ZDF Enterprises


French net takes The Fall

French channel NRJ12 has acquired Gillian Anderson serial killer drama The Fall from ZDF Enterprises. The channel has taken free TV rights to the first and second seasons of the show, which will begin airing in France next year. Germany’s ZDFE, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF, co-distributes the series with Content Television. The Fall […]

WMR’s Evolution of Evil heads to US cable

Discovery’s American Heroes Channel has ordered Evolution of Evil, a ten-part series from UK indie World Media Rights that will examine how ten of the most notorious world leaders turned from into monsters. WMR is coproducing with Discovery for American Heroes and ZDF Enterprises is handling sales outside of the US and UK. The series […]

Gravity floats buyer interest in Cannes

Upside Television’s Ø Gravity, A Mission in Space was the most-screened doc by buyers at MIPDOC last week. The one-off had its world premiere at the documentary market, in part explaining the level of interest. The show follows two young astronauts as they train for their inaugural space mission, and then the mission itself. Astronaut […]

Lumière secures ZDFE drama deal

Belgium-based distribution group Lumière has scored a major output deal for dramas from the commercial arm of German broadcaster ZDF. The agreement sees Lumière taking all rights for Benelux territories to ZDF Enterprises youth-skewed series Tellus, the third season of cop drama Johan Falk and international crimes-focused scripted effort Arne Dahl (pictured). Lumière has previously distributed […]

ZDFE now handling KiKA preschool slot

ZDF Enterprises is to distribute all rights from the preschool brand of ZDF children’s channel KiKA. This means ZDF’s commercial arm will overseeing KiKANiNCHEN, KiKA’s flagship brand, which runs between 6.10am and 10.25am each week and bundles various shows. The pick-up covers all German-speaking territories in Europe and covers programming and licensing rights. ZDFE has […]

ZDF brings Berlinale shows to Cannes

ZDF Enterprises has two dramas from this year’s Berlinale Special Series selection for MIPTV, Blochin – The Living and the Dead (pictured) and Blue Eyes. Blochin – The Living and the Dead is, ZDFE says, ‘as dark as the title suggests’. The cop drama follows a team of Berlin homicide inspectors. ZDFE has forged a reputation […]

ZDF inks deal with Trevor Eve’s UK indie

ZDF Enterprises has struck another first-look deal with a UK producer, this time linking up with Projector Pictures, British actor Trevor Eve’s indie. The agreement will see ZDFE, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF, invest in Projector’s development slate and have first option on international rights to all of its upcoming projects. Waking the […]

Germany’s ZDF strikes first-look with UK indie

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German pubcaster ZDF, has inked a first-look deal with Bonafide Films, the London and Newcastle-based UK drama indie. The deal gives ZDFE the first option on international rights to Bonafide’s upcoming scripted projects and it will provide deficit funding for the shows its picks up. The pair first […]

ZDF orders more Doctor Klein

ZDF has ordered another run of family-skewed medical drama Dr. Klein. The German public broadcaster has ordered another twelve episodes of the show, about a diminutive kids doctor, Valerie Klein, working in an inner city children’s hospital. The new season will deliver in spring. Season one performed well for ZDF, averaging 4.1 million viewers across […]

ZDF prodco Studio.TV.Film restructures

Studio.TV.Film, the German prodco 45%-owned by ZDF Enterprises, is restructuring with Milena Maitz taking join control of the firm alongside existing managing director Albert Schäfer. To this point, Maitz (pictured) has been a producer for the company, which ZDFE bought into in 1999. She is now part of the company’s executive board. Maitz will run […]

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