Zodiak Entertainment Sell Unscripted Finished Portfolio

Zodiak Entertainment Distribution has announced a raft of sales of its unscripted finished programming following MIPCOM 2009.
Renowned for its large portfolio of entertainment formats, the company has seen a growing demand for its finished content.
The finished UK version of Best House on The Street, which is due to premiere in on Five in 2010, has sold to five countries. Broadcasters Odyssee in France, TV3 New Zealand and pan-regional TV Paprika Zrt in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia have each opted for the series of six hour-long popular factual entertainment show, in which property expert Charlie Luxton helps people make their homes bigger, better and more valuable.
Norway's Ugliest Room, the show in search of the worst room, garden or façade in the country to be rewarded with an expert emergency make-over, sold to TV Paprika Zrt Hungary and the Spanish version of French Kiss, the show which challenges hot young men to kiss as many girls at the beach as they can over three days, has sold back into its country and broadcaster of origin, NRJ 12 in France. Additionally, more than 80 hours of the finished version of Fort Boyard has sold to TET TV in the Ukraine and Lider TV in Azerbaijan.
Zodiak Entertainment's Matthieu Porte, Head of Format Sales, said: "We have a deliberate new focus on the distribution of finished entertainment and factual programming. We have been exploiting our expertise in format distribution for many years and now we are utilising our full potential to increase revenue from finished programming."
Marco Cordeddu, Managing Director of Zodiak Entertainment Distribution, added: "The expansion of Zodiak Entertainment's international production capability means that our wide portfolio of programming across all genres, including scripted shows such as Wallander and Gormiti continues to appeal to broadcasters around the world."
(KMcA/BMcC)