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August 29, 2018 Top Stories

RTL Group Posts Record Revenue in First Half of 2018

August 29, 2018

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.

July 19, 2018 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Launches U.K. Comedy Label

July 19, 2018

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

May 17, 2018 Top Stories

Profit Dips at RTL Group

May 17, 2018

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).

September 27, 2017 Top Stories

RTS Video: Endemol Shine’s Sophie Turner Laing & Others Discuss U.K. TV

September 27, 2017

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.

April 25, 2017 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Buys into Scripted Indie Duck Soup

April 25, 2017

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

February 2, 2017 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Restructures U.K. Production Business

February 2, 2017

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.

October 14, 2016 Top Stories

MIPCOM Spotlight: FremantleMedia

October 14, 2016

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.

June 7, 2016 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Takes Stake in Scripted Indie Dancing Ledge

June 7, 2016

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

April 28, 2016 Top Stories

FremantleMedia & Release the Hounds Creators Launch U.K. Indie

April 28, 2016

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.

April 27, 2016 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Backs Digital Football Media Start-Up

April 27, 2016

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

Tag: FremantleMedia

RTL Group Posts Record Revenue in First Half of 2018

FremantleMedia Launches U.K. Comedy Label

Profit Dips at RTL Group

RTS Video: Endemol Shine’s Sophie Turner Laing & Others Discuss U.K. TV

FremantleMedia Buys into Scripted Indie Duck Soup

FremantleMedia Restructures U.K. Production Business

MIPCOM Spotlight: FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia Takes Stake in Scripted Indie Dancing Ledge

FremantleMedia & Release the Hounds Creators Launch U.K. Indie

FremantleMedia Backs Digital Football Media Start-Up

Team GB Commissions Olympics Prep Series

ZDF Studios Sells More Betty’s Call

Nordisk Film TV to Honor Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

Bavaria Fiction Restructures Development Division

KM Appoints France Télévisions Alum as CEO

CANAL+ Group & Warner Bros. Discovery Renew Pay-TV Pact

Prime Video’s Paulo Koelle Receives Premio Ícono TV Latina 2024

Chernin Entertainment Promotes for TV Division Leads

DIRECTV Abandons DISH Acquisition

Channel 4 Orders More Extreme Cake Makers from Boomerang

Formats Take Center Stage at DISCOP Istanbul, Amid Controversy

Event Preview: NATPE Europe