Viewpoints: acquisitions strategies

Matthias Pfeffer
Managing Director
Focus TV Produktions GMBH

What are your acquisition strategies?

In general, we are looking for documentaries, longer reports and series.

What programs are you looking for?

Documentaries. Mini-series and reports of all genres except fiction. Our priority programs are in the health, lifestyle and entertainment sector.

What foreign programs did you buy this year?

We bought Extreme Celebrity from Minotaur, UK and Snip & Tuck, UK - but with American background and bigger program packages of the BBC.

What national programs did you buy this year?

We licensed "We feed the World", a documentary about the global food problem.

What are your acquisition plans?

Priority is the pay TV sector for our health channel Focus Gesundheit. However, for our company Focus TV Produktions GmbH we also check the new developments on the TV sector.