MIPTV Spotlight: ZDF Enterprises

CANNES: The ZDF Enterprises sales divisions were restructured recently into four separate thematic categories.

ZDFE.junior presents Mako Mermaids, from Jonathan M. Shiff, who was also behind the hit H2O: Just Add Water. “Our first mermaid collaboration with Shiff was a runaway hit, so we’re confident that Mako Mermaids will be just as—if not more—successful,” says Fred Burcksen, the COO of ZDF Enterprises. The ZDFE.drama highlight House Husbands is “touching, warm-hearted and very, very funny,” Burcksen says. Headlining the ZDFE.factual collection is the historical documentary Last Secrets of the Third Reich. “In the ZDFE.entertainment field, we’ll be giving MIPTV buyers some quality time with the perennially popular Wanna Bet?, with its revised concept and new team,” Burcksen adds.