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Zed
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France’s ZED expands sales team with France Télévisions and RTL Belgium alums
French distributor and producer ZED has expanded its sales team by hiring France Télévisions and…
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France’s Kwanza appoints ZED alum Lucy Le Gruiec to head sales & acquisitions
French factual producer and distributor Kwanza has appointed ZED alum Lucy Le Gruiec as head…
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Doc streamer MagellanTV & French prodco ZED extend factual output deal
Global documentary streaming service MagellanTV and French unscripted producer and distributor ZED have struck a…
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Exclusive: ZED acquires ‘l’Affaire d’Outreau’ producer Point du Jour – Les Films du Balibari
French producer and distributor ZED has acquired long-established factual indie Point du Jour – Les…
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ZED strikes pact with France’s Label News for Egypt slate
French documentary producer-distributor ZED has struck a sales pact with domestic prodco Label News on…
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News round-up: Pluto TV sets Nordics launch; ZED to sell Zelenskyy doc; Federation shops ‘Good People’
Pluto TV sets Nordics launch Paramount Global’s AVOD service Pluto TV will launch in Sweden,…
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Newen Connect hires ZED exec to lead factual & appoints Studiocanal alum for digital
French distributor Newen Connect has hired a former ZED exec to becomes its head of…
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Factual round-up: Passion sends history worldwide; ZED reveals NA pre-sales; Boat Rocker inks global sales
Passion sends history worldwide Broadcasters and platforms around the world have picked up a slew…
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France’s Arte preps ‘Raising Notre Dame’, as prodco ZED eyes pre-sales
Arte in France has ordered an ambitious three-part series that explores the huge challenges of…
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Round-up: ZED sells royal docs; Discovery+ hires Birns-Halperin to head talent development; Jamie Oliver dishes up for Portugal’s 24Kitchen
ZED sells royal docs French indie distributor ZED has closed global sales deals for two…
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What is driving the factual boom?
As Realscreen gets underway online, TBI deputy editor Mark Layton talks to top execs at…
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News round-up: TVN snags Fremantle’s ‘kindness’ format; Eccho sells ‘Legacy’; Can’t Stop’s ‘Pharaohs’ travel
TVN takes Fremantle’s Great Giveback Poland’s TVN has ordered a local version of a reality…
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Factual round-up: ZED snags Arte trio; Rakuten preps NBA doc; France 5 extends Pernel show; Alchimie’s Taxi deal
France’s ZED snags Arte trio Paris-based distributor & producer ZED is launching three new science…
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News round-up: CityTV preps ‘Canadian Family’s Got Talent’; Armoza’s lockdown gameshow; ZED seeks pre-sales
CityTV preps Canadian Family’s Got Talent Canada’s CityTV is prepping a lockdown-related version of Fremantle…
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News round-up: ZED moves into animation; Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ to return; Cineflix sails away with ‘Coast Guard’
ZED moves into animation with Lina’s World Paris-based producer and distributor ZED has picked up…
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News round-up: CNN does Vuulr deal; CuriosityStream breaks records; OCS joins Prime France; ZED sells disaster docs
ZED completes two disaster docs France-based producer and distributor ZED has completed production on two…
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Exclusive: ZED preps Iraq docuseries for France Télévisions, ZDF & NRK
France Télévisions has ordered a four-part docuseries that will delve into the past 40 years…
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Round-up: Euro buyers add ‘Beat The Channel’; Parade preps Essential doc; ZED & D360’s RealScreen deals
Red Arrow sells Beat The Channel Banijay Group’s Dlo/Magnolia in Spain and Endemol Shine Group…
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News round-up: Agatha Christie doc sells into Nordics; Smithsonian boards Pernel’s pyramid; ZED preps wildlife for ATF
Agatha Christie doc sells into Nordics TV4 in Sweden and TV2 in Denmark have picked…
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ZED expands history slate with Arte’s Ku Klux Klan show
French producer and distributor ZED has acquired three yet-to-launch projects commissioned by Arte France, including…
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ZED, CuriosityStream reveal ‘Prehistoric Worlds’
French independent producer/distributor ZED has revealed a first look at Prehistoric Worlds, its 90-minute special…
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China’s CCTV-9 boards Zed’s ‘Wild Treasures Of China’
French producer-distributor Zed and China’s CCTV-9 have teamed for blue-chip series Wild Treasures Of China….
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Sunny Side ’19: TCB scores Euro sales, Limonero launches ‘Edwardian Britain in Colour’
TCB scores German, French sales TCB Media Rights has struck 60 hours worth of sales…
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Zed strikes distribution deal with Saint Thomas Productions
French producer-distributor Zed has struck a distribution deal with Saint Thomas Productions. Under the deal,…
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Zed to rep CuriosityStream SVOD originals
Zed will shop selected originals from CuriosityStream, the factual SVOD service created by Discovery founder…
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Zed replaces exiting sales chief with Persyn
Chloé Persyn is to become director of international distribution at French production and sales outfit…
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CuriosityStream joins $3.6m 4K doc
Factual-focused SVOD service CuriosityStream has prebought a US$3.6 million blue-chip documentary series from France. The…
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Factual SVOD net, Arte create Living Universe
Subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream and European cultural broadcaster Arte have co-commissioned a science-themed doc series…
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Zed takes on Mona Lisa catalogue
France-based distributor Zed has inked a distribution deal with French indie producer Mona Lisa. Under…
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News brief: ZED bags Kino Lorber docs, films
French distributor ZED has bagged select documentaries and classic films from the Kino Lorber library….
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