Endemol B.V. (stylized in

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) was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company annually produced more than 15,000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted genres, including drama,

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, comedy, game shows, entertainment, factual and children's programming. Endemol, a global network of operations in more than 30 countries, worked with over 300 broadcasters, digital platforms and licensees worldwide. The business covered development, production, marketing, distribution, franchise management and multi-platform initiatives including digital video, gaming and apps. Endemol was merged with

Shine Group Shine Group was a British international television production and distribution group with 26 production companies across 12 countries creating scripted and non-scripted content in the global marketplace. Shine Group companies included award-win ...

to form

Endemol Shine Group Endemol Shine Group B.V. (stylized as EndemolShineGroup) was a Dutch production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as '' Big Brother'', '' Deal or No Deal'', '' The Money Drop'', '' Fe ...

(a joint-venture between

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and

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) and headquartered in the Netherlands in 2015. Since the merger, Endemol is an in-name-only unit of Endemol Shine Group, and in the next years, Endemol's iconic eye logo was replaced with Endemol Shine Group's wordmark-only logo in the closing credits of most of the shows that it licensed. Endemol created and ran reality, talent and game show franchises worldwide, including '' Big Brother'', ''

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'', ''

Fear Factor ''Fear Factor'' is an American stunt/ dare game show that first aired on NBC from 2001 to 2006 and was initially hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan. The show was adapted by Endemol USA from the original Dutch series titled '' ...

'', '' Wipeout'', '' The Money Drop'', ''

Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson. Two families compete on each episode to name the most popular answers to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. The show has had three separate runs, the ...

'', and '' Your Face Sounds Familiar''. The company also has a portfolio of drama and comedy series including titles such as '' The Fall'', ''

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'', '' Hell on Wheels'', ''

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'', '' Ripper Street'', ''

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'', '' Bad Education'', ''

My Mad Fat Diary ''My Mad Fat Diary'' is a British Historical drama, period teen drama, teen comedy-drama television series that debuted on E4 (TV channel), E4 on 14 January 2013. It is based on the novel ''My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary'' by Rae Earl. The second se ...

'', ''

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'', '' Kirstie'', '' Leverage'', ''

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'', '' Death Comes to Pemberley'' and '' The Crimson Field''.

History

Endemol was founded in 1994 by a merger of television production companies owned by

Joop van den Ende Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer, co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment, Europe's largest live entertainment comp ...

and

John de Mol Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. is a Dutch media proprietor. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa Network, Talpa. He created the reality television formats ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother' ...

, the name deriving from the combination of their surnames. On 23 June 1998, Endemol Entertainment had announced that they've entered the British market by acquiring a 50% majority stake in London-based production company Broadcast Communications from the

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. Endemol has specialised in formatted programming that can be adapted for different countries around the world as well as different media platforms. One notable success has been the '' Big Brother''

reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring ordinary people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s ...

show, with versions in many countries after the initial Dutch version. Other examples include ''

'' (sold to over 75 countries), '' The Money Drop'' (sold in over 50 countries), ''

'' (sold in 30 countries) and '' Wipeout'' (sold in over 30 countries). From 2011 till its absorption by Endemol Shine Group, the company expanded its English language drama output with shows such as '' The Fall'', ''

'', '' Ripper Street'' and ''

'' in the UK and '' Hell on Wheels'' in the US. In November 2013 the company launched Endemol Beyond, an international division specialising in original content for digital video platforms such as YouTube. In 2000, Endemol was sold to the Spanish telecom and media corporation

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for €5.5

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. In November 2005, 25% of Endemol was taken public, and since was listed on the

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Amsterdam exchange under the stock symbol EML. In late-July 2000, Endemol Entertainment announced that they've sold their international distribution arm alongside its film library to Canadian media conglomerate

