Endemol, Talpa Shutter Partnership

HILVERSUM, December 9:
Endemol and Talpa Media have ended their cooperation agreement, which included
the international distribution and production of TV formats, and will not go
forward with plans for the creation of joint-venture production companies.

Instead, each company will
operate independently, a decision that was made with mutual consent. Resulting
deals involving projects currently in production will still be completed.

This year, the cooperation
between Endemol and Talpa delivered deals on Divided (De Gemene Deler),
which was sold in ten countries; I Love
My Country (Ik Hou van Holland),
which went to six countries, with negotiations still under way in many markets;
and Vipers Nest (Gooische Vrouwen), sold as a ready-made product in eight countries
and is to be produced as a 16-episodes Russian-language series by Endemol
Moscow. Also, various TV formats such as Dating
in the Dark, Guesstimation (Wat schat je?) and Celebrities on Welfare (De
Frogers, effe geen cent te makken) are still in negotiations in various
countries.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski