21 Facts About Endemol

Endemol annually produced more than 15, 000 hours of programming across scripted and non-scripted genres, including drama, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, factual and children's programming.

Endemol was merged into Endemol Shine Group and headquartered in the Netherlands in 2015.

Endemol created and ran reality, talent and game show franchises worldwide, including Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor, Wipeout, The Money Drop, and Your Face Sounds Familiar.

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.

Endemol has specialised in formatted programming that can be adapted for different countries around the world as well as different media platforms.

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In 2000, Endemol was sold to the Spanish telecom and media corporation Telefonica for €5.

On 23 March 2012, Endemol's debt was converted into shares by US private-equity firm Apollo Global Management.

On 17 December 2014, Endemol merged with fellow Apollo Global Management subsidiary Core Media, producer of American Idol, and 21st Century Fox's Shine unit, with the resulting 'mega-indie' adopting the name "Endemol Shine Group", which was a 50:50 joint venture by both parent companies.

Endemol USA is the United States production branch of Endemol based in Los Angeles, California.

Endemol USA created Midnight Money Madness for cable's TBS network, in which viewers can call in to play games and win money prizes.

On 13 October 2006, Endemol USA launched another game show for NBC, 1 vs 100 with Bob Saget, and debuted as another ratings winner.

Endemol USA produces the Style Network hour-long reality series Jerseylicious, which debuted in 2010.

In June 2010, Endemol picked up the distribution rights to the TV Land sitcom "Hot in Cleveland", which it will distribute internationally.

In 2011, Endemol expanded its US production portfolio to include more non-reality fare, starting with The Steve Harvey Show, distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution.

Endemol USA owns True Entertainment and majority stakes in the production companies Authentic Entertainment, 51 Minds Entertainment, and Original Media.

Originally known as Broadcast Communications, Endemol UK is one of the UK's longest established production groups and won its first television commissions in the mid-1980s.

In January 2006, Endemol started producing programs with Mohit Raina in different channels which are in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali from Mumbai, India.

Endemol Australia is an Australian production company which was previously a joint venture of Endemol and Southern Star Group.

Endemol purchased Southern Star Group from Fairfax Media in January 2009.

Endemol sued Brazilian channel SBT over what it says was a Big Brother copycat, and threatened to sue Russian Behind the Glass for the same reason.

Endemol was sued by four Georgia women alleging that a text-message game featured on Deal or No Deal is a form of illegal gambling.