ZDF Sparks GmbH, a company of the ZDF Studios Group, will commence operations as an AI agency in Berlin on February 1, 2024. The proven AI expert Pirita Pyykkönen-Klauck will take over the management of the company.
Under the terms of the output agreement, ZDF Studios will have early-stage creative consultation on development projects greenlit under the agreement over the course of the next year. The first show green-lit under the new deal is the historical investigation series "Scanning History."
French Pay TV channel serieclub (M6 and TF1 groups) along with Radio-Canada Television and RTS for French-speaking Switzerland have licensed the mystery drama starring Swedish actor Johan Rheborg.
“The Kim Dotcom Story,” based on the bestseller “The Secret Life of Kim Dotcom: Spies, Lies and the War for the Internet” by David Fisher, is being developed by ZDF Studios, Boogie Entertainment and Aristosfilms.
After a peak in 2022, the use of online media content and streaming services in Germany has declined, according to a study carried out by public broadcasters ARD and ZDF.