European Alliance

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The European Alliance is a German - French - Italian co-production association of the public broadcasters Second German Television , France Télévisions and Rai for the production of television series .

background

In 2017, a cooperation between the public broadcasters ZDF , Rai and France Télévisions for the production of series was created with the European Alliance . The cooperation was announced by the broadcasters in Lille on May 3, 2018 at the Series Mania series festival: A binding cooperation platform for the production of fictional series was announced under the name European Alliance . In this way, the broadcasters want to meet the changed market and the changed user needs and hope for "a strengthening of cultural self-confidence in European series production". The productions are proposed by the individual broadcasters. If the other two broadcasters agree, the company that proposed the production will then take the lead in the production. The co-productions are intended to attract broad international attention to the series. With the agent series Mirage - Dangerous Lies , the first production within the framework of the European Alliance was announced.

At Series Mania 2019, the three broadcasters reported together on the further development of the European Alliance project . It was announced here that work is being carried out on various series that address different interest groups and should be internationally competitive. In addition to an update on the status of Mirage , a new adaptation of Jules Verne's adventure novel Journey around the earth in 80 days , the mystery series Survivors and a series about Leonardo da Vinci under the title Leonardo were announced under the title Around the World in 80 Days . In February 2020, ZDF program director Norbert Himmler announced that some of the international collaborations were now ready for broadcast. Mirage - Dangerous Lies is to be broadcast on ZDF from March 22nd. The historic adventure series Around the World in 80 Days is to follow at the end of 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. Mirage - Dangerous Lies. neoriginal , accessed February 23, 2020.
  2. ZDF concludes coproduction alliance with France Télévisions and RAI , accessed on October 22, 2019.
  3. European Alliance - First series projects from ZDF, France Télévisions and RAI are launched , accessed on October 22, 2019.
  4. ZDF series offensive: more relevant, exciting, international: ZDF press portal. February 12, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .
  5. ZDF declares 2020 the series year. In: Advertise & Sell. February 12, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .