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ZDF orders celeb interview show How To Be
German pubcaster ZDF has ordered a local version of Israeli-originated format How To Be. ITV…
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News brief: ZDF ups docs sales exec Garcia
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF, has promoted documentary sales executive Margarita…
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ZDFE launches drama JV with Kersken
ZDF Enterprises has formalised a long-running relationship with producer Uwe Kersken by launching joint a…
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Broadcasters probe United States of Secrets
Eleven broadcasters have acquired new Frontline series United States of Secrets from PBS International. ZDF…
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Young Turks and German docs hits Hulu
The Young Turks, the online news and commentary show on YouTube, is launching on Hulu….
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News brief: Broadcasters buy ZDF’s Carthage special
Wales’ S4C, SBS in Australia and New Jersey public station WNET have all prebought Carthage’s…
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ZDFE, Nutopia join up for Europe’s Story of Us
German rights distributor ZDF Enterprises and Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia are working on a European…
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Dutch channel buys Sinai Desert kidnap doc
A Dutch public broadcaster has become the latest to acquire The Sound of Torture, a…
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German Disney Channel claims best ever free TV launch
Disney Channel’s debut on German free TV has produced strong results for the Mouse House….
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Watchever adds The Bridge, kids shows
German SVOD platform Watchever has scored a deal with ZDF Enterprises for shows including Nordic…
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ZDF plans Anne Frank miniseries
German pubcaster ZDF has commissioned a two-part miniseries about famous teenage World War II diarist…
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Maya the Bee buzzes for Disney
Disney has acquired CGI kids series Maya the Bee. The show will go out on…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…
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Discovery prepares for Doomsday
Discovery Networks International EMEA is among pre-buyers of a major Franco-German coproduction that looks at…
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BBC Two acquires ‘German Band of Brothers’
BBC Two has acquired the 3x90mins German miniseries Generation War, marking the first foreign language…
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Australian immigration format lands on German TV
Australia’s SBS has shopped a local version of its Go Back to Where You Came…
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ZDFE signs Sky Living drama in Bonafide development deal
German distributor ZDF Enterprises has acquired global sales rights to upcoming UK drama Talking to…
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CCTV explores Wild Germany with ZDFE package deal
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has closed a deal to take a major 18-hour factual programming…
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EBU experiments with CERN science series grants
The European Broadcasting Union and major particle physics lab CERN have handed out a pair…
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Netflix inks exclusive kids deal with ZDF
Netflix has picked up exclusive rights to kids series Mako Mermaids from ZDF Enterprises, the…
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Global nets board animal extinction doc
Eleven international broadcasters have pre-bought Gambling on Extinction, a new 1x52mins doc about illegal endangered…
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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Euro pubcaster chiefs demand ERT is restored
Fifty European pubcaster bosses have demanded the Greek government reverses its decision to shutter national…
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Disney buys Wolfblood for global channels and new German service
Disney Channel has taken free and pay TV rights to hit live action kids series…
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ZDF links with Sweden’s leading indie for drama
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has inked a development deal…
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Miniseries strike back
A few years ago, it looked like scripted miniseries were heading for the scrapheap. With…
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Factual sales for Tricon
Canada’s Tricon Films & Television has sold more than 100 hours of factual and documentary…
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News Brief: ZDF launches short film portal
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of German public broadcaster ZDF, has launched a new short…
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Broadcasters line up for Horrid Henry
A raft of broadcasters have acquired animated kids series Horrid Henry. The show is produced…
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ZDF Enterprises restructures, ups Burcksen
ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of the German public broadcaster ZDF, has restructured its business…