FremantleMedia

FremantleMedia is a subsidiary of belonging to Bertelsmann, RTL Group, mainly in the content production of the Group is bundled.

2000 bought CLT-UFA the competition group Pearson PLC their content company Pearson Television from and subsequently named in RTL Group, based in Luxembourg to. Then, the RTL Group brought their old CLT- UFA daughter into the acquired greater Pearson TV and it was made a new content group, the " FremantleMedia " was baptized, and as before Pearson TV was based in London. The company sees himself in the tradition of the oldest integrated subsidiaries and are therefore the beginning of its history with 1917, the founding year of the UFA.

FremantleMedia is esp. known for his television production company, but has three main business segments, namely, production, licensing and distribution.

The Group has subsidiaries in 22 countries ( with rights in 150 countries ), approximately 10,000 hours of programming, more than 60 formats and over 300 titles, eg via Grundy Light Entertainment Germany Idol / American Idol or Good Times, Bad Times and SOKO 5113th

Cecile Frot - Coutaz is CEO since July 2012. The Group increased 2008 sales to 1.20 billion euros (previous year: 1.12 billion ), operating profit ( EBITA ) rose by 18 percent to 155 million euros.