September 16 – 19, 2019 Hyatt Regency Kyiv, Ukraine
FremantleMedia and All3Media in talks of merger?
London based international content producer and distributor FremantleMedia is reported to be in talks of acquiring rival media group All3Media headquartered in London and Los Angeles. Neither of the parties comments on the merger.
If the deal is finished its price is estimated to exceed £500 million. Moreover, it will result in creating an indie giant operating on both local market and pan-European one with a combined UK turnover of £425 million - more than double its nearest direct rival, Endemol UK. Total global turnover would reach £1,8 billion.
During 2013 both FremantleMedia and All3Media expended their presence on the global market by taking over smaller companies and launching new subsidiaries. This fact means they won’t stop on what was achieved. At the same time none of the groups ever signed a large scale deal the potential merger would be. All3Media’s major shareholder Permira bought the company for £320 million in 2006 and then tried to sell it in 2011 for £750 million.
A part of RTL Group, FremantleMedia comprises production subsidiaries operating in 22 countries. The company more distributes more than 20 thousand hours of TV content to more than 150 global territories. Its catalog also includes some of the world’s most adapted TV formats such as Got Talent, The X Factor and Farmer Wants A Wife.
All3Media, meanwhile, has 18 production and distribution companies. Its TV dramas and crime series including The White Queen, Midsomer Murders, Hollyoaks and The Only Way is Essex as well as game show The Cube are known all over the world.
Source: Media Business Reports – weekly informational and analytical bulletin that covers and analyses the latest media news and events in Ukraine and internationally. Available in Russian only.
1+1 TV channel acquired adaptation rights for Keshet’s Rising Star
Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 acquired adaptation rights for talent format Rising Star form Keshet International (KI) – global distribution and production arm of Israeli Keshet Media Group. Original talent show Kokhav Haba produced by Tedy Productions premiered on Israeli Channel 2 in September 2013. The format debuted on the international market at MIPCOM and was acquired by Rossiya 1 (Russia), M6 Group (France), RTL (Germany), Nordisk (Nordic countries), Toro (Italy).
Rising Star is an interactive talent format that provides viewers a possibility of real-time voting via a free app that is integrated into the show. They act as the fifth judge in a jury and decide who advances, while the viewers’ pictures appear on the large screen facing the contestant. If the performer secures 70% of the viewers’ and the judges’ votes, the screen rises in the studio and the new star is revealed. From the very first minute of the very first episode, viewers will continue to play an integral role in every decision made on the show throughout the entire season.
Source: Content Report information analytical electronic periodical about production and distribution of audiovisual content in Ukraine, Russia and the CIS. Includes full review of the processes on the market once in two weeks, analytical articles, interviews with market insiders. Issued twice a month.
The Early Bird rates for Ukrainian Content Market participants are available till March 10, 2014 and will give them a great opportunity to benefit and save up to 20% of a standard registration fee and choose the best booths.
Ukrainian Content Market 2014 will be held in course of media forum KYIV MEDIA WEEK on September 16-18, 2014 in RADISSON BLU HOTEL.
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