All3Media Deutschland-backed Undercover Boss indie Tower Productions has signed industry vet Kirstin Benthaus-Gebauer as Managing Director.
The exec will join at the start of April from Imago TV Film and Fernsehproduktion, where she has spent more than a decade in various roles including Creative Director. She Replaces Dietlinde Stroh, who left earlier this year after three years at the helm,
Benthaus-Gebauer has been plying her trade in the German industry for three decades, winning awards including an International Emmy for Zdf tivi’s Berlin und Wir!.
All3Media Deutschland CEO Taco Rijssemus said: “Kirstin’s first-class expertise and experience combined with brilliant creativity and a real passion for engaging and entertaining content will be invaluable to the future growth and success of Tower as she leads the company into its exciting next phase.”
Tower, which used to be a Jv between All3Media and BBC Studios before the latter exited...
The exec will join at the start of April from Imago TV Film and Fernsehproduktion, where she has spent more than a decade in various roles including Creative Director. She Replaces Dietlinde Stroh, who left earlier this year after three years at the helm,
Benthaus-Gebauer has been plying her trade in the German industry for three decades, winning awards including an International Emmy for Zdf tivi’s Berlin und Wir!.
All3Media Deutschland CEO Taco Rijssemus said: “Kirstin’s first-class expertise and experience combined with brilliant creativity and a real passion for engaging and entertaining content will be invaluable to the future growth and success of Tower as she leads the company into its exciting next phase.”
Tower, which used to be a Jv between All3Media and BBC Studios before the latter exited...
- 12/15/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Germany is getting in “The Dog House.”
The popular Channel 4 format, which pairs prospective dog owners with shelter pups looking for forever homes, has been snapped up for a local adaptation by leading broadcaster Zdf.
Meanwhile, Five Mile Films’ original version of the human-hound matchmaking show for the U.K. broadcaster is also heading to Spain.
Channel 4 recently launched season 2 of the series, which is sold internationally by “The Circle” and “Race Across the World” sales firm All3Media International. The format finds hopeful owners arriving at North London’s Wood Green Animal Charity to be paired up with a dog by the shelter’s knowledgeable staff. With the demand for dogs in the U.K. rising by 650% over the last year, the uplifting show is especially topical and has been a hit with audiences.
Zdf has ordered a five-episode series that’s expected to debut in June. Filming will...
The popular Channel 4 format, which pairs prospective dog owners with shelter pups looking for forever homes, has been snapped up for a local adaptation by leading broadcaster Zdf.
Meanwhile, Five Mile Films’ original version of the human-hound matchmaking show for the U.K. broadcaster is also heading to Spain.
Channel 4 recently launched season 2 of the series, which is sold internationally by “The Circle” and “Race Across the World” sales firm All3Media International. The format finds hopeful owners arriving at North London’s Wood Green Animal Charity to be paired up with a dog by the shelter’s knowledgeable staff. With the demand for dogs in the U.K. rising by 650% over the last year, the uplifting show is especially topical and has been a hit with audiences.
Zdf has ordered a five-episode series that’s expected to debut in June. Filming will...
- 4/12/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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