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and had merged Endemol's distribution arm into their entertainment production subsidiary Fireworks Entertainment, in order for Endemol Entertainment to focus on their television production activities. On 30 September 2003, Endemol announced that they had acquired a 51% majority stake in New York-based American reality independent production company True Entertainment with the company continued to be operated and placed with Endemol's US division with the latter expanding their international operations. On 8 December 2006, Endemol announced that they would reacquire their French division Endemol France from their former parent Telefonica. By 9 January 2007, the Dutch-based European entertainment company had made a deal with their former parent company Telefonica to buy back their French outfit which would become a division of the reunited Dutch-based entertainment giant. On 14 May 2007 the remaining 75% of Endemol shares were bought by a consortium, Edam Acquisition, led by

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, the company controlled by

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's family, and including the investment company Cyrte, in which the original co-founder John de Mol has shares. The consortium announced on 6 August 2007 that it now owned 99.54% of Endemol shares, after an offer to buy the remaining shares went through on 3 August 2007; it asked the Euronext bourse for a delisting of Endemol. In December 2009, Endemol announced that their German division Endemol Germany had entered drama production by launching a joint-venture with Germany's Wiedemann & Berg Film being named Wiedemann & Berg Television with W&B Film founders Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann overseeing the management and will focus on scripted television series. It was reported in 2010 that the company was $3 billion in debt. Then in 2011, it was reported that the debt had grown to $4.1 billion. On 9 August 2010, Endemol announced that they acquired a majority stake in Los Angeles-based American reality production company

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expanding their operations in the USA. A loan restructure was planned for 2011 when Endemol was expected to breach its debt covenants. On 30 June, the debt covenants were breached at the same time that CEO

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left the company and Endemol's UK subsidiary failed to file its annual accounts. On 23 March 2012, Endemol's debt was converted into shares by US private-equity firm

. On 3 April 2012, Mediaset sold its majority stake in Endemol to Apollo and Dutch asset manager Cyrte, and Endemol restructured the bulk of its debt. The current CEO is

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. On 15 May 2014, Apollo and

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announced a joint venture to combine 21st Century Fox's

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NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor deadline.com, Retrieved on 18 May 2014. The deal closed October 2014. Over the years Endemol has expanded its international presence either by starting up operations in new markets or by acquiring existing production companies. Most recently, in December 2013, Endemol became a shareholder in

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's Channel 2 franchisee

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, following the acquisition in April of a controlling share in the Israeli independent producer Kuperman, which is now Endemol Israel. On 17 December 2014, Endemol's parent company Apollo Global Management announced that they've completed their merger of Endemol with fellow Apollo subsidiary Core Media, producer of ''

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'', and 21st Century Fox's British-based entertainment production and distribution company Shine unit, with the resulting 'mega-indie' adopting the name "Endemol Shine Group", which was a 50:50 joint venture by both parent companies. The name took effect on 1 January 2015.

's predecessor company,

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, had in 2011 bought Shine (founder and chairperson until the 2015 merger: Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth) for $673 million.

Global presence

Endemol has the following operations around the world:

Endemol USA

Endemol UK

Originally known as Broadcast Communications, Endemol UK is one of the UK's longest established production groups and won its first television commissions in the mid-1980s. It produces the main Endemol franchises such as ''Big Brother'' and ''Deal or No Deal''.

Endemol India

In January 2006, Endemol started producing programs with Mohit Raina in different channels which are in

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and Bengali from

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Endemol Australia

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in January 2009. It produces Endemol's popular worldwide formats for Australia, including '' Big Brother'', ''

'', and ''

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Lawsuits

Endemol sued Brazilian channel SBT over what it says was a ''Big Brother'' copycat, and threatened to sue Russian '' Behind the Glass'' for the same reason. Endemol was sued by four Georgia women alleging that a text-message game featured on ''

'' is a form of illegal gambling.

