BERLIN -- German mobile TV provider MFD has signed a deal with German pubcaster ARD to broadcast ARD programming on MFD's watcha mobile TV service.
The deal, announced Wednesday, will see watcha carry full-length ARD programming including news, major league soccer and such top-rated shows as soap "Forbidden Love" and late-night talker "The Harald Schmidt Show".
With the agreement, MFD expands its mobile TV offering from four to five channels, which are broadcast nationwide.
Other mobile channels include ones from pubcaster ZDF, all-news channel N24, MTV Music and a mobile-only channel produced by commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1.
MFD is Germany's only nationwide mobile TV provider. The group plans to expand its mobile TV offer from five to ten channels by the end of this year.
The deal, announced Wednesday, will see watcha carry full-length ARD programming including news, major league soccer and such top-rated shows as soap "Forbidden Love" and late-night talker "The Harald Schmidt Show".
With the agreement, MFD expands its mobile TV offering from four to five channels, which are broadcast nationwide.
Other mobile channels include ones from pubcaster ZDF, all-news channel N24, MTV Music and a mobile-only channel produced by commercial broadcasting group ProSiebenSat.1.
MFD is Germany's only nationwide mobile TV provider. The group plans to expand its mobile TV offer from five to ten channels by the end of this year.
- 5/10/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
COLOGNE, Germany -- Joachim Kosack, formerly a producer at German miniseries monolith Teamworx, has been named the new head of series production at Berlin-based channel Sat.1, the company announced Tuesday.
Kosack takes over April 1, replacing Dirk Eisfeld, who is leaving Sat.1 to work as an independent producer.
As a producer for Teamworx, Kosack scored a huge ratings hit with the historic mini "Stauffenberg" and a major flop with "Lost"-style castaway series "Verschollen", both for Sat.1 competitor RTL.
He cut his teeth as a writer and director for RTL hit soap "Good Times, Bad Times" and was chief writer and producer of RTL's women-in-prison drama "Hinter Gittern".
Kosack takes over as Sat.1's drama department is in a state of crisis. Such ambitious series as soccer-themed "Freunde fuer Immer", daily soap "Schmetterlinge im Bauch", and "Bis in die Spitzen", a local adaptation of BBC hit "Cutting It", have all flopped. Even Sat.1's hit telenovela "That's Life" has seen ratings slump following the exit of star Alexandra Neldel.
In a separate announcement, German pubcaster ARD extended the contract of Harald Schmidt, the country's top late-night host, until summer 2008.
Kosack takes over April 1, replacing Dirk Eisfeld, who is leaving Sat.1 to work as an independent producer.
As a producer for Teamworx, Kosack scored a huge ratings hit with the historic mini "Stauffenberg" and a major flop with "Lost"-style castaway series "Verschollen", both for Sat.1 competitor RTL.
He cut his teeth as a writer and director for RTL hit soap "Good Times, Bad Times" and was chief writer and producer of RTL's women-in-prison drama "Hinter Gittern".
Kosack takes over as Sat.1's drama department is in a state of crisis. Such ambitious series as soccer-themed "Freunde fuer Immer", daily soap "Schmetterlinge im Bauch", and "Bis in die Spitzen", a local adaptation of BBC hit "Cutting It", have all flopped. Even Sat.1's hit telenovela "That's Life" has seen ratings slump following the exit of star Alexandra Neldel.
In a separate announcement, German pubcaster ARD extended the contract of Harald Schmidt, the country's top late-night host, until summer 2008.
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