Endemol France, Mark Burnett Form JV

CANNES, April 16: Endemol France has set up a joint
venture with Mark Burnett Productions in France.

The new business, Mark Burnett Productions France,
will be the exclusive French producer of Mark Burnett Productions’ formats and
will also collaborate on the development of new formats.

“We are very pleased to be partnering with such a
proven leader in television production,” said Burnett. “Endemol France’s record
of consistently producing top-rated hit programs made them an obvious fit for
our joint venture when we decided to concentrate more efforts on getting our
shows and formats produced and distributed here.