Endemol

Endemol B.V.
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Predecessors
  • Joop van den Ende TV Productions (1989)
  • John de Mol Productions (1992)
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FoundersJoop van den Ende
John de Mol
Defunct16 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-16)
FateMerged with Shine Group, later acquired by and merged with Banijay; name still in use in Portugal.
Successor
Headquarters,
Netherlands
Key people
Sophie Turner Laing (CEO)
OwnerBanijay Entertainment
ParentEndemol Shine Group
DivisionsEndemol Asia
Endemol Australia
Endemol Brasil
Endemol Deutschland
Endemol España
Endemol France
Endemol Italia
Endemol India
Endemol Israel
Endemol Middle East
Endemol Nederland
Endemol Nordics
Endemol Polska
Endemol Portugal
Endemol South Africa
Endemol Turkey
Endemol UK
Endemol USA
Subsidiaries51 Minds Entertainment
Artists Studio
Authentic Entertainment
B&B Endemol
Darlow Smithson Productions
Diagonal TV
Douglas Road Productions
Endemol Beyond
Endemol Games
Endemol Worldwide Distribution
Gestmusic
House of Tomorrow
Initial
Original Media
Remarkable Television
Reshet (33%)
Telegenia
Tiger Aspect Productions
Tigress Productions
True Entertainment
YAM 112003
Zeppelin Television
Zeppotron
Websiteendemol.com

Endemol B.V. (stylized in all lowercase) was a Dutch-based media company that produced and distributed multiplatform entertainment content. The company 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, a global network of operations in more than 30 countries, worked with over 300 broadcasters, digital platforms and licensees worldwide. The business covered development, production, marketing, distribution, franchise management and multi-platform initiatives including digital video, gaming and apps.

Endemol was merged into Endemol Shine Group (a joint-venture between The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management) and headquartered in the Netherlands in 2015. Since the merger, Endemol is an in-name-only unit of Endemol Shine Group, and in the next years, Endemol's iconic eye logo was replaced with Endemol Shine Group's wordmark-only logo in the closing credits of most of the shows that it licensed. Endemol created and ran reality, talent and game show franchises worldwide, including Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor, Wipeout, The Money Drop, Family Feud, and Your Face Sounds Familiar. The company also has a portfolio of drama and comedy series including titles such as The Fall, Peaky Blinders, Hell on Wheels, Benidorm, Ripper Street, Black Mirror, Bad Education, My Mad Fat Diary, Hot in Cleveland, Kirstie, Leverage, Home and Away, Death Comes to Pemberley and The Crimson Field.