Tag: ZDF

KiKA, the free-to-air service in Germany for children, managed by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, remained the leading brand for children throughout 2025.

Sam & Julia—The Mouse Mansion, based on Karina Schaapman’s internationally best-selling books, is slated to make its broadcast premiere on KiKA on November 28 and on ZDF on January 4.

Successful strategies for teen live-action shows, and the crucial role of partnerships in getting them off the ground, took center stage as day two of the TV Kids Summer Festival kicked off today with a session featuring ZDF Studios’ Oliver Grundel, Cottonwood Media’s David Michel and ZDF’s Nicole Keeb.

Serious Kids has secured a broadcast deal for season one of Team Nuggets with ZDF in Germany.

Lena’s Farm, a non-dialogue series from Meta Media Entertainment, has been licensed to broadcasters and streamers around Europe after debuting on ZDF in Germany in February.

ZDF Studios, Cottonwood Media and Coolabi Productions have set the cast and writing team for their new tween spy series The Lady Grace Mysteries.

BBC and ZDF have co-commissioned The Lady Grace Mysteries, an Elizabethan tween detective series from Cottonwood Media and Coolabi Productions, which has already presold to France Télévisions.

ZDF, ZDF Studios and France Télévisions have greenlit 20 Dance Street, a CGI animated series from Cottonwood Media in partnership with Opéra national de Paris.

Xilam Animation has secured France Télévisions, the U.K.’s BBC and Germany’s ZDF as commissioning broadcasters for its upcoming preschool series Piggy Builders.

The live-action tween series Spellbound has been greenlit for a second season, with 13 new episodes to come.