{"id":619707,"date":"2026-08-04T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/619707\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:10:13","slug":"fabian-tobias-to-lead-itv-studios-germany-as-christiane-ruff-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/619707\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabian Tobias To Lead ITV Studios Germany As Christiane Ruff Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tITV Studios<\/a> has hired Fabian Tobias from EndemolShine Germany. He will run ITV Studios Germany<\/a> and replace Christiane Ruff who will retire in spring 2027 after a long stint running the production business.<\/p>\n

\n\tITV Studios Germany makes the local versions of hit shows including I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here, The Voice<\/a> and The Chase, as well as recent breakout format The Werewolves.<\/p>\n

\n\tRuff has been running the German business for 13 years and will retire next spring. Filling her shoes, Tobias will report to Lisa Perrin, Managing Director, International Production, based in London.<\/p>\n

\n\tTobias joins from Banijay\u2019s EndemolShine Germany, where he also had oversight of Switzerland and Poland. He launched shows including The Masked Singer, Beauty and the Geek and Lego Masters locally while running the German business.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs MD of ITV Studios Germany, he will oversee creative strategy, production, and the development of new shows for the international market, as well as the acquisition of third-party formats.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has worked for ITV Studios previously, as a Senior Producer on its local versions of I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out of Here and Hell\u2019s Kitchen from 2013-2014.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am thrilled that Fabian has decided to join us at this pivotal moment for the industry,\u201d Perrin said. \u201cHis dynamic leadership, brilliant client and talent relationships, and deep experience of the German market will be invaluable as we evolve the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Ruff prepares to depart, Perrin added: \u201cWhilst Christiane continues as Managing Director into 2027, I want to take this moment to thank her for what will be an incredible 13 years. Under her watch, our shows have thrived as some of the longest-running and most adored in Germany. I wish her all the best in her next chapter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ITV Studios has hired Fabian Tobias from EndemolShine Germany. He will run ITV Studios Germany and replace Christiane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,26554,19,17,31293,261659,10538,128],"class_list":["post-619707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-itv-studios","tag-itv-studios-germany","tag-the-voice","tag-tv"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}