LECTURES & MODERATIONS
Regardless of Zarges|ctc's range of services in the development and production of events, Torsten Zarges has also been an experienced speaker and moderator on numerous stages in the media, communication and entertainment industry for over 20 years. Under Dates & References >> you can find excerpts from his portfolio. He is available for keynotes and lectures on the following topics, among others:
• New Golden Age of Television – The global series market, its players and its development
• The Streaming Revolution – What »on demand« means creatively, economically and technologically
• From the Ivory Tower to the Writers' Room – New rules for successful creative collaboration
• Creative Leadership – What corporate leaders can learn from film and television makers
about
The Agency
Zarges|ctc is an agency for content production, talent & literary management, founded in 2004 in Cologne / Germany by Torsten Zarges.
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In our Content Production, we develop and
produce all kinds of professional events for the media, communications and entertainment industry. Mostly in long-term partnerships, we create conventions, conferences, seminars, workshops, presentations and lectures.
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In the Talent & Literary Management division, we represent actress and model Larima Nouveau; advise and support writers and publishers in the further advancement and exploitation of their ideas and books; develop and market projects for television, film and streaming.
Managing Partner
Founder and Managing Partner of Zarges|ctc is Torsten Zarges, born in Dortmund in 1975, graduated journalist and political scientist.
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After starting his career at »Westfälische Rundschau«, he studied at the University of Dortmund and did a traineeship at public broadcaster WDR in Cologne. He subsequently worked there for several editorial departments in television and radio.
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Parallel to setting up the agency, he worked as a freelance media journalist – from 1998 to 2013 for trade paper »kressreport«. Since 2013, he has been the chief reporter for media magazine DWDL.de. Since 2004, he is a regular jury member of the prestigious Grimme TV Award. From 2012 to 2018, he was the jury chairman of the German Radio Award, a position he has resumed since 2023.