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Red Arrow Studios, the production group owned by German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, took a €46 million ($55M) hit to its revenue in 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic halted production around the world. Red Arrow-owned Kinetic Content landed a big Netflix hit in the shape of Love Is Blind, but it was ultimately an…

BBC Casts ‘My Name Is Leon’ BBC One has announced the cast for its adaptation of Kit de Waal's debut novel My Name is Leon. Malachi Kirby (Small Axe), Monica Dolan (A Very English Scandal), Olivia Williams (Counterpart), Christopher Eccleston (The A Word), Poppy Lee Friar (In My Skin), and Sir Lenny Henry CBE (The Lord…

EXCLUSIVE: Henrik Bastin, the driving force behind Amazon's cop drama series Bosch, is launching a new production company after exiting Red Arrow Studios joint venture Fabrik Entertainment. Fabrik, which produced seven seasons of the Titus Welliver-fronted procedural, the streamer's longest-running original, was a…

ProSiebenSat.1 has taken the unusual step of providing some insight on its fourth-quarter earnings before the financials have been audited. And it’s good news for the German broadcasting giant, which said its revenue of €4 billion ($4.9B) topped expectations despite the tumult of the coronavirus pandemic. Commercial…

EXCLUSIVE: Growing German studio Leonine has confirmed the appointment of former Red Arrow Studios exec Nina Etspüler to the role of Head of Entertainment Development and revealed key details about her role. Etspüler, the former Group Creative Director at Arrow, will join from 1 January, 2021 and will be tasked with…

EXCLUSIVE: Former WME Partner and literary agent Melissa Myers has been named President and Partner of a new venture between Kinetic Content founder and CEO Chris Coelen, and Red Arrow Studios, the production division of European media company ProSiebenSat.1. This marks an expansion into scripted for Red Arrow Studios…

Vienna Blood, the adaptation of Frank Tallis’ novels, has been renewed for a second season by Germany's ZDF and Austria's ORF, while BBC Two and PBS have again come aboard the drama series. Red Arrow Studios-owned Endor Productions and Austria’s MR Film will produce another three feature-length episodes, with Sherlock…

Sky heads back to the studio Comcast-owned Sky has signed a three-season deal for more A League Of Their Own, with the sports quiz going back into production amid the coronavirus pandemic. The CPL Productions show (which was remade as Game On! for CBS) will be back in the studio later this month, but there will be no…

Red Arrow Studios CEO James Baker will become the latest executive to leave the Love Is Blind producer after his contract was not renewed. Baker has worked at Red Arrow for a decade, but the production group’s owner, German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, said he will step down at the end of the year. He follows Red Arrow…

Joel Denton is returning to Love Is Blind production group Red Arrow Studios to temporarily run its sales house following Bo Stehmeier’s decision to leave. Denton was a co-founder and managing director of Red Arrow between 2011 and 2013, and will now come back to the company as acting president of Red Arrow Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Discovery has set Dino Hunters, its new docuseries about the hunt for prehistoric dinosaur fossils, to premiere at 9 p.m. June 19 on Discovery Channel. The program hails from from Half Yard Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company. Dino Hunters focuses on a group of ranchers and cowboys in the badlands of…

Red Arrow Studios International president Bo Stehmeier is leaving the sales house to rejoin Off The Fence, the Dutch producer and distributor acquired by ZDF Enterprises last year. Stehmeier has spent more than four years at Red Arrow and will remain with the company behind Netflix’s Love Is Blind until the end of…