FFP New Media GmbH

Successful Film and TV Productions since 1980

Frankfurter Filmproduktion, the forerunner of today‘s FFP New Media, was founded in 1980 with its headquarters in Frankfurt; offices were later opened in Munich, Cologne, Los Angeles and Berlin. Today the company is based in Cologne and Munich with a permanent staff of 14.

FFP New Media produces top-quality TV movies, feature films and series both at home and abroad. Under the guidance of chief executive Michael Smeaton and producer Heidi Ulmke the company has developed such successful formats as the Rosamunde Pilcher, Barbara Wood and Inspector Beck TV films, the series Jets – Life at the Limit, Singles, Table and Bed as well as the productions for children and young people Famous Five and Captain Bluebeard.

FFP New Media was one of the first production companies in Germany to secure film rights to works by bestselling novelists such as Rosamunde Pilcher, Barbara Wood, Joy Fielding and Enid Blyton, thus practising what came to be known as branding long before the term became familiar in Germany.
FFP New Media works with leading US producers such as Saban Entertainment and Rosemont Entertainment, as well as broadcasters including CBS and TNT. By virtue of numerous coproductions with partners in Britain, Ireland, Spain, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Mexico, Morocco and Australia our company has created a worldwide network of contacts.

With an annual production volume of 8 x 90 minutes on average, FFP New Media is one of the leading TV and film production companies in Germany. Our flagship, the Rosamund Pilcher Collection, attracts audiences of between 6 and 7 million viewers on a regular basis, making it one of the formats with the highest ratings on German television.