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An apocalyptic drama from the makers of Deutschland 83, a retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and an emotionally-driven series set in Alabama are European giant Sky Deutschland’s latest trio of original dramas. Ahead of the satellite broadcaster’s launch of original drama Munich Games tonight at the Munich Film…

BBC Studios And Sky Deutschland Strike Factual Content Deal Sky Deutschland has become the pay-TV home for BBC Studios’ factual content in Germany after striking a deal unveiled at BBC Studios Showcase this morning. The network will host more than 150 hours worth of docs including Greta Thunberg A Year to Change the Wo…

German production house and distributor Leonine Studios has signed an expanded partnership with local broadcaster Sky Deutschland. The multi-year license deal sees Sky acquire exclusive first pay-TV rights and SVOD rights in Germany for a period of 12 months to upcoming titles from Leonine Studios, as well as a number…

Comcast’s Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Germany for the first time in 20 years after being outbid by streaming service DAZN. Sky confirmed on Thursday morning that it had missed out on access to the European soccer competition, meaning it will no longer show matches once…

Top Chef is heading to Germany after NBC Universal International Formats closed a deal with broadcaster Sat.1. The ProSiebenSat.1-owned broadcaster has ordered a six-part local series to air in summer 2019 and be overseen by head judge Eckart Witzigmann. It will be produced by RedSeven Entertainment. The deal marks…

Sky Deutschland and Bavaria Film are teaming on a $28.5 million TV adaptation of the books Das Boot and Die Festung from Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which also provided the basis for Wolfgang Petersen’s classic 1980s U-boat drama. The eight-part TV series will serve as a sequel of sorts to the film, which was nominated…

In its first such ageement, Sky Deutschland has pacted with Red Arrow International to join 100 Code as co-producer. The 21st Century Fox-owned outfit will take all exclusive pay and free TV rights in German-speaking territories fo all platforms. Lost alum Dominic Monaghan and Swedish-born Michael Nyqvist (Mission Impo…

After ankling many of his European board seats in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at News Corp’s UK press arm, James Murdoch has been elected Chairman of the supervisory board of Sky Deutschland. The exec, and son of Rupert, had originally been appointed as a member of Sky Deutschland’s board last April as News…

News Corp and Sky Deutschland have reached a new financing arrangement that will see Rupert Murdoch’s company increase its holdings in the Germany pay-TV group from 49.9% to 54.5%. Under the deal, News Corp will guarantee Sky Deutschland’s new 300M euro ($400M) credit facility and will support a capital raise of 438M…

New Top Programmer At Australia’s Ten Beverley McGarvey starts tomorrow in perhaps the most challenging job in Australian commercial broadcasting: chief programming officer at Network Ten, the network languishing in third place in the ratings behind Seven and Nine. A six-year Ten veteran, McGarvey had been acting in…