| Viewpoints: Acquisition Strategies |
| Adalat Aliyev, President, Lider Media Holding, Azerbaijan |
| Adam Urban, Founder and Chairman, Uploaded.TV, Netherlands |
| Adel Sammakieh, Manager, Tele-Pictures Promoters International, Lebanon |
| Agnieszka Gyralska, Acquisitions and Sales Manager, Digital Partners Sp. z o.o., Poland |
| Alexandra Hanna, Business Development Manager, Blue August Creations, United Kingdom |
| Ana Uremovic, Program Coordinator, Otvorena Televizija Zagreb, Croatia |
| Artur Dmochowski, Channel Director, TVP Historia, Poland |
| Awni Al Lababidi, Managing Partner, Founoon Film Distribution, UAE - Dubai |
| Beatrice Riesenfelder, Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, Austria |
| Björn Jensen, Managing Director, Ginger Foot Films, Germany |
| Bojana Maljevic, Head of Acquisitions & Programming / Co-Owner, Happy TV, Serbia |
| Caroline Tyre, TELETOON Canada inc., Canada |
| Claudia Schorr, Vice President Sales and Acquisitions, RTL II, Germany |
| Dirk Schweitzer, Executive Vice President Program Acquisitions & Sales, RTL Television GmbH, Germany |
| Domenico Moretti, Managing Director, keitai, Italy |
| Elinor Schops, International business development director, Mobile1, Israel |
| Emma Masoni, Manager Global Acquisitions, Fox International Channels, UK |
| Esther Van Der Brink, Head of Acquitions, SBS Belgium, Belgium |
| Fasahat Aziz, Associate Manager, International Acquisitions, GEO TV Networks, Pakistan |
| Galya Halaui, VP Program Acquisition and International Strategy, Zebra TV Channels: Hop!, Luli and Parents Channel, Israel |
| Gunawan, Program Acquisition Search Section Head, PT.Cakrawala Andalas Televisi (antv), Indonesia |
| Hatice Soysev Kolat, General Manager, Kanal D Romania, Romania |
| Hubert Ornass-Kubacki, Editor in Chief, TVP Historia, Poland |
| Igor Caban, Programming Director, Kabel Plus, s.r.o., Slovakia |
| Ines Nastasoiu, Acquisitions Manager, ACASA TV, Romania |
| Jacques Mathieu, Vice-president, programming, Ztele, Astral Media, Canada |
| Jaime Fontan, Productions' Manager, Aragon Television, Spain |
| Jennifer Tucker, Head of Content IPTV & Entertainment Services, eircom Limited, Ireland |
| Joanna Pogorzelska, Channel Director, PLANETE, Poland |
| Joaquin Garcia, Imagenio, Telefonica of Spain, Spain |
| Johanna Salmela, Acquisition Executive, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE Television), Finland |
| Judith Michel, Content Services Sale Manager, XDC, Belgium |
| Laszlo Cselenyi, President, DUNA TV, Hungary |
| Leland Ling, CEO, Beijing Office of LIC Australia, China |
| Liliana Slavova, Program Director, TV2, Bulgaria |
| Lucy Pryke, Acquisitions, Teachers TV, United Kingdom |
| Magdalena Borowska, Documentaries Buyer, Telewizja Polska TVP INFO, Poland |
| Mazen A. Rifka, Head of Acquisition & Rights, Al Jazeera Children's Channel, Qatar |
| Mehmet Demirhan, Head of Acquisitions, KANAL 7 and ULKE TV, Turkey |
| Nicolas Deschamps, Head of Acquisitions department, ARTE France, France |
| Nicole Fortier, 2T3M Television Inc, Canada |
| Nina Lorgen Flemmen, Head of Acquisition, TVNORGE and FEM, Norway |
| Orsetta Violante Balsamo, Head of Acquisitions, Endemol Italia, Italy |
| Preena Bhatia, Head of Acquisitions, JimJam, United Kingdom |
| Rachel Job, Co-productions & Acquisitions Executive, HISTORY TM & Military History, The History Channel, United Kingdom |
| Raquel Benitez, CEO, Comet Entertainment Inc., Canada |
| Ruediger Boess, Senior Vice President, Group Programming Acquisitions, ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Germany |
| Rupi Sagoo, Director of Programming, Fox International Channels Asia |
| Sebastian Debertin, Head of Fiction, Acquisition & Coproduction, Der Kinderkanal von ARD und ZDF, Germany |
| Simonetta Polese, Buyer, Project Development, Overcom Srl, Italy |
| Sonja Kokovic, Programming Manager, Vesanima D.O.O, Serbia |
| Sviatlana Ramanchykava, Chief of Acquisition Department, Salmon Distribution, Belarus |
| Tanja Saudet, CEO, Saudet Media, France |
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Viewpoints: acquisitions strategies
Dirk Schweitzer
Executive Vice President Program Acquisitions & Sales
RTL Television GmbH
Germany What are your acquisition strategies for 2009?
RTL is always interested in big blockbusters and successful US series, which fit in our program. Besides, we are into event-documentaries and documentary series for weekend afternoons. Moreover, we are looking for specific Pay-TV content to broadcast on our pay channels.
What genres are you looking for?
We are interested in nearly every genre. However, programs especially targeted to a specific audience, e.g. kids, are not our main emphasis because we show programs for the whole family. Besides series about forensic like "C.S.I." or "Bones", curious characters like "House, MD" or "Monk" are very popular in Germany. For RTL we principally buy series and big blockbusters from the US. For our three Pay-TV-channels we also acquire shows like "Durham County" from Canada or documentaries like "Michael Palin: New Europe" from Great Britain.
What rights are you looking for?
Free and basic cable rights on all transmission ways (on demand & linear)
What products will be in demand during MIP TV 2009?
Probably more non-fiction than fiction and high quality US first run fiction series, which are, however, not often offered at MIP TV.
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