ZDF Enterprises

Mainz, 21st April 2015

ZDF Enterprises, one of Europe’s leading TV producers and distributors for the international market, has once again confirmed its expertise in the field of documentaries by claiming the second rank in the list of the Top 30 most requested programs at this year’s MIPDOC. In the groundbreaking 4-part series 'Big Pacific', produced by NHNZ in co-production with ZDF Enterprises, PBS and CCTV9, the world’s best cinematographers and researchers capture the most guarded secrets of this ocean to share with viewers everywhere.  A first trailer can be viewed on the ZDF Enterprises-website at http://zdf-enterprises.de/en/catalogue/international/zdfefactual/wildlif....

ZDF Enterprises second title in the Top 30 is 'Apocalypse Neanderthal'. Produced by Story House Productions and C-Tales Entertainment in association with ZDF Enterprises, History® and History TV, this documentary (90' or 2x50') examines why Neanderthals roamed the earth for thousands of years, but in a flash, disappeared from history. New information might solve this enduring riddle of the Neanderthal extinction... a first trailer can be viewed at http://zdf-enterprises.de/en/catalogue/international/zdfefactual/science....

About ZDF Enterprises

ZDF Enterprises was founded in 1993 as a commercial subsidiary of ZDF, one of the largest and most renowned TV broadcasters in Europe. Headquartered in Mainz, Germany, ZDF Enterprises is responsible for the worldwide sale of programs, the making of international coproductions, the acquisition of licenses as well as the merchandising of strong program brands in its own name, for the ZDF, and for third parties. ZDF Enterprises has successfully established itself as an independent market player on the German and international stage. Bound into a strong group, the company manages the largest German-language stock of programs in the world and, next to this, a continuously growing portfolio of international productions consisting of series and miniseries, TV movies, documentaries and children’s programs. In the course of the development and diversification process carried out up to now, many business fields in the television and media domains were made accessible in the ZDF Enterprises group. Thus ZDF Enterprises can provide a comprehensive, full-service offering today, and covers every step in the chain of origin and exploitation of successful TV programs, from development to production and up to the marketing of TV licenses, merchandising rights, online rights and much more.

Contact ZDF Enterprises

Christine Denilauler (Vice President Marketing and Corporate Communications), ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Erich-Dombrowski-Str. 1, D-55127 Mainz/Germany, Tel.: +49 6131-9911130, Fax: +49 6131-9912130, e-mail: christine.denilauler@zdf-enterprises.de, www.zdf-enterprises.de.