Fascinating Facts
With production studios in 22 territories and 11 regional offices around the globe, there are loads of fascinating facts to learn about FremantleMedia. Here are just a few ...
Global reach
Got Talent has been sold to 27 countries, Idols to 43 countries, The X Factor to 17 countries, The Farmer Wants a Wife to 16 countries and Hole In The Wall to 35 countries.
Production operations in over 22 countries worldwide.
Part of RTL Group, Europe’s largest television and radio broadcast company, which itself is 90% owned by Bertelsmann AG.
Programming hours
In 2008 FremantleMedia produced nearly 10,000 hours of original programming – this would take over one year and two months to watch.
Nearly 10,000 hours of original programming delivered to broadcasters every year in 57 territories.
Over 300 titles in production at any one time.
Distribution and licensing over 20,000 hours of top class entertainment to over 150 countries every year.
Overseas deals
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) sold the UK drama series, Adventures of Merlin to NBC in a deal that represented the first UK programme to be sold to a major US network for prime time in 35 years. Adventures of Merlin has also been sold globally to over 50 other broadcasters and licensees.
Global popularity
FremantleMedia produces the highest rated entertainment shows in the world: American Idol has been the No.1 series in the US every year for the past five years, the finale of Britain's Got Talent is the UK's highest rated entertainment show this decade watched by one-third of the total population, while MasterChef in Australia is the best performing show ever in Australia.
Family Feud has now been produced in 48 territories, Idols in 42 territories and The Price Is Right in 30.
On May 30th 2009, the final of Britain’s Got Talent broke UK entertainment viewing records for 10 years by achieving an audience of over 19 million.
Hole In The Wall is FremantleMedia's fastest selling format ever and can now be seen in over 40 territories.
FremantleMedia's brand new dating format Take Me Out is already the highest rated show of the year for broadcaster IVM in Indonesia.
The Farmer Wants A Wife has been the No.1 entertainment show in The Netherlands since 2003 - last year the show was watched by over one-quarter of the Dutch population.
Nearly half the Danish population tuned in to the 2009 finale of The X Factor making this the highest rated show in Denmark for over three years and the most successful production of The X Factor ever.
Where we work
Our three largest operations are in the USA (FremantleMedia North America), Germany (UFA) and the UK (talkbackTHAMES).
Our head office is in Central London.
Around 1,700 staff are employed permanently, plus many more work on fixed-term and freelance contracts on our various productions.