ZDFE Reports Strong MIPCOM Performance

CANNES/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is reporting brisk business at MIPCOM, where several contracts have been negotiated.

ZDFE.junior sold Krimi.de to the Finnish on-demand service YLE Areena. Significant deals with important U.S. partners were inked for further children’s and youth series, the details of which will be released shortly.

ZDFE.drama signed a number of contracts, such as a co-production and sales deal for the crime series The Team, which will be produced by Lumière and distributed worldwide by ZDF Enterprises. The drama Bron/Broen (the original The Bridge) was sold to several territories, for example to SBS and SBS Video Australia, Globosat, AXN, Edel, Czech TV as well as a U.S. client. The Killing III was acquired by SBS and SBS Video, as well as American Video Films. The Fall will air soon on AXN and Sky Deutschland. Spanish broadcaster Antena 3 added Nele Neuhaus: An Unloved Woman and the TV movie River of Life to its slate. Italy’s RAI went for the crime series Heldt and Die Chefin.

With its sale of formats to a U.S. production partner, ZDFE.entertainment also had a successful MIPCOM outing.

In the documentary domain, ZDFE.factual sold another large documentary package of 100 program hours to Servus TV. It also renewed its cooperation with the DAF (Deutsches Anlegerfernsehen) for 380 program hours plus 250 contunico clips. The programming and co-production deal between A+E Networks and ZDF Enterprises was renewed.