Zodiak Belgium a Zodiak Media Company Zodiak Belgium Productions Jobs & Cast Contact Privacy Policy Tax Shelter Zodiak Belgium Productions Jobs & Cast Contact Privacy Policy Tax Shelter Who we are & what we do Own tax-shelter division Our Tax Shelter department, Added Value, connects high end drama production with business investments. We present lucrative investment possibilities that result in both national as international quality drama. Nieuw Texas, Tom & Harry, Flying Home, Booster are some of our latest creations. For more information use the Added Value tab in the righthand corner. Technology and skills in-house Zodiak Belgium has all skills in-house or at least at their fingertips… From the first idea to the finished product, we cover it. We also have an in-house post production department with a large number of editing rooms running the latest technology providing the power and flexibility to meet the most demanding creative editorial challenges. On top we are located at the AED Studios site and in close contact with studio facilities including many studios, green-keys, a water-tank studio and even an heliport + 20 years knowhow During the last 23 years, Zodiak Belgium has gained experience in producing high quality television programmes in nearly every genre in the field: Documentary, Factual, Reality, Entertainment, Drama, Comedy, branded Content and feature films. Many of the Zodiak Belgium shows have become instant classics: Het leven zoals het is: Camping, Temptation Island, Peking Express, Survivor, Paradise Hotel, Mijn Restaurant, Hallo Televisie, De Buurtpolitie, … Part of Zodiak Media Group Zodiak Media is a leading force in the global media marketplace, creating exciting and engaging content in every genre. Operating as an independent studio with over 45 local brands active in 15 territories, we combine local creative flair with international presence, financial strength and a library totalling in-excess of 20,000 hours.. The Zodiak Media group a wide range of properties including Millennium, Secret Millionaire, The Inbetweeners, Totally Spies, Fort Boyard and Being Human. Headquartered in Paris and with other key offices in London, Los Angeles, Milan, Stockholm and Moscow, we are proud to produce distinctive and prestigious content for television, cinema and digital media around the world. About Awards Key people The office Zodiak Belgium was founded in 1993 as Kanakna by documentary makers Ludo Poppe and Pascal Decroos. In the following years, Kanakna grew steadily, producing quality documentaries for the public broadcaster VRT. In the late nineties, Kanakna widened their scope, introducing Reality television in Belgium with Trailer Park (Camping), Children’s Hospital, Police, Airport… Since the end of the century, Kanakna became the biggest independent producer of Reality television in Belgium, producing for all Belgian channels. With the flagship production Peking Express Kanakna established itself as an international succesfull production company, also producing shows for French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portugese and South-African channels. In 2007 Kanakna became part of Swedish Zodiak Television. A year later Zodiak Television was acquired by the Italian De Agostini Group and changed the name to Zodiak Entertainment. In 2010, Zodiak Entertainment merged with the UK RDF Group, becoming Zodiak Media. In 2015, the production company Kanakna rebranded itself into Zodiak Belgium. In 2018 Zodiak and the Familie-crew Teamed up to become an even bigger player on the Flemish television market. During the last 25 years, Zodiak Belgium has gained experience in producing high quality television programmes in nearly every genre in the field: Documentary, Factual, Reality, Entertainment, Drama, Comedy, branded Content and feature films. Many of the Zodiak Belgium shows have become instant classics in Belgium: Het leven zoals het is: Camping, Temptation Island, Peking Express, Survivor, Paradise Hotel, Mijn Restaurant, De buurtpolitie, … Zodiak Belgium prides itself on producing innovative content for multiple national and international broadcasters and has made many hundreds of hours of programmes for clients including VRT, VTM, VIER, EO, RTL, QUATRO, M6,…Zodiak Belgium also creates formats and develops ideas across a range of factual, entertainment and drama programmes. 1996: Best television program of the year ‘Ha van Humo’ for docusoap Trailer Park (Camping). 1999: Best television program of the year. ‘Prijs van de tv-kritiek’, from the Flemish media- journalists for our docusoap ‘Children’s Hospital’. 2004: Best television program of the Netherlands in 2004 ‘Gouden Beeld’, Dutch academy award for ‘Expeditie Robinson’ (Survivor). 2005: Best television program of the Netherlands in 2005 ‘Gouden Beeld’, Dutch academy award for ‘Peking Express’. 2007: Nominated in category ‘amusement’ for BNN, De Hoofdprijs (NL) – Temptation Island. 