Zodiak Television World to Launch New Formats at MIPTV

COPENHAGEN, April 10: Zodiak Television World will be
launching a variety of formats and finished programming at MIPTV, ranging from
the game show Codex, which has recently
been commissioned for a second season on Channel 4 in the U.K., to the travel
entertainment series Welcome to Sweden.

Zodiak Television World’s roster of game show formats for
MIPTV also includes Pin Code, in which
the player must unlock their pin code in order to get the cash that was
deposited in their bank account at the start of the show. The series is
produced by Zodiak-owned Broadcasters and is due to air in Finland this fall.
The history-themed quiz show Codex
is set in the British Museum and challenges contestants to decipher a riddle
written in a mysterious code. Produced by Diverse Production, it has recently
been commissioned for a second season on Channel 4.

The entertainment formats available to buyers at MIPTV will
include the 6×1-hour factual entertainment series Play It Again, also produced by Diverse Production, which features a range of leading celebrities
learning how to play a musical instrument. The series will air on the BBC in
the U.K. this spring.

The travel entertainment series Welcome to Sweden, produced by Jarowskij for Channel 5 in Sweden, sees
the characters Mini-Me from the Austin Powers films and Jaws, star of numerous James
Bond films, go on adventures to discover
and experience the traditions and rituals of Sweden. In Tribal Wives,
which is produced by Diverse Production for
the U.K.’s BBC Two, six ordinary women are given the opportunity to travel to
the remotest parts of the world and experience life as a tribal woman, while Elixir,
produced by Jarowskij, for TV4 in Sweden
offers celebrities the chance to train with
world-class athletes.

AT MIPTV, Zodiak will also offer buyers Uplay, produced by Jarowskij, which brings together user-generated content, a
website and a lottery to give the public a chance to win big; and the home
improvement show Jalla Jalla, produced
by Mastiff for TV3 in Denmark, which
sees a fashion expert and interior designer give a family from a different
culture a makeover in each episode.