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As the physical edition of the Berlin Film Festival kicks off today and with the virtual edition of the European Film Market well underway, a number of key talking points such as Covid, the uncertainty of the theatrical sector and satisfying the demand for streaming platforms are likely to be hot button topics amongst…

New York investment firm KKR began its remarkable German buying spree in 2019. When it was done, one of the world's biggest film and TV markets looked dramatically different. The ambitious studio it created, Leonine, is an accumulation of companies, including film and TV powerhouse TMG, film distributor Universum…

EXCLUSIVE: New York investment firm KKR began its remarkable German buying spree 12 months ago. When it was done, one of the world’s biggest film and TV markets looked dramatically different. The ambitious studio it created, Leonine, is an accumulation of companies including film and TV powerhouse TMG, film…

The recently-launched, KKR-backed German indie studio has appointed Stephan Katzmann as managing director, finance. Katzmann, who joined June 1, is responsible for “production activities and the creation of a joint license database for the trading activities” at the as yet-unnamed company, which is a merger of Tele…

An emerging, KKR-backed German studio formed by Tele München Group, Universum Film, i&u TV and Wiedann & Berg Film has added Christian Meinberger as Chief Digital Officer. Meinberger, a co-founder of multichannel network Studio 71, joined the management team led by Fred Kogel at the still-unnamed studio. The company…

After making a Cannes splash with its acquisition of Roland Emmerich’s big budget sci-fi project Moonfall, the newly-formed German indie conglomerate founded by KKR and Fred Kogel, has confirmed a series of further high-profile pick-ups made on the Croisette. They include Robert Lorenz’s The Minuteman starring Liam…