ZDF Extends Jonathan M. Shiff Partnership

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises and Jonathan M. Shiff Productions have signed an extension of their creative partnership, which has brought about hit series such as The Elephant Princess, for a further six years.

The successful live-action series Wicked Science and H20: Just Add Water were also created under the previous deal, which was signed in 2002. The terms of the agreement see ZDF Enterprises co-producing Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ projects, as well as handling worldwide sales of all associated rights outside Australia and New Zealand.

Alexander Coridass, the president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises, commented: "We are delighted that our extremely successful partnership with Jonathan M. Shiff is to be extended. Excellent cooperation between everyone concerned has ensured that these programs enjoy an outstanding reputation worldwide and have proved highly successful with viewers. We have been able to sell JMSP productions in over 140 countries all around the globe, and our most important clients include France 2, RTI/Mediaset, Antena 3, Nickelodeon USA, Nickelodeon Great Britain, Nickelodeon France, Nickelodeon Spain, Cartoon Network Latin America, Jetix Europe, ORF, YLE, NRK, KBS and TG4. The new partnership will allow both stability and growth in our existing children’s catalogue and will enable us to plan forward for many years."

Jonathan M. Shiff, the founder, CEO and supervising producer of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, added: "It is fantastic to find such a successful partnership both financially and creatively. We look forward to develop new family access prime-time series and children’s programming together and shall also explore the possibilities in the online world."