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Vuelta Group acquires Telepool from Westbrook

May 9, 2024 21.46 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

European production and distribution studio Vuelta Group is taking over German content house Telepool and subsidiaries from Westbrook. Financial details have not been disclosed.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, Production Tagged With: Al Munteanu, Kosaku Yada, Michael Heyd, SquareOne, Telepool, Vuelta Group, Westbrook, Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann Edited: 9 May 2024 21:46

Will Smith and Marc Forster acquire German rights company Telepool

June 26, 2018 16.54 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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 […]

Filed Under: Distribution, Finance, Newsline, People Tagged With: 2dux², André Druskeit, Elysian Fields, Jada Pinkett-Smith, James Lassiter, Marc Forster, Miguel Melendez, Overbrook Entertainment, Renee Wolfe, takeover, Telepool, The Smith Family Circle, Westbrook Entertainment, Will Smith Edited: 26 June 2018 17:11

Shareholders evaluate sale of German Telepool

June 1, 2017 23.10 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German TV rights sales company Telepool seems to be for sale.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline Tagged With: ARD, BR, MDR, sale, SRG SSR, SWR, Telepool, Telvetia Edited: 1 June 2017 23:46

Kai Finke rumoured to head Netflix’ content acquisition in Europe

October 2, 2014 11.38 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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 […]

Filed Under: Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, People Tagged With: Kai Finke, Netflix, Telepool Edited: 2 October 2014 11:44

Sky Deutschland secures movie packages

August 1, 2014 22.14 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

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 […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Constantin Film, DCM, Majestic, movies, Prokino, Sky Deutschland, Splendid Film, SquareOne Entertainment, Telepool, Universum Edited: 1 August 2014 22:14

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