FREMANTLE AND M FOR MEDIA PARTNER IN SAUDI ARABIA

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Global creator, producer and distributor, Fremantle and M for Media, the Middle East’s leading production house, today announced a new partnership in which M for Media has secured exclusive productions rights to Fremantle’s formats and will represent the company’s catalogue of entertainment formats in Saudi Arabia.

M for Media, with its local autonomy and Fremantle’s strategic support, will introduce Fremantle’s globally successful brands to local broadcasters and platforms within the KSA region.

Fremantle’s unrivalled collection of IP across all formats genres, include some of the world’s biggest formats such as The X Factor, Idol, Got Talent, Family Feud, The Price is Right and Let’s Make a Deal.

“We look forward to bringing our local Arabic flavor and expertise to this partnership, which will allow us to create premium content for televisions and digital platforms throughout the KSA region,” said Ralph Matar – Managing director of M for Media.

“We believe M for Media are the right partner to take our popular format catalogue into Saudi Arabia and will help to further strengthen our position across the Middle East,” said Anahita Kheder – SVP, Middle East, Africa and South Eastern Europe for International, Fremantle.

M for Media recently worked the local adaptation of the mega hit show “Carpool Karaoke” in addition to many other original concept for the region.

ENDS

For more information:

Jumana Rizwan

Head of Global PR

Fremantle

[email protected]

07775035317

 

ABOUT FREMANTLE

Fremantle is one the largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of scripted and unscripted content in the world. A global entertainment powerhouse, Fremantle has an outstanding international network of production teams, companies and labels in over 30 countries. We produce in excess of 12,000 hours of original programming, roll out more than 60 formats and air 450 programmes a year worldwide. The group distributes over 20,000 hours of content in more than 200 territories. We are also a world leader in digital and branded entertainment, with more than 300 million subscribers across 1,400 social channels and over 100 billion views across all platforms.

We are part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.

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