Entertainment programs have long established themselves as the most productive genre on German television. With low production costs these formats can be exploited across media and are increasingly ousting expensive fiction productions. The seminar will explore international trends and probe perspectives for German TV entertainment.
Host: Hans-Wolfgang Pausch, Gemini Filmproduktion GmbH, Cologne ________________________________________________________________________________________
14.00 hrs - 14.30 hrs
Keynote
Hard Times – Light Entertainment
Prof. Dr. Lothar Mikos, Academy of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf", Potsdam-Babelsberg ________________________________________________________________________________________
14.30 hrs - 15.15 hrs
Presentation
Trends and Tendencies in the International TV Entertainment
Paul Jackson, Head of Entertainment, Granada plc, London ________________________________________________________________________________________
15.15 hrs - 16.00 hrs
Panel
The Broadcasters' Entertainment Strategies
Tom Sänger, Head of Entertainment, RTL Television, Cologne
Axel Beyer, Head of Entertainment, WDR/ARD, Cologne
Jobst Benthues, Head of Entertainment, ProSieben Television GmbH, Munich-Unterföhring
Matthias Alberti, Head of Entertainment, SAT.1, Berlin ________________________________________________________________________________________
16.00 hrs - 16.15 hrs Coffee break ________________________________________________________________________________________
16.15 hrs - 17.00 hrs
Panel
Perspectives for the German TV Entertainment
Ute Biernat, Managing Director, GRUNDY Light Entertainment, Cologne-Hürth
Jörg Grabosch, Creative Content Officer, Brainpool TV AG, Cologne
Otto Steiner, Managing Director, KirchMedia Entertainment, Ismaning/Munich
Christoph Post, CEO, MME Me, Myself & Eye Entertainment AG, Hamburg
Christiane Ruff, Sony Pictures Film und Fernsehen Produktion GmbH, Köln-Hürth