John de Mol, who founded Endemol, September 22, 2013 in Los Angeles (Getty / AFP / File / Kevork Djansezian )
The American media magnate Rupert Murdoch Australian native will ally with the owner of Endemol, the Dutch creator of the reality show “Big Brother” to create a new heavyweight television production.
According to a definitive agreement announced Friday, the fund Apollo Global Management, Endemol majority shareholder, and 21st Century Fox, the company formed audiovisual assets of Rupert Murdoch will create a joint company in which they own 50%.
Endemol, based in Amsterdam and founded in 1994 by John de Mol, already appears to be the largest independent producer in the world with about 90 subsidiaries in more 30 countries.
His weight will be strengthened by an alliance in the new entity with Shine Group, bought it three years ago by Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Elisabeth and the original shows like ” Masterchef “and” The Voice “and another production company Apollo, CORE Media Group, creator of télécrochet” American Idol “, exported in a hundred countries.
The American media magnate Rupert Murdoch Australian-born, London June 26, 2014 (AFP / File / Justin Tallis )
The project was discussed for the first time in mid-May, and justified at the time by the desire to have more firepower, including financial, to assume ” creative risk-taking “and distribute more content in more markets.
” This partnership advances our strategy to accelerate growth in the 21st Century Fox TV production globally, “said said Chase Carey, Rupert Murdoch’s right hand and operate Fox Director.
“The combination of these assets will create a leading global content companies, with a large and diverse portfolio of products, improved, and talent to create world-class “distribution capabilities, has he added
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Endemol said produce over 15,000 hours programs and launch dozens of new program formats each year.
Most famous for his reality shows exported worldwide, such as “Big Brother” and its many variations (“Loft Story” “Secret Story”, “Celebrity Farm”, “The Temptation Island” …), Endemol is also behind the télécrochet “Star Academy”, entertainment shows like “The Children of TV”, games television as “Money Drop”, and occurs even since 2005 the annual designation ceremony of Miss France.
Shine, based in the United Kingdom, for its part, oversees 27 production companies in 11 countries, and claims a catalog of over 4,000 hours of programming.
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch, will cut ties with Shine, which she founded in 2001, photo taken July 12, 2011 in London (AFP / File / Ki Price)
In addition to its entertainment, Shine produced series noticed as “Broadchurch” which broke audience records earlier this year on France 2, or “Bron”, following a cross-border investigation after the discovery of a body on a bridge between Sweden and Denmark, and has produced two adaptations: an American actress Diane Kruger, “The Bridge”, which transposes the plot on the border with Mexico, and Franco-British, “Tunnel”, where the body is located in the Channel Tunnel.
The joint venture will be formed by the end of the year, and the general direction given to Sophie Turner Laing, former head of the contents of the British television group BSkyB, of which Fox is a large shareholder.
The bosses Endemol and Shine, Just Spee and Alex Mahon, will remain in office for a moment after fusion for the transition.
Elisabeth Murdoch will however cut ties with Shine, she had founded in 2001 and it remained president of the board after the takeover by his father. “Shine enters a new chapter with new partners, and it is the right time for me to take the final step toward the exit,” Has she commented.
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