Beta Film GmbH, a privately owned German company founded in 1959, provides broadcast professional services, primarily focusing on the international distribution of television license rights. Employing approximately 100 people, the company's most recent annual revenue (2022) was below $500 million.
On 2024, Apple TV+ and ZDF renewed the German medical drama *Berlin ER* (also known as *KRANK Berlin*) for a second season. The series will consist of eight episodes. Also in 2024, Beta Film won Best Series and Best Camera at the German Television Awards. The Beta Group received seven awards overall and had fifteen nominations. Zeitsprung Pictures, X Filme, and Sperl Film, companies within the Beta Group, also received nominations. Earlier in 2024, Beta Film led the fiction category nominations at the German Television Awards with six nominations, while the Beta Group received fifteen nominations in total. Beta Film is handling international sales for the second series of the U&alibi drama, a 6x70’ series created by Mark Gatiss and produced by Eagle Eye Drama and ITV Studios; PBS Distribution holds North American rights. Filming concluded last month on *Mozart Mozart*, a six-hour series about Maria Anna Mozart. The series, filmed in Lithuania and Latvia, is currently in post-production in Germany, with international distribution planned for October.