ZDF Enterprises


ZDF picks up sales rights to latest hit Scandi drama

ZDF Enterprises has taken international rights to Death of a Pilgrim, the latest hit Scandinavian drama series. The four-episode series is a coproduction between Danish public broadcaster DR and its Norwegian and Finnish counterparts NRK and YLE. Production company Chimney Pot and the Nordisk Film & TV Fond and the Nordvision Fund were also partners […]

Sky Deutschland buys Spanish drama from ZDF

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has acquired Crematorio, the drama series dubbed the Spanish Sopranos, for its Sky Atlantic channel. The scripted series is distributed by ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster. Based on the book by Rafael Chirbes, the series follows a Spanish crime dynasty. It was originally produced […]

ZDF Enterprises restructures, ups Burcksen

ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster ZDF, has restructured its business and promoted Fred Burcksen to COO. Under the new structure, ZDFE will organise its business across four divisions. Peter Lang will run ZDFE.junior, which will sell kids and youth-skewed content. Scripted content will fall under the ZDFE.drama division, which will […]

MIPCOM Hot Pick: The Fall

The Fall is a psychological thriller that sees a high-powered detective (Gillian Anderson) attempt to find a ruthless serial killer (Jamie Dornan). It is Anderson’s first lead role since The X-Files. Her character Stella Gibson is drafted from London’s Met Police to track the killer, who is operating in Belfast and selecting his victims at […]

ZDF expanding pay TV channel activities after Romantic success

ZDF Enterprises says it is talking to platform operators in Europe about extending the distribution of its joint venture channel Romance TV. ZDFE, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster, took a stake in channel operator Mainstream Networks last April and its Romance TV channel launched on cable in Poland last September. The channel […]

ZDFE picks up Nat Geo’s Rocket City Rednecks

International distributor ZDF Enterprises has taken global sales rights to Nat Geo factual series Rocket City Rednecks. The show, which was produced inhouse by the company’s own production division, has already aired in the United States and will be launched for international broadcasters at MIPCOM. ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster, […]

ZDFE, Jonathan M. Shiff team up for Reef Doctors

Australian kids producer Jonathan M. Shiff Productions has once again teamed up with ZDF Enterprises to launch new series Reef Doctors. This follows the success of kids series H20: Just Add Water, which was produced by Jonathan Shiff and sold internationally by the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster. Reef Doctors is a 13x1hour […]

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