Endemol
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Endemol is a television production company based in the
Netherlands.
In November 2005 Endemol N.V. was listed on
Eurolist by
Euronext Amsterdam. Endemol, with its head office in the Netherlands, now has
subsidiaries and
joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands, as well as in Latin America, South Africa and Australia.
Endemol was founded in
1994 by a merger of television production companies owned by
Joop van den Ende and
John de Mol, the name deriving from the combination of their surnames. Its biggest success has been the
Big Brother "
reality television" show, with versions in many countries after the initial Dutch version. They specialise in inexpensive programming that is appealing to television executives in the modern multi-channel world, and other Endemol programmes in this vein include
Changing Rooms,
Ready Steady Cook,
Deal or No Deal,
Ground Force,
International King of Sports,
Space Cadets and
Fear Factor.
In
2000 the company was sold to the Spanish telecom and media corporation
Telefónica for €5.5
billion.
Endemol Southern Star is an Australian production company which is a joint venture of Endemol and
Southern Star Group. It produces Endemol's popular worldwide formats for
Australia, including
Big Brother,
Deal or No Deal, and
Ready Steady Cook. It is based in Australia.
Endemol USA is the
United States production branch of Endemol based in
Los Angeles, California. The branch produces Endemol's popular worldwide formats for the major American TV networks, such as
Big Brother for
CBS (under the moniker
Our House Productions, Inc.),
Fear Factor and
Deal or No Deal for
NBC (under the moniker
Lock and Key Productions), and
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and
The One: Making a Music Star for
ABC. Their worst franchise by far is
The One which was cancelled after 4 episodes. Their most successful could be
Deal or No Deal.
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Big Brother*
Fear Factor*
Operación Triunfo / Star Academy / The One*
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition*
Deal or No Deal*
The Games (British TV)*
The Farm (TV series)*
Deal or No Deal*
Participation TV*
1 vs. 100*
Fear Factor*
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?* Eliminator
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Cronicas Marcianas*
Endemol*
Endemol USA Website It is getting an updated process, but registration is required for company updates.
