International distributor, Bomanbridge Media, has secured a multi-year partnership with Doclights, a German producer of natural history films, to take over their wildlife catalogue alongside new and upcoming productions. The agreement, cash valued at over $1 million, will see Bomanbridge take over the distribution of DocLights’ wildlife and factual content which totals close to 200 […]
ZDF Studios and Disney+ have signed a multi-year licensing agreement that will bring thousands of hours of German-produced TV series and films to Disney+. From August 27th, this collaboration will bring Disney+ customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) a curated collection of content branded ‘ZDF Films and Series’, included in their subscription. By the […]
WildBear Entertainment, the Australian producers of factual programming, has announced that ZDF Arte has boarded its latest history series, Fatal Conflicts, as co-producer and that ZDF Studios has acquired the international distribution rights. The deal between WildBear and ZDF was brokered by WildBear’s international agent, Edwina Thring of Wild Thring Media. Fatal Conflicts (2×90’ / […]
Prime Video has announced that The Assassin, the action drama from writing duo Harry and Jack Williams’ latest action-packed drama, will launch on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on July 25th. The series stars Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore, who each serve as Executive Producers. The cast also features Gina Gershon (Riverdale, New […]
A report, Adaptations in audiovisual fiction production in Europe – 2023 figures, from the European Audiovisual Observatory, analyses adaptations in European audiovisual fiction production between 2015 and 2023. Its aim was to provide figures and context on the production of audiovisual content in Europe. The report found that 88 per cent of European TV and […]
Autentic Distribution has announced a major sale of its successful food and travel series At Our Neighbour’s Table to Swiss broadcaster SRF, which has acquired 104 episodes of the series. The successful long-running series produced by Berlin Producers for ZDF in collaboration with arte takes viewers on a journey through kitchens and cultures across the […]
The BBC and ZDF have announced a new partnership which aims to support producers to create ambitious scripted content for both PSBs with a focus on high end drama. The broadcasters have already commissioned two shows together – the recently announced Honey, a new flirty spy thriller from Sid Gentle Films, and the second series […]
The BBC and ZDF have commissioned Honey – described as “a tender and flirty, slick and dangerous darkly comedic Cold War thriller” from Sid Gentle Films (Killing Eve, Extraordinary). Written by Emma Moran, creator of Disney+/Hulu series Extraordinary, the series goes deep undercover in 1980s East Berlin to explore a shadowy world of counter espionage […]
Axinom, a provider of streaming technology backend components and architecture, has announced its key role as a consortium member and technical lead in this week’s launch of ZDF’s new streaming platform, transforming ZDF-Mediathek into an advanced streaming-first service. The new technology setup ensures a scalable foundation for this European platform. German public service broadcaster ZDF’s […]
LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents has joined forces with Australian production outfits Total Fiction and Screen Invaders to co-produce the highly anticipated new series Gnomes (6×30’). This twisted genre series has been commissioned by Stan in Australia and picked up by ZDFneo in Germany via production company Network Movie – a subsidiary of […]