ZDF 
Westfälische Nachrichten 
Reporters Without Borders (Germany) 
In today's bulletin, the BBC acquires Warner Bros. TV titles; U.K.'s National Theatre launches a streamer; ZDF chief is set to get an International Emmy in 2021; and Martin Luther King and Robin Williams films set release dates.The BBC has acquired "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Pretty Little Liars" and the spin-off "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists" from Warner Bros. International Television.The deal marks the first time since 2004 that the hit 1990s comedy "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which...
ZDF
Thomas
Bellut
Managing Director
Once a ZDF correspondent and presenter, Bellut took the top job at the public-service broadcaster in 2012. Despite Germany’s highly competitive TV landscape, he’s kept ZDF the most watched channel there for eight years in a row, with some 40% of its schedule dedicated to informative content. During the pandemic, it held its position as one of Germany’s most popular news sources thanks to specials and one-offs, news programs “Heute” (“Today”) and “Heute Journal” and political talk show “Maybrit Illner,” named for the award-winning German journalist. Drama is also a major focus for Bellut, with series “Ku’damm 63” and “Bad Banks” popular at home and abroad. ZDF’s eight-episode Danish-German disaster series “Sloborn,” about a deadly bird-flu disease, was filmed last year yet is eerily reminiscent of the current pandemic.
