bildundtonfabrik

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btf GmbH

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 2012
Seat Cologne
management Philipp Käßbohrer
Matthias Murmann
Number of employees about 100
Branch Television production
Website btf.de

bildundtonfabrik in Cologne-Ehrenfeld

The bildundtonfabrik ( btf GmbH ) is a production company for TV, film, video games and online content, based in Cologne-Ehrenfeld , founded in 2012. The company is best known for the production of the ZDF programs Roche & Böhmermann , Schulz & Böhmermann and Neo Magazin Royale , as well as the fictional Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) . The company employs around 100 people , including many students from the Cologne Media Academy .

In addition to the company headquarters of btf GmbH and the "Studio König" production site in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, there is another location in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

history

In 2011, Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann developed a pilot for Roche & Böhmermann. According to their own statements, it was initially just a project similar to a short film. The ZDF then ordered a series based on the pilot. Käßbohrer stated that he was not interested in television before, neither privately nor professionally.

With the articles of association dated January 17, 2012, Käßbohrer (Philipp Georg Käßbohrer) and Murmann (actually Matthias Joachim Schulz) each founded their media production company btf GmbH (bildundtonfabrik) with 50 percent of the company shares. In addition to producing Neo Magazin Royale (and its predecessor), the company produces feature films for various television programs, music videos for Get Well Soon and advertising films for 1 Live and Nissan .

The bildundtonfabrik also produces video games , such as the 2015 Adventure Game Royale - Raiders of the Bald Head and the Adventure Trüberbrook .

From 2014 to 2019, at least one btf production was awarded the Grimme Prize in the entertainment category six times in a row . In 2017, the bildundtonfabrik was nominated three times for the Grimme Prize: in the entertainment category - special for " #Verafake " and in the entertainment - innovation category for the "Einspielerschleife" from the program on April 7, 2016, both as part of Neo Magazin Royale, also for the production of The Unlikely Events in the Life of ...

In October 2018, the streaming provider announced Netflix as part of the Munich Media Days , represented by its Vice President of Original Series in Europe, for the year 2019 five new German-language projects. The series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (working title: Don't try this at home ) is produced by the bildundtonfabrik about a student who, together with friends, is starting a drug business out of a child's room in order to win back his great love. The script was written by Philipp Käßbohrer, Sebastian Colley and Stefan Titze. In April 2019, the series had its world premiere as part of the Canneseries series festival in Cannes .

Productions (selection)

Shows

year title comment
2012 Roche & Böhmermann ZDFkultur
2013 Kebekus! Einsfestival
2013-2019 Neo Magazin / Neo Magazin Royale ZDFneo
2016-2017 Schulz & Böhmermann ZDFneo
2017-2018 The Götz Alsmann Show WDR
since 2020 The Carolin Kebekus Show The first

Series

year title comment
since 2019 How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) Netflix
since 2020 Inside - Everyone is the same on the internet ZDFneo

Documentation

year title comment
2013 Home with ... ZDFneo
2013-2014 Mr. Dicks Einsfestival
since 2017 Docupy WDR

Sketch comedies

year title comment
2014-2016 The unlikely events in the life of ... WDR
2016-2017 Nice job Originals Wireless
since 2017 Kroymann The first

Video games

year title genre
2015 Game Royale - Hunter of the Lost Bald Head Adventure
2016 Game Royale 2 - The Secret of Jannis Island Adventure
2019 Game Royale 3 - Jump & Jan Jump & Run
2019 Trüberbrook Adventure
2020 Leon's identity Adventure

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laura Gitschier: New Show Formats - Working on the Television of the Future. In: Deutschlandfunk . Deutschlandradio , July 19, 2014, accessed on November 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Who we are on the btf GmbH website , accessed on April 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ Imprint on the website of btf GmbH, accessed on April 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b c d btf GmbH, registered in the commercial register at the Cologne District Court under HRB 74707. (extract from the commercial register of btf GmbH in: handelsregister-online.de, Registeranzeiger GmbH (publisher); as well as on the shareholders: company profile of btf GmbH in: kompany.de (data only visible with registration); 360kompany AG (publisher); both accessed on April 30, 2019.)
  5. ↑ Portfolio on the website of btf GmbH , accessed on April 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ 53rd Grimme Prize 2017 - nominations. In: grimme-preis.de . Grimme Institute , accessed on January 20, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b Netflix is ​​planning five new German productions for 2019 and the Jan Böhmermann company is on board. In: meedia.de. October 25, 2018, accessed October 25, 2018 .
  8. ↑ End for "PussyTerror TV": btf makes new Kebekus show. In: dwdl.de. April 24, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  9. ↑ ZDF starts a new daily series - today. In: dwdl.de. April 3, 2020, accessed April 3, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Quota meter TV price 2012. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Quota meter television price 2013. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Quota meter TV price 2014. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Quota meter TV price 2015. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Quota meter TV price 2016. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  15. ↑ list of winners KuH of the year. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  16. ^ Prize of the German Academy for Television 2017. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  17. ↑ German Camera Award for David Wieching. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Juliane Bartel Media Prize 2017. Accessed June 22, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Quota meter television price 2017. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Grimme Prize for eggs made of steel - Max Giesinger and the German industrial music from the Neo Magazin Royale. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  21. ^ Otto Brenner Prize for Docupy. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  22. ^ Prize of the German Academy for Television 2018. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Quota meter television price 2018. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  24. ↑ list of winners KuH of the year. Retrieved June 22, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Quota meter television price 2019. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Quota meter television price 2019. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Quota meter television price 2020. Accessed on June 22, 2020 .