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FA C T U A L T R E N D S E T T E R AWA R D S CORENTIN GLUTRON Head of Acquisitions RMC Découverte, France The mission of the French digital terrestrial channel RMC Découverte is to bring factual entertainment to the freeTV audience in France. While pay-TV viewers can select from a number of channels offering nonfiction programming, in the free-TV space the choice is slim and usually limited to historical documentaries. Although RMC Découverte performs particularly well among male viewers, Corentin Glutron, the channel’s head of acquisitions, looks for entertaining factual programs for the whole family that focus on discovery, understanding, learning and having fun. The genres he is interested in include science, treasure hunters, cars, tough jobs as well as anniversaries and special events. Among his recent acquisitions are Wheeler Dealers, Outback Truckers and Building Wild, while La France des Mystères and Top Gear France are some of the recent prebuys for the channel.
KRISTINA HOLLSTEIN Director of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Documentaries ZDF and ZDF Enterprises, Germany The German public broadcaster ZDF is renowned for its quality documentaries. In fact, it has regular prime-time slots for high-end factual programming on a variety of topics, from expeditions to legends and mysteries, from the wonders of nature to the evolution of mankind and key events of the 20th century. As the director of acquisitions and co-productions of documentaries for ZDF and ZDF Enterprises, the broadcaster’s commercial arm, Kristina Hollstein works closely with ZDF commissioners in identifying shows in the categories of history, geology, science and archaeology. She also acquires product for ZDF’s digital channels. When sourcing content, she looks for factual accuracy and feature-film quality storytelling. Recent acquisitions include the upcoming Planet Earth II. ZDF is also working on a version of the ARTE co-production of Dawn of Humanity with National Geographic.
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