2008: ‘Zilveren Nipkowschijf 2008’, Prestigious Dutch TV award, for Van Dis in Afrika 2009: Vlaamse televisiester in category ‘best reality’ – Mijn Restaurant (series 1) 2010: Nominated in category ‘best entertainment’ for Vlaamse Televisiesterren – De Beste Hobbykok van Vlaanderen 2010: Vlaamse televisiester in category ‘best reality’ – Mijn Restaurant (series 2) 2011: Nominated in category ‘lifestyle’ for Vlaamse Televisiesterren – Red Mijn Huis 2011: DUTS nominated for INPUT-festival (INternational PUblic Television) Seoul / South Korea 2011: DUTS nominated for ‘outstanding international producer’, ‘outstanding European producer’, ‘outstanding actor’ and ‘outstanding actress’ in Monte Carlo Television Festival 2012: Pelgrimscode winner of Best Reality Show at Zodiak Oscars 2012 2013: So You Think You Can Dance nominated for Best Entertainment at Vlaamse televisiesterren for the 3th time. . + About Zodiak Belgium was founded in 1993 as Kanakna by documentary makers Ludo Poppe and Pascal Decroos. In the following years, Kanakna grew steadily, producing quality documentaries for the public broadcaster VRT. In the late nineties, Kanakna widened their scope, introducing Reality television in Belgium with Trailer Park (Camping), Children’s Hospital, Police, Airport… Since the end of the century, Kanakna became the biggest independent producer of Reality television in Belgium, producing for all Belgian channels. With the flagship production Peking Express Kanakna established itself as an international succesfull production company, also producing shows for French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Portugese and South-African channels. In 2007 Kanakna became part of Swedish Zodiak Television. A year later Zodiak Television was acquired by the Italian De Agostini Group and changed the name to Zodiak Entertainment. In 2010, Zodiak Entertainment merged with the UK RDF Group, becoming Zodiak Media. In 2015, the production company Kanakna rebranded itself into Zodiak Belgium. In 2018 Zodiak and the Familie-crew Teamed up to become an even bigger player on the Flemish television market. During the last 25 years, Zodiak Belgium has gained experience in producing high quality television programmes in nearly every genre in the field: Documentary, Factual, Reality, Entertainment, Drama, Comedy, branded Content and feature films. Many of the Zodiak Belgium shows have become instant classics in Belgium: Het leven zoals het is: Camping, Temptation Island, Peking Express, Survivor, Paradise Hotel, Mijn Restaurant, De buurtpolitie, … Zodiak Belgium prides itself on producing innovative content for multiple national and international broadcasters and has made many hundreds of hours of programmes for clients including VRT, VTM, VIER, EO, RTL, QUATRO, M6,…Zodiak Belgium also creates formats and develops ideas across a range of factual, entertainment and drama programmes. + Awards 1996: Best television program of the year ‘Ha van Humo’ for docusoap Trailer Park (Camping). 1999: Best television program of the year. ‘Prijs van de tv-kritiek’, from the Flemish media- journalists for our docusoap ‘Children’s Hospital’. 2004: Best television program of the Netherlands in 2004 ‘Gouden Beeld’, Dutch academy award for ‘Expeditie Robinson’ (Survivor). 2005: Best television program of the Netherlands in 2005 ‘Gouden Beeld’, Dutch academy award for ‘Peking Express’. 2007: Nominated in category ‘amusement’ for BNN, De Hoofdprijs (NL) – Temptation Island. 2008: ‘Zilveren Nipkowschijf 2008’, Prestigious Dutch TV award, for Van Dis in Afrika 2009: Vlaamse televisiester in category ‘best reality’ – Mijn Restaurant (series 1) 2010: Nominated in category ‘best entertainment’ for Vlaamse Televisiesterren – De Beste Hobbykok van Vlaanderen 2010: Vlaamse televisiester in category ‘best reality’ – Mijn Restaurant (series 2) 2011: Nominated in category ‘lifestyle’ for Vlaamse Televisiesterren – Red Mijn Huis 2011: DUTS nominated for INPUT-festival (INternational PUblic Television) Seoul / South Korea 2011: DUTS nominated for ‘outstanding international producer’, ‘outstanding European producer’, ‘outstanding actor’ and ‘outstanding actress’ in Monte Carlo Television Festival 2012: Pelgrimscode winner of Best Reality Show at Zodiak Oscars 2012 2013: So You Think You Can Dance nominated for Best Entertainment at Vlaamse televisiesterren for the 3th time. . + Key people + The office Productions works we are proud of Partners some of our preferred partners From the Feeds recent news, tweets & fb-posts Popular posts Zodiak Belgium 1 day ago Het volgende slachtoffer van Annick? #expeditieopVIER donderdag 20u35 VIER ... See MoreSee Less Annick komt met heel verrassend voorstel op de proppen om Arnaude te 'helpen' vier.be Het spel en de moeilijke omstandigheden hebben Arnaude gekraakt. En dan komt Annick plots met een opmerkelijk voorstel aandraven. View on Facebook ·Share Zodiak Belgium 2 days ago Nu de nieuwe #Foodbar z'n weg naar het scherm heeft gevonden, kunnen we eindelijk dit gewéldige making of filmpje tonen van de verhuis van alle decors van #Familie de voorbije zomer. ... See MoreSee Less Video View on Facebook ·Share Zodiak Belgium shared Familie's post. 3 days ago Wat een #cuties toch he... #MilaenMilou #FamilieVanavond is het feest bij Emma en Guido! 🎉 ... See MoreSee Less Photo View on Facebook ·Share Zodiak Belgium shared VIER's post — feeling adventurous. 1 week ago #ExpeditieopVIER - vanavond 20u35 Wie wint de eerste individuele proef en krijgt dus immuniteit voor de volgende eilandraad? The game is on! ... See MoreSee Less VIER Geen Kamp Noord en Zuid meer, vanaf nu is het ieder voor zich. En dat zorgt voor stress bij de deelnemers. View on Facebook ·Share Zodiak Belgium 1 week ago #ExpeditieRobinson gaat z'n volgende fase in... Vanaf nu is het ieder voor zich! #expeditieopVIER VIER donderdag 20u35 ... See MoreSee Less Vanaf nu is het ieder voor zich vier.be Gedaan met Kamp Noord en Kamp Zuid, vanaf nu strijdt elke deelnemer voor eigen rekening. View on Facebook ·Share View on Facebook Latest Tweets [powr-twitter-feed label="feed"] Find Us © Zodiak Belgium • Jonas Hermans • ICT Manager Fabriekstraat 38 B6, 2547 Lint • T +32 (0)3 291 11 00 • @ info@zodiakbelgium.com This website uses cookies only to improve your experience and make this site work. Please tell us you're ok with this by clicking Accept, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Not OK. We do not collect any personal data. 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