My brother handles the development and production side. We pitch to both public and private German broadcasters. Our strength is with the public broadcasters but at this moment we are in development with projects for RTL and ProSieben. Documentaries are hard to sell in Germany at the moment. When a non-German producer approaches us with a proposal, we prefer the producer who has links to Germany or who speaks German.
Decision making in Germany for TV projects is relatively fast.
We work with the producer, we pitch the idea to the broadcaster together, we are often in production within 3-6 months following a commitment. These projects tend to be German movies for the national market. To co-finance a project that is suitable for us and our partners, this would be ideal. The point is that slots are limited. Other than that there can be a problem in translation, which is always challenging.