Endemol

In May 2007 Endemol was acquired by a joint venture made up of Mediacinco Cartera (the Mediaset Group), Cyrte, a company owned by the founder John de Mol, and the investment bank Goldman Sachs.

Endemol is Europe's leading independent television production company. In a short time the company has managed to become the leader in the national and international production of entertainment and drama, with programmes that have made television history. Every year the company produces more than 15,000 hours of programming.
Endemol is based in Holland and has affiliated operations and joint ventures in 25 countries around the world including France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the United States, South Africa, Australia, Argentina and Brazil.
Thanks to a library of 1400 formats, Endemol is able to respond to the growing demand for TV drama (series, miniseries and soap operas) and entertainment (reality shows, game shows, talk shows, talent shows, makeover shows, etc.), without forgetting the need to adapt the product to meet local tastes and needs. With one of the world's most important creative laboratories, Endemol constantly develops new ideas for television and studies their adaptability for individual markets, and conducts research for the foreign sale of original products. In addition to managing the group's format catalogue, the company also buys programmes from the principal foreign markets and continuously monitors international formats and their popularity.