Productions

Reality television

* '' Auction Kings'' (produced by Endemol subsidiary

) * '' Big Brother'' * '' Secret Story'' (Version of '' Big Brother'', exclusively for

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, and NET 5, Netherlands) * ''Changing Rooms'' * ''Dating in the Dark'' * ''I Love Money'' * ''

'' (2001–2006; 2011–2012) * ''The Big Donor Show'' * ''Star Academy'' / ''Fame Academy'' * ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' * ''The Bus (TV series), The Bus'' * ''The Games (UK TV series), The Games'' * ''The Farm (TV series), The Farm'' * ''Jerseylicious'' * ''Masterplan - O Grande Mestre'' * ''Nice People (TV France), Nice People'' * ''Only Fools on Horses'' * ''There's Something About Miriam'' * ''Gay, Straight or Taken?'' * ''Kid Nation'' * ''Queen Bees (TV series), Queen Bees'' * ''Estate of Panic'' * ''Southern Belles: Louisville'' * ''Survivor South Africa'' * ''T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle'' * ''Love in the Wild'' * ''Utopia'' (2014), a reality TV program featuring 15 people given the aim of building up a new community living on a rural property * ''The Voice (TV series), The Voice''

Factual

* ''Restoration (TV series), Restoration'' - Aired 2003, 2004, 2006 *''Restoration Home (TV series), Restoration Home'' - (2011–2013)

Late night/variety shows

* ''Crónicas Marcianas'' * ''Games Uplate Live'' (2006–2009; ABS-CBN)

Drama

* ''

'' (drama/satire) * '' The Fall'' (Crime drama) * ''

'' (Crime drama) * '' Hell on Wheels'' (Western) * ''

'' (Comedy) * '' Ripper Street'' (Crime drama) * '' Bad Education'' (Comedy) * ''

'' (Comedy) * ''Isidingo'' (Soapie) * ''Graduados'' (romantic comedy) * ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (miniseries), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' * ''Los exitosos Pells'' (Comedy) * ''Red Widow'' (crime drama/mystery)

Game shows

* ''1 vs. 100'' * ''101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow'' * ''The Winner Is'' * ''20Q (game show), 20Q'' * ''Beat the Nation'' * ''BrainTeaser'' * ''Kabarkada, Break the Bank, Break the Bank'' * ''

'' * ''Divided (game show), Divided'' * ''Eliminator (game show), Eliminator'' * ''

'' * ''For the Rest of Your Life'' * ''Golden Balls'' * ''Hotrods'' * ''In the Grid'' * ''Judas Game'' * ''Midnight Money Madness'' * ''The Million Pound Drop'' (quiz show) * ''Participation TV'' * ''Pointless'' * ''Set for Life'' * ''Show Me the Money (U.S. game show), Show Me the Money'' * ''Take the Cake'' * ''The Almost Impossible Gameshow'' * ''The Bank Job (TV series), The Bank Job'' * ''The Brain (game show), The Brain'' * ''The Wall (game show), The Wall'' * ''Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show), Wipeout'' / ''Total Wipeout'' * ''XXS – Extra Extra Small (game show), XXS – Extra Extra Small'' * ''International versions of Wheel of Fortune, Wheel of Fortune''

Children's shows

* ''The DJ Kat Show'' * ''Gordon the Garden Gnome'' * ''Bananas in Pyjamas'' * ''Nini'' * ''Pig's Breakfast'' * ''Hi-5 (Australian TV series), Hi-5'' * ''How 2'' * ''The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky'' * ''Animal Express'' * ''Cushion Kids'' * ''Classic Tales'' * ''Aliens Among Us'' * ''The Shak'' * ''The Tribe (1999 TV series), The Tribe'' * ''Dinky Dog'' * ''R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour'' * ''Total Drama'' * ''Ani Tore! EX'' * ''I Can Cook'' * ''Geef Nooit Op''

Live TV

* ''Domino Day''

Sitcoms

* ''

'' (International distribution only) * ''Happily Divorced'' (International distribution only) * ''The Exes''

Talk/Variety

* ''The Steve Harvey Show (2012), The Steve Harvey Show'' * ''Katch It With Khanyi''

Notes

{{Authority control Endemol, Banijay Mass media companies established in 1994 Mass media companies disestablished in 2015 Television production companies of the Netherlands Pan-European media companies Television production companies of the United States Mass media in Amsterdam 1994 establishments in the Netherlands 2015 disestablishments in the Netherlands Television production companies of India Companies formerly listed on Euronext Amsterdam 2000 mergers and acquisitions 2005 initial public offerings 2007 mergers and acquisitions 2012 mergers and acquisitions 2015 mergers and acquisitions