Silver River, FremantleMedia Renew Agreement

LONDON: FremantleMedia will continue to produce and distribute programming from Silver River Productions outside the U.K. for an additional three years.

From the existing partnership in place, FremantleMedia has already produced successful local versions of Silver River formats, including Say No to the Knife and Natural Born Sellers in Europe. FremantleMedia Enterprises has been internationally distributing a raft of Silver River’s programming, including Supersizers Go, Wild Gourmets, Bringing up Baby and Grown Your Own Drugs.

Daisy Goodwin, the head of Silver River, said: "We have a fantastic relationship with FremantleMedia and it seemed the natural choice to continue working with them. We have very high standards here at Silver River and their team has impressed—doing an incredible job both in producing our shows internationally and securing great sales. Together we are working to establish Silver River as a major name around the world, recognized for its creativity and innovative programming. I look forward to seeing what they can achieve for us over the next three years."

Rob Clark, the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for the Worldwide Entertainment division of FremantleMedia, commented: "We thoroughly enjoy working with Daisy and the team at Silver River. FremantleMedia has a strong focus on building and maintaining great partnerships with the best talent in the industry, and we’re delighted that our valued relationship with Silver River is to continue."

Mark Gray, the VP of programming for FremantleMedia Enterprises, added: "Daisy and her team have a fantastic track record of finding programming that seizes the moment and we’ve been delighted to have some very original and timely content from Silver River to bring to audiences around the world."