Discovery Lands Interactive Deals

SILVER SPRING: Three new interactive entertainment licensing deals have been inked surrounding the Discovery Channel brand and hit series Deadliest Catch and Cash Cab.

CapCom is to create a mobile game around the series Cash Cab. Each player will race against the clock to answer general trivia questions before reaching their New York City destination. The game is set to launch in late June, with an August launch for iPhone users.

Deadliest Catch is also getting a mobile extension, from Hands-On Mobile. As the series follows the captains and crew of crab-fishing vessels as they brave the sub-arctic weather of the Bering Sea, the mobile game will chart their course and set out from Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Players will choose one of the famous boats and crews from the series and try their hand at filling crab holds to become the winning boat in the fleet.

Slitherine is creating a Discovery Channel Trivia video game for all next-generation consoles and PCs. Launching in time for holiday 2010, the game will feature questions based on facts learned through Discovery Channel programs.

The deals were brokered on behalf of Discovery Communications by its licensing agent, The Joester Loria Group.

“Discovery’s promise is to satisfy viewers’ natural curiosity about the world around them and these three games expand the ways in which consumers of various ages can immerse themselves further into the shows they love,” said Elizabeth Bakacs, the VP of Discovery Commerce Licensing.