FremantleMedia to Rep Fever Fare

LONDON, October 30: Tapping into its Talent Fund, FremantleMedia
has reached a deal to represent the rights, outside of the U.K., to the entire
slate of formats and completed programs from British outfit Fever Media, which
is known for its factual, variety and game-show fare.

Fever, which is represented by The William Morris Agency, was
launched in 2006 by executive producers Richard Hopkins and David Mortimer with
the backing of Sony BMG. Since its formation, Fever has produced Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway and No Place Like Home for ITV, The National Lottery People’s Quiz for
BBC One and MTV’s Top Pop Group for
MTV in the U.S., among other shows.

FremantleMedia will tap into the resources of its global network
to exploit the Fever catalogue. The representation deal was funded by
FremantleMedia’s 40-million-euro Talent Fund.

“Fever has a talent for making big, ‘event’ TV,” noted Rob
Clark, the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for
worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia. “They are ambitious, fresh, exciting
and have great ideas. Fever is a young, dynamic production company with a sense
of scale and vision and is certain to create a number of big hits in the
future. It is a perfect fit for FremantleMedia’s global production base across
its numerous territories and its skill at turning great shows into global
entertainment hits.”

“Our job is to come up with, pitch and produce big entertainment
and factual entertainment formats and there is no better partner in that
business than FremantleMedia—the team there have such an amazing depth of
experience, drive and ambition second to none,” said Richard Hopkins, the joint
managing director of Fever Media.

Fellow managing director, David Mortimer, added: “The first two
years of Fever’s life have been about building a respected production company
from scratch and in that time we’ve been lucky enough to generate commissions
from a whole host of U.K. broadcasters. Now feels like the right time to join
up with FremantleMedia to take Fever to the next level around the globe.”

—By
Mansha Daswani