Actor and producer Will Smith (Bad Boys, Men In Black, I am Legend) has teamed up with director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, James Bond – Quantum of Solace, World War Z) to acquire German licensing and distribution company Telepool.
Shareholders evaluate sale of German Telepool
German TV rights sales company Telepool seems to be for sale.
Kai Finke rumoured to head Netflix’ content acquisition in Europe
US subscription video-on-demand (VOD) provider Netflix which rolled out its service in several additional European countries in September 2014 has apparently found a specialist to handle its content acquisition for the European market.
Sky Deutschland secures movie packages
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights of several movies for its linear TV channels and its mobile and on-demand services Sky Go and Sky Anytime through eight new licence deals signed with independent film companies.