Tag: FremantleMedia

RTL Group saw its revenue for the first half of the year increase 2.3 percent to a record level of €3.05 billion ($3.6 billion), led by gains from digital, FremantleMedia and RTL Nederland.

FremantleMedia has launched a new U.K. production label, Hare and Tortoise, led by Jon Rolph and Claire Nosworthy.

Reporting improved ad revenues in its key markets of Germany, France and the Netherlands, RTL Group said overall Q1 revenues were stable at 1.4 billion euros ($1.7 billion), while profit was down 19 percent to 111 million euros ($131 million).

At the RTS Cambridge Convention 2017, Endemol Shine Group's Sophie Turner Laing sat down with FremantleMedia's Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Michelle Guthrie, Viacom's David Lynn and IPCN's Rebecca Yang.

FremantleMedia has invested in the U.K. indie Duck Soup Films, purchasing a 25-percent interest.

LONDON: FremantleMedia is bringing its entertainment and factual labels Thames, Boundless and Talkback under one genre umbrella, allowing them to more easily combine their expertise and work together.

CANNES: Based on a book by Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard is a provocative drama series that FremantleMedia is offering up to international buyers in Cannes.

LONDON: Laurence Bowen, whose credits include The Eichmann Show and Gates, is launching the new scripted indie Dancing Ledge, with investment from FremantleMedia.

LONDON: Sam Pollard and James Abadi, creators of the hit format Release the Hounds, have teamed up with FremantleMedia to launch Dr Pluto, a new U.K. indie.

LONDON: FremantleMedia has invested in Squawka, a football media company that produces more than 180 pieces of content a day.