SevenOne Aligns with Belgian Producer

MUNICH,
October 10: SevenOne International has boosted its format catalogue, scoring a
deal to represent titles from the established Belgian outfit Sultan Sushi.

On the
slate available to buyers at MIPCOM next week is Fata Morgana, in which a celebrity confronts the residents of a
small town with a major challenge that can only be achieved by working
together. Tomorrow’s
Doctors, which has just launched on VRT,
with audience shares of up to 35 percent in viewers 15 to 44, is a reality show is about
young med students. In High
Tension, meanwhile,
a family must reduce their energy consumption by 30 percent in order to win a
cash prize of 3,000 euros. The Flemish version has launched on VT4 and a French
version aired on RTL-TVI. Rounding out the Sultan Sushi highlights is GO
IV, a kids’ game show in which two teams of
four youngsters between 9 and 14 compete with each other in a number of
challenges.

“Sultan Sushi’s shows are innovative and original, and fit
perfectly into our catalogue,” said Jens Richter, SevenOne’s managing director. “The sales cooperation
agreement expands our portfolio with a number of highly attractive TV shows.”

Johan Tuyaerts, the managing director of Sultan Sushi,
added: “Our concepts have been
very successful in Belgium. We’re
delighted that we’ll be able to benefit from SevenOne International’s worldwide
sales network, and that our programming will also be entertaining viewers
beyond Belgium’s borders.”

—By Mansha Daswani