Triple Pictures GmbH

What Triple Pictures GmbH does

Triple Pictures GmbH is an independent film and television production company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2021. It is led by three Managing Directors (Geschäftsführer) — Joshua Lantow, Oliver Behrmann, and Seth Hollinderbäumer — and operates with a core team of five. The company produces German-language TV content, principally within the crime-drama genre, for the country's public broadcasting system.

Its core products are the recurring TV series "Nord bei Nordwest" (set in the fictional coastal town of Schwanitz) and its 2026-launched spin-off "Nord bei Nordost," both episodic murder-mystery formats that air in the 20:15 primetime slot on ARD Das Erste and stream on ARD Mediathek. The portfolio also includes individual Tatort productions (Germany's longest-running crime franchise), the TV comedy "Theken Cowboys" (premiered at Filmfest München 2025 and co-produced with Blue Laser Boys), the TV thriller "Frau ohne Namen," and a development pipeline that includes "Zimtschwestern" and "Falsche Polizisten." Production technology is standard professional film and TV equipment and workflows, with no proprietary AI or platform technology disclosed.

The business model is B2B project-based: Triple Pictures secures commissioning contracts and co-production agreements with German public broadcasters — primarily ARD Degeto, NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), and Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) — and earns production fees for each commissioned TV film or series episode. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per project. Distribution is handled entirely by the commissioning broadcasters, including linear broadcast on ARD Das Erste and on-demand via ARD Mediathek, with no international or commercial-broadcaster sales identified. The company maintains a website (triplepictures.de) and an Instagram presence (@tp3_triplepictures) for industry visibility. No external investors, parent companies, or funding rounds have been disclosed.

Name

Triple Pictures GmbH

Legal name

triple pictures GmbH

Website

https://triplepictures.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. TV Production Services: Triple Pictures generates revenue by producing TV films, series episodes, and pilot films commissioned by German public broadcasters (ARD, NDR). Revenue is project-based, derived from production fees for commissioned work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

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Core offering

Triple Pictures GmbH is an independent Hamburg-based film and television production company that produces TV series, TV movies, and pilot films for German public broadcasters. Its portfolio centers on the recurring crime drama franchise "Nord bei Nordwest" (and its companion "Nord bei Nordost"), individual Tatort episodes, and standalone TV comedies and thrillers commissioned by ARD, NDR, HR, and Degeto.

Product overview

Triple Pictures GmbH is an independent film production company based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2021. The company specializes in producing television films and series, primarily within the German crime drama genre. Their core products include the recurring TV series formats "Nord bei Nordwest" and "Nord bei Nordost," both featuring episodic murder mysteries set in fictional German towns. They also produce individual Tatort (Germany's iconic crime drama franchise) episodes, TV thrillers, and comedy films. The company collaborates with public broadcasters including ARD, NDR, and Degeto, as well as co-producers like Blue Laser Boys and Hessischer Rundfunk.

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Products and services

• Nord bei Nordwest A recurring TV crime drama series produced by Triple Pictures. Each episode is a self-contained murder mystery set in the fictional coastal town of Schwanitz, featuring detectives Hauke Jacobs and Hannah Wagner along with veterinarian Jule Christiansen. Produced for German public broadcasters ARD and NDR.
• Nord bei Nordost A TV crime drama series spin-off of Nord bei Nordwest, set in the fictional town of Westend at a lake in Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Features detectives Nina Hagen, Tim Engelmann, and Felix Bittner.
• Tatort Individual Tatort (crime scene) productions from the long-running German crime drama franchise. Triple Pictures has produced multiple Tatort episodes featuring various commissioners, including Charlotte Lindholm.
• Theken Cowboys A 90-minute TV comedy about three friends who inherit a convenience store and find a corpse in their toilet, with mysterious strangers and a mysterious suitcase involved. Co-produced with Blue Laser Boys and Hessischer Rundfunk. Won the 2025 Audience Award at the 21st Festival des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen.
• Frau ohne Namen A TV thriller about a psychologist specializing in micro-expressions who investigates a woman accused of killing her apparent rapist.

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Blue Laser BoyscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partnership with Blue Laser Boys for Theken Cowboys TV comedy. Joint production company involvement in creative development and production of the project.

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Broad incumbents

• Studio Hamburg Enterprises: Major Hamburg-based production and distribution group with a broad portfolio of TV and film content for German broadcasters. Comparable as a co-located incumbent competing for the same ARD/NDR commissioning slots, but at much greater scale and with a deeper library.
• UFA Fiction (Bertelsmann/RTL): Germany's largest TV production group, part of the RTL/Bertelsmann family, producing content across all major German broadcasters. Comparable as a competitor for premium public-broadcaster commissions but vastly larger and with private broadcaster exposure.
• Bavaria Film: One of Germany's largest and longest-established film/TV production groups, producing major content for ARD/ZDF. Comparable as a competitor for high-end public-broadcaster commissions but operating at materially larger scale and with a substantially broader portfolio.
• Warner Bros. ITVP Deutschland: German production arm of Warner Bros. Discovery, producing scripted and unscripted content for German broadcasters and streamers. Comparable as a competitor in the public-broadcaster commission space but backed by a global studio and with a much wider content portfolio.

Direct peers

• Letterbox Filmproduktion: Independent German production company producing high-quality TV movies and series for ARD/ZDF. Comparable as a similarly-positioned indie producer competing for the same public-broadcaster commission pool in drama and crime genres.
• Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft: Hamburg-based independent TV production company producing Tatort and crime-drama content for German public broadcasters. Most directly comparable peer given shared Hamburg base, public-broadcaster customer set and Tatort participation.
• Hager Moss Film: Berlin-based independent production company known for producing Tatort episodes and other German public-broadcaster content. Highly comparable peer given shared Tatort franchise participation and similar independent-producer profile.
• Maran Film: German independent production company producing TV movies and series for public broadcasters, including Tatort contributions. Comparable peer sharing the indie-producer profile and the same public-broadcaster customer base.
• ndF: neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft: Independent German film/TV production house producing content for public broadcasters. Comparable as a similarly-sized indie producer working in the German public-broadcaster commissioning ecosystem with comparable genre focus on crime and drama.

Emerging players

• Real Fiction Berlin: Smaller independent German production company producing TV content for public broadcasters and streamers. Comparable as a similarly-sized indie producer operating in the same commissioning ecosystem, though with a somewhat younger profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/tp3_triplepictures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/triple-pictures-gmbh

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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