ANKE BEINING-WELLHAUSEN Teleclub SHORT CV
COUNTRY Switzerland
POSITION Serving as advisor to BLS on co-productions for Teleclub AG
FAVORITE FILM 2014 Nightcrawler, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dr. Anke Beining-Wellhausen joined Teleclub in 2011 as COO/Program Director, MD of Film & Entertainment and CAO responsible for pay TV, VOD platform, product marketing, content acquisitions and co-productions. She was an executive board member of The Walt Disney Company in Munich for ten years. Earlier achievements: implementing Kinowelt’s international co-production and distribution network; organizing Senator Film’s IPO. As a lawyer specializing in copyright, media and entertainment law, she holds a PhD and has been admitted to the Bar in Munich and New York.
COMPANY PROFILE TELECLUB AG, is Switzerland’s leading digital platform for subscription TV. It is also the only Swiss broadcaster with its own pay TV channels, broadcasting in French and German. Its exclusive cinema channels TELECLUB CINEMA, TELECLUB STAR and TELECLUB PRIME offer more than 360 TV premieres and 500 international and national box-office hits annually, as well as its own talk formats. The TELECLUB SPORT CHANNELS show more than 5,000 live sporting events every year. Teleclub on Demand is Switzerland’s prime VOD platform and exclusive to Swisscom TV. Its video flat-rate Teleclub Play offers unlimited access to TV series, films, childrenʼs programs, documentaries as well as a sports archive for a monthly fee.
FILMOGRAPHY –– DER GOALIE BIN IG (I’LL BE THE GOALIE), 2014 –– SCHWEIZER HELDEN (UNLIKELY HEROES), 2014 –– NIGHTTRAIN TO LISBON (NACHTZUG NACH LISSABON), 2013 –– DIE HERBSTZEITLOSEN (LATE BLOOMERS), 2006
MOTIVATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN INCONTRI #5 TELECLUB AG Löwenstr. 11 8001 Zurich anke.beining@teleclub.ch www.teleclub.ch
Discuss new formats for digital content production and exploitation with a special focus on the Alpine region. Seek and evaluate opportunities for international co-productions and co-financing arrangements together with Switzerland. Get in touch with media experts and share best practice and experiences. Learn more about BLS and its film-selection process (just saw Elser – what a strong movie).