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The evolving Streaming Landscape in Germany and Beyond
Board & Members Meeting Hosted by ZDF Hotel De Rome, Berlin, Germany April 1, 2022
Moderator Scott Roxborough
Europe Bureau Chief The Hollywood Reporter Scott Roxborough is European News Editor at leading U.S. entertainment industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter. He has been reporting on the German and European film and television industries for more than a decade.
Sophie Burkhardt
Deputy Program Director ARD Sophie Burkhardt is deputy program director at Germany’s public broadcasting network ARD. Her focus is digital content strategy. Previously, she worked at ZDF where she co-founded the young-audiences network “funk” and oversaw the content development department. Sophie Burkhardt studied Journalism, Political Science and Philosophy in Munich, Paris and Rome.
NICO HOFMANN CEO UFA Group
Nico Hofmann is Chief Executive Officer of UFA Group. He oversees the creation and production of a diverse programme portfolio in Germany which ranges from daily dramas (GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES) and entertainment shows (GERMAN IDOLS) to successful feature films, documentaries and transmedia content. Four production units operate under the UFA umbrella: UFA Fiction, UFA Serial Drama, UFA Show & Factual and UFA Documentary. Nico Hofmann completed his studies at the University of Television and Film in Munich with his award-winning thesis film LAND OF THEIR FATHERS, LAND OF THEIR SONS (1987). In 1998, he set up with Wolf Bauer teamWorx (today UFA Fiction) which has gone on to become one of Germany’s most successful production companies with many award winning productions including THE TUNNEL, DRESDEN, MARCH OF MILLIONS, NAKED AMONG WOLVES, OPENTHE WALL, KU’DAMM 56 and its sequel KU’DAMM 59, as well as the historical hospital series CHARITÉ (season 1+2). As a producer and a director, Hofmann is known for telling exceptional stories with an epic and cinematic feel. Many of his productions have achieved record ratings and international success. He has received various honours for his work, including an International Emmy® for GENERATION WAR and the series DEUTSCHLAND83, which was the first Germanlanguage drama to air on a major US Network and launched to huge critical acclaim on Sundance TV in June 2015. Its sequels DEUTSCHLAND86 and DEUTSCHLAND89 were launched in 2018 and 2020 on Amazon Prime. Hofmann produced the bestseller adaptation THE PHYSICIAN - the most successful film in German speaking territories in 2014 with more than 4 million viewers in Germany. He was also responsible for the movie adaptation of Hape Kerkeling’s pilgrim novel I’M OFF THEN (2015) that reached over 2 million viewers.The film adaptation of Hape Kerkeling’s autobiography ALL ABOUT ME is one of Hofmann’s current cinema productions. More than 3.8 million viewers have seen the box office hit so far. It is the most successful German feature film of 2018 and has been awarded three German film prizes, including the Lola in Bronze as “Best Feature Film”. His recent cinema productions include the cinema musical ICH WAR NOCH NIEMALS IN NEW YORK, which was released nationwide in German cinemas in October 2019.
Oliver Schablitzki EVP, Multichannel RTL
Oliver Schablitzki studied at University of Cologne (German Philology, Politics, Film & Television Science). Has worked for newspapers, magazines and WDR radio network, international (Viacom) and national (RTL) TV. In his current role as EVP Multichannel, he oversees a variety of free and pay channels as well as OTT and non-linear offerings. This includes co-operations with RTL’s streaming service RTL+.
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