Munich-based studio Leonine is partnering with a popular German entertainer and producer on a new prodco joint venture in Cologne.

A hit German version of a US gay dating show is heading to free TV following its online success on Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland’s TVNow pay streaming service.

German VoD service Pantaflix, which supplies third-party streamers, is also seeking content that will broaden the appeal of its own offerings.

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery joint venture Joyn is aiming to become Germany’s streaming platform of choice by taking on Amazon and Netflix.

German regional funding bodies have approved more than €2.23m (US$2.45m) in funding for four new TV series projects.

Studio Hamburg Produktion Group’s Berlin-based prodco B.Vision Media has named the successor to its soon-to-depart MD.

Television production group Talpa Germany has appointed two industry veterans to oversee its scripted content division.

ZDF Enterprises boss Fred Burcksen is relaxed over the changes to TV as a result of VoD but says distributors need to focus on quality and flexibility in response.

Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay and German pubcaster ZDF have boarded a drama copro about a right-wing terrorist cell from Babylon Berlin producer X Filme Creative Pool.

Germany’s ProSieben has commissioned a new unscripted show that challenges participants to humiliating acts that they would never normally do.