ZDFE Sends 220-Plus Hours of Kids’ Shows to Asia

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has sold more than 220 hours of children’s programming throughout Asia and is gearing up for ATF 2016 with a slate that includes the preschool series Inui.

GMA in the Philippines picked up free-to-air rights for the first season of Mako Mermaids from the ZDFE.junior catalog. GMA also signed on for all three seasons of H20: Just Add Water. HBO Asia, meanwhile, acquired pay-TV rights for season three of Mako Mermaids, as well as seasons three and four of Wolfblood. In addition, MCOT in Thailand secured free-to-air rights for the second season of Mako Mermaids.

In Vietnam, Viet Content took the free-to-air rights for all seasons of Dance Academy, Wolfblood and the live-action adventure-comedy series Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. JY Entertainment snapped up digital rights in mainland China for the action-adventure comedy series Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs, along with the award-winning preschool show JoNaLu and Igam Ogam, a stop-frame comedy series for toddlers. Additionally, the first season of the animated series Coconut, the Little Dragon was acquired by ThaiPBS (Thailand), PTS Taiwan (Taiwan) and Viet Content (Vietnam).

ZDFE.junior is heading to ATF 2016 with a slate featuring the brand-new animated series H2O: Mermaid Adventures, the animated spin-off of H20: Just Add Water. The new mermaid series is launching at the market. Other animated series the company is presenting at ATF include the new preschool program Inui, about a little Inuit girl who loves the snow, and the stop-motion animated show Scream Street. Christophe Goldberger, the managing director at GoldBee, will once again represent ZDFE.junior’s catalog at ATF this year. ZDF Enterprises and GoldBee have been partners since early 2014, with the Barcelona-based distributor managing and distributing ZDFE.junior’s catalog and consumer products in Iberia, Latin America and Asia.

Peter Lang, the VP of ZDFE.junior, commented, “We at ZDFE.junior have one of the strongest catalogs of kids’ programs in the industry. With more than 3,500 commercial hours, we are currently looking to expand and reinforce our presence in the region through partnerships with local and pan-Asian broadcast and digital platforms, and are actively looking for partners in the licensing and merchandising area for our mermaid brands.”