ZDF / ZDF Studios (Network Movie)
Key facts
- Operator / parent
- ZDF; ZDF Studios, through Network Movie in Hamburg
- Origin
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Mainz (ZDF); Hamburg (Network Movie)
- Launched
- Concepts confirmed June 2026; the Network Movie unit is early-stage
- Category
- Production / IP
ZDF's programming chief Frank Zervos confirmed in June 2026 that the broadcaster has its own vertical concepts. Separately, Network Movie, part of ZDF Studios, has set up a fledgling microdrama unit in Hamburg. C21Media confirmed both at Seriencamp on 11 June 2026. No individual ZDF vertical project has been announced.
Profile
- Content
- Vertical concepts in development at ZDF; a fledgling microdrama unit at ZDF Studios' Network Movie in Hamburg.
People
- Frank Zervos — Head of Fernsehfilm/Serie I and deputy programme director, ZDF
- Wolfgang Cimera — Managing Director, Network Movie
- Bernadette Schugg — Managing Director, Network Movie
- Lasse Scharpen — Managing Director, Network Movie
- Tobias Ketelhut — Producer and development, Network Movie Hamburg