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Iconic Shows, Top-Notch Fiction week 44 / 29 October 2015 ICONIC SHOWS, TOP-NOTCH FICTION How FremantleMedia France is diversifying its content portfolio Germany North America Germany Mediengruppe RTL Simon Cowell joins RTL II presents its Deutschland launches America’s Got Talent new season’s line-up Jubadoo jury panel week 44 / 29 October 2015 ICONIC SHOWS, TOP-NOTCH FICTION How FremantleMedia France is diversifying its content portfolio Germany North America Germany Mediengruppe RTL Simon Cowell joins RTL II presents its Deutschland launches America’s Got Talent new season’s line-up Jubadoo jury panel Cover Montage with FremantleMedia France’s productions La France a un incroyable Talent ©Darius Salimi pour WeKapture/M6 D&co ©Frank Ferville/M6 L’Amour est dans le pré ©Benjamin Decoin/M6 La nouvelle Star ©Aurélien Faidy/Autofocus Questions pour un Champion Publisher RTL Group 45, Bd Pierre Frieden L-1543 Luxembourg Editor, Design, Production RTL Group Corporate Communications & Marketing k before y hin ou T p r in t backstage.rtlgroup.com backstage.rtlgroup.fr backstage.rtlgroup.de QUICK VIEW Entertainment at its French best FremantleMedia France p.4–7 Jubadoo, a new tutorial platform, launched Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland p.8 Simon Cowell joins America’s Got Talent Partnership jury panel with Moat FremantleMedia SpotX North America p.12 p.9 New season’s New jury for line-up Australia’s Got Talent RTL II FremantleMedia Australia p.10–11 p.13 Big Picture p.14 SHORT NEWS p.15–16 ©FremantleMedia France ENTERTAINMENT AT ITS FRENCH BEST France – 29 october 2015 FremantleMedia France Backstage spoke to Monica Galer, CEO of FremantleMedia France, to lift the lid on the company’s production activities, following its acquisition of a majority stake in two French companies. Monica Galer, CEO of FremantleMedia France 4 A creator of iconic shows… FremantleMedia France was launched in 1988, In addition to its successful shows in the French the same year as its award-winning production market, FremantleMedia France has seen one of Questions pour un Champion (Going For Gold) that is its own ideas, Séduis-moi si tu peux (Take Me Out), still on air today. Since its creation, FremantleMedia been made in 32 countries through FremantleMedia’s France has produced iconic game shows including global network of production companies. In this Le juste prix (The Price Is Right), Une famille en or dating game show, bachelors present themselves to (Family Feud), La Nouvelle Star (Idols), as well as an audience of single women and must wow them reality hits including C’est du propre (How Clean Is to win a date with a lucky lady. Speaking about the Your House?) and Projet Fashion (Project Runway) programme being more successful abroad, Monica and many more. Galer says: “We were not so successful with it in France, curiously, but it’s been a successful format for FremantleMedia in general.” ©FremantleMedia France ©FremantleMedia France QUESTIONS POUR UN CHAMPIONS HAS THE FRENCH ADAPTATION OF FAMILY FEUD, BEEN ENTERTAINING THE FRENCH PUBLIC UNE FAMILLE EN OR, IS NOW ON TMC ON FRANCE 3 SINCE 1988 AFTER 16 YEARS ON TF1 Highlights include two of FremantleMedia’s Asked what makes a show popular, Galer says there international hit shows: Got Talent and The Farmer is no guarantee for a ready-made recipe to create Wants A Wife. Currently on RTL Group’s channel only successful formats and says the answer is M6, La France a un incroyable talent (Got Talent) rather complicated: “It’s a very magical mix consisting kicked off its tenth season on 20 October 2015 with of an idea, its production, the channel it’s on, the a brand new jury and a revamped structure. The mood of the country,” before adding that the role of latest season of L’amour est dans le pré (The Farmer scheduling should definitely not be downplayed. Wants A Wife) has been one of the most popular shows in France for this year, attracting an average of 32 per cent of the target group and is set to return for an eleventh season next year. In the meantime, fans of the show can look forward to a special follow- up tenth season programme, L’Amour est dans le pré: seconde chance, which brings back contestants from previous seasons who were unsuccessful in ©FremantleMedia France finding love the first time around. It starts on M6 in November 2015. NOUVELLE STAR IS COMING BACK THIS YEAR ON D8 FOR A 12TH SEASON Monica Galer joined FremantleMedia France in 2002 and was appointed CEO of the French business in 2007. Since then the media industry has changed considerably. She also points out ©FremantleMedia France that due to the ongoing transformations the public no longer has a static view of what media is: “I firmly believe