Lineup Industries & Eccholine Pact for ZDFE Game Show

Lineup Industries has tied up with Eccholine to jointly exploit ZDF Enterprises’ (ZDFE) Let the Games Begin, which it distributes around the globe.

Let the Games Begin looks on as a team of celebrities competes against a group of children in a variety of well-known board games that test their skills, reaction time, strategic abilities, memory and more. The new studio-based game show is for viewers of all ages.

In 2017, Lineup Industries inked a deal with ZDFE to internationally distribute the formats 4 for Family, Quiz Champion and Let the Games Begin (The Game Begins).

Ed Louwerse, co-founder of Lineup Industries, commented: “Let the Games Begin has all the ingredients to be a family hit in prime time—lively supersized board games we all know and love being played by kids against celebrities—and it looks incredibly dynamic on screen. With Eccholine doing what they do best in the studio, we can offer producers and broadcasters incredibly high production values at a competitive cost—everyone wins!”

Luc Van Bergen, Eccholine’s head of international sales, added: “I thank Lineup Industries for choosing Eccholine as the line producer of this project. Let the Games Begin is right in our sweet spot: big and ambitious family entertainment with international potential that we can help roll out to as many territories as possible worldwide.”