Subsidiary | |
Industry | Television production Distribution Licensing Media |
Predecessor |
Pearson Television Bohbot Entertainment |
Founded | September 2001 |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people
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Cecile Frot-Coutaz (chief executive officer) Wolf Bauer (chief executive officer, UFA Film and TV Production) Sangeeta Desai (chief operating officer) Craig Cegielski (chief executive officer), FremantleMedia North America) Jennifer Mullin (chief executive officer), FremantleMedia North America) Jens Richter (chief executive officer, FremantleMedia International) |
Products | Television |
Owner | Bertelsmann |
Parent | RTL Group |
Website | www.fremantlemedia.com |
FremantleMedia Ltd. | |
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Network | Subsidiary |
Owned by | RTL Group |
Headquarters | London, England |
Formerly called | Reg Grundy Production (1996) Grundy Production (1997–1999) Pearson Television (1999–2002) |
FremantleMedia Group is a British international television content and production/distribution subsidiary of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio, and production company. Its world headquarters are located in London.
The company acquired various British, Australian, and American production companies including Talkback, Thames Television (the last two later merged as Talkback Thames), Reg Grundy Organisation, Crackerjack Productions (now merged to become FremantleMedia Australia), the Carruthers Company (Press Your Luck, Second Chance), and Goodson-Todman Productions (later Mark Goodson Productions, now folded into FremantleMedia North America). Early on, it merged with Germany's largest television production company, UFA.
The company holds the rights to shows such as Let's Make a Deal, Family Feud and Press Your Luck. Fremantle also produced Temptation and an interactive gameshow Quizmania for ITV Play.