that the world has changed. Not only the media, but the social and economic situation of the world that we live in have changed radically in the last few years. I believe that the ICONIC GAME SHOW LE JUSTE PRIX HAS BEEN AIRING ON TF1 FOR 20 YEARS Next > 5 changes in the media are a consequence of this – François and Pascal are incredibly talented it’s not the source of the change. The social drama producers with a wealth of experience and media have also played a role in shaping people’s long standing relationships with all of the major perception of what the media is.” French broadcasters. This is an important deal for FremantleMedia as we establish our scripted presence in France and I look forward to a successful creative partnership with the duo.” Pascal Fontanille and François Aramburu are behind the successful French series Clem which has been entertaining viewers on TF1 since 2010. Other recent successes include On se retrouvera (on TF1) and Délit de Fuite ©FremantleMedia France (on France 2). PROJET FASHION ENTERTAINED FASHION FANS THIS YEAR ON D8 …now branching out into fiction ©TF1/Frederic Berthet In this context she outlines her strategy which is based around the competitive advantage of diversification: “My strategy is to reach a certain level of diversification. We need to diversify more than before. This is why we are now getting into fiction, FOUNDERS OF FONTARAM, PASCAL FONTANILLE which is something I have already wanted to do for AND FRANÇOIS ARAMBURU ARE BEHIND THE SUCCESSFUL FRENCH SERIES CLEM ON TF1 some years, but now with a lot of support from Cécile [Cécile Frot-Coutaz, FremantleMedia CEO] and her team we are succeeding in doing this. And we are The second scripted company in which also diversifying into ‘brand content’, in approaching FremantleMedia France has invested is Kwaï. The brands that want to put out their messages with new company is specialised in TV films and scripted ideas of how to convey that message.” series and is best known for the cult crime drama series Femmes de loi, which ran from 2000 to 2009, In addition to a talented and creative in-house team, also on TF1. Kwaï’s Founder Thomas Bourguignon the French production company has been investing has already many riveting new projects in the in local creative talents and recently acquired a pipeline. “Right now he’s producing Republican majority stake in two companies that both have big Gangsters for Canal Plus and has a series under the fiction portfolios: Fontaram and Kwaï. “I considered title Godzilla set up for Arte. Thomas Bourguignon is that FremantleMedia France needed to produce a brilliant writer and producer and we look forward to fiction. There are several ways of achieving this creating some really exciting scripted projects with ambition. One is hiring people hoping that they will him, in France and beyond,” concludes Galer. have the right contacts, bring in the right projects and then these projects are sold to broadcasters, a very long process which can take up to five years ©Kwaï before you’re on air. Or acquire a shareholding in a company you respect and admire or think is important for various reasons. And I find that’s a faster way of getting into the production of fiction,” she underlines. FOUNDER OF KWAÏ, THOMAS BOURGUIGNON Explaining further the rationale behind the acquisitions, she says: “So we have now two Next > companies; the first is Fontaram, a company recently set up by two talents Pascal Fontanille and François Aramburu who have proved very successful. 6 Getting to know Monica Galer better Q: Recently, you have watched… A: Recently, I watched an American series I like very much called Show Me A Hero. It’s a new series from the people who made The Wire. It’s a series of six episodes and I thought it was very well made. I really enjoyed watching it. Q: Recently, you have read… A: I read a series of four novels written by an Italian writer, Elena Ferrante, the first one is called My Brilliant Friend. I thought it was magnificent. It’s extremely well written. It could be a fantastic screenplay. Q: Recently, you were moved by… A: I was very moved, for example, by the Andy Warhol exhibit that is currently on show in Paris at the Musée d’Art Moderne. ©Kwaï KWAÏ IS SPECIALISED IN TV FILMS AND SCRIPTED SERIES 7 PRACTICAL TUTORIALS FOR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has launched Jubadoo – a new video platform featuring many useful video tutorials. Germany – 27 October 2015 Just in time for Halloween, users will be able to access tips for cooking, make-up and decorations Produced by RTL Interactive, Jubadoo offers video tutorials on topics ranging from interior design, DIY, food and drink, to fashion and beauty, as well as technology.
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