ZDF Enters Co-Pro Deal with Nat Geo Channel

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has signed National Geographic Channel (NGC) as co-production partner for three HD documentaries. 

The hour-long Secrets of Angkor provides insights into the ancient civilization of the Khmer. Produced by Spiegel TV Hamburg, the projects premiered on NGC in July. The two-hour America Before Columbus is set to air November 22 on NGC. This program, from Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion, uses CGI and recreations how the Old and the New Worlds merged to become one, as they are today. The film History of the Oceans is also produced by Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion. Based on Frank Schätzing’s News From an Unknown Universe, History of the Oceans takes viewers on a voyage through the past, the present and the future of the seas.