Fred Kogel is to obtain the Zurich Film Festival\u2019s 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\u00a0served as Head of Entertainment at ZDF and Managing Director of SAT1, the place he was accountable for the station\u2019s merger into ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. He was CEO of Constantin Film AG from 2003 \u2013 2009, engaged on Oscar nominees together with Downfall and The Baader Meinhof Complex. \u201cFred 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,\u201d mentioned Zurich Artistic Director Christian Jungen.<\/p>\n \n\t\u2018Million Dollar Island\u2019s Talpa<\/a> Creates Adventure Reality Unit<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tTalpa, the Dutch unscripted indie behind Million Dollar Island<\/em>, 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\u00a0Survivor<\/em>, 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<\/a>, with Smink\u2019s former employer, Monday Media.<\/p>\n \n\tRTL & Talpa Network Accept Dutch Merger Is Off<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tEuropean networks big RTL Group<\/a> yesterday confirmed its Dutch division will not pursue a merger with Talpa Network, one other of de Mol\u2019s operations, after native regulators kiboshed the merger in January<\/a>. RTL Nederlands and Talpa have withdrawn an enchantment over the ACM\u2019s choice. For RTL, the episodes is a case of historical past repeating, after its French community M6\u2019s proposed merger with TF1 suffered the identical destiny<\/a> final yr. We stay satisfied that market consolidation is important to compete with the worldwide tech platforms \u2013 and that market consolidation will occur within the European TV markets eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n