Zodiak Television World Closes Format Deals

COPENHAGEN, June 20: As
DISCOP kicks off today in Budapest, Zodiak Television World has concluded a
range of deals and options for new game show and reality formats launched at
MIPTV.

The game show Pin Code,
from Zodiak-owned Broadcasters,
has been optioned in five territories, including the U.S. and Spain.
Contestants begin the show with money deposited into their bank account, but
must unlock their pin code to get the cash. However, they realize that the task
is harder than it seems. The show is due to air in Finland in the spring of
2008.

Zodiak has also concluded
deals for the reality format Supernerds in the U.S., Spain, Romania, and Benelux. The format takes ten “nerds”
and attempts to transform them into “real” men through coaching, and difficult
physical and psychological tasks. The men also compete for the chance of
sharing a huge cash prize.

Zodiak heads to DISCOP
this year with an entertainment slate that includes lifestyle programs such as
the mother daughter makeover show Like Mother Like Daughter, recently picked up by SBS Belgium; the comedic
game show Sing A Song, commissioned
for nearly 50 episodes by Digiturk Turkey, and the prime-time entertainment
series Stars On Stage, which
has achieved success on First Channel Russia, Inter-TV in Ukraine and ONT in
Belarus.