About
Paprika Studios and RTL Hungary established Hypewriter in 2018 as the first international TV Series Pitch Forum held in Budapest, Hungary. Since its first edition more than 1000 concepts have been submitted to Hypewriter from all over the world, and 2 winning pilot episodes have been produced (The Butcher; Angel’s Trumpets), one winning series received a straight to series commission (Golden Age). Two more series have also been created and many of them are in development.
Organizers
Paprika Studios
Paprika Studios is the leading production company in central and eastern Europe and the Baltics, covering 10 countries. As a proud member of the Nordic Entertainment Group we focus on content development and production. Over the past decade we have produced dozens of international formats for several networks in the region, including 20+ broadcasters, and have provided production services for over half a dozen Western European clients. Our strength is in maintaining the highest production value with competitive processes and prices while involving the most credible professionals with international experience. This ability and track record have gained us a notable reputation among broadcast ers. Paprika is also putting great effort into drama content development. Fiction development takes place in our writers’ rooms in multiple countries and involves the most devoted talents. Paprika has become very active in producing drama series and, just in the past years, it has produced many hundred hours of fiction-content in various countries.
It makes us proud that Paprika Studios has been producing ‘The Teacher’ series in four countries of the CEE region (after Slovakia and Hungary launched in Czechia and Slovenia) lead by the Hungarian drama and creative team. By coming up with the idea and launching the Hypewriter Pitch Forum we are giving a unique chance to writers, directors, and anybody else who has the passion and talent to create the next drama hits far the Central and Eastern European region and beyond. By coming up with the idea and launching the Hypewriter Pitch Forum we are giving a unique chance to writers, directors, and anybody else who has the passion and talent to create the next drama hits far the Central and Eastern European region and beyond.
RTL
RTL is Hungary’s leading, platform-independent media company. RTL celebrating its 25th anniversary this year – offers rich entertainment and objective information to Hungary. lts continuously refreshed channel portfolio is a solid foundation and effective tool for advertising campaigns aiming at brand building and sales incentives.
RTL Hungary’s portfolio includes the market-leading TV channel RTL Klub, as well as seven cable channels (RTLII, Cool, Film+, RTL Gold, RTL+, Sorozat + and Muzsika TV), the rt l.hu website, the streaming platforms RTL Most and RTL Most+ offering premium services. RTL Hungary plays a decisive role in the production of fictional content in Hungary with such titles as Our Little Village, Tiger Dad, The Teacher, Dear Heirs, Side Effect and The Godmother.
RTL Hungary is part of the Luxembourg-based RTL Group,the leading European entertainment network with over 80 television and radio channels, as well as content creation and digital video application platform.
