Endemol Shine Group

Endemol Shine Group (formerly Shine Group) is a Dutch production company of scripted and non-scripted television, responsible for programmes such as Big Brother, MasterChef, The Biggest Loser and Hunted.

Endemol Shine Group companies include Dragonfly, Kudos, and Princess Productions. It also includes: Shine TV which was founded in 2001 by Elisabeth Murdoch; and Metronome Film & Television, a Scandinavian-based production group. Shine International is the group’s international distribution arm and is responsible for the distribution of the various formats of the group. The group has also established international companies Shine America, Shine Australia, Shine India, Shine Germany, Shine France, and most recently Shine Iberia.

Shine acquired Reveille Productions in 2008. News Corporation (now 21st Century Fox, to be acquired by The Walt Disney Company) acquired Shine Group in April 2011 for $415 million. US pension funds who are shareholders in News Corporation are suing the company accusing Murdoch of nepotism.

In May 2014, Apollo and 21st Century Fox announced a joint venture to combine 21st Century Fox's Shine Group and Apollo's Endemol and CORE Media Group. The transaction was completed on December 17, 2014. Both Apollo and 21st Century Fox (to be acquired by latter) owning 50% of the joint venture called, "Endemol Shine Group" that took place on January 1, 2015.

Potential sale of ESG
In April 2018, Fox and Apollo appointed Deutsche Bank and Aryeh Bourkoff's Liontree to handle a potential sale of Endemol Shine, following Fox's sale to The Walt Disney Company. DHX Media, Lionsgate, William Morris Endeavor, Banijay Group, and ProSiebenSat.1 Media have expressed interest in acquiring Endemol Shine.

On August 29, 2018, the RTL Group (which owns Fremantle) withdrew its bid for Endemol Shine. In September 2018, BBC Studios and Liberty Global (which owns All3Media) announced that they would not bid on the studio. ITV plc provisionally placed a bid on the studio but did not confirm an official bid as the sale is still only a potential scenario at this point. In October 2018, ITV plc withdrew from the auction. Sony Pictures Entertainment also ruled itself out of the bidding.

Endemol later made a statement that they had been in negotiations with several parties and were confident they would have an owner by end of November 2018.

in January 2019, DHX Media bought the Endemol Shine Group from 21st Century Fox. in 2021 after DHX revived the United Artists film studio, the ESG became DHX/UA Benelux.

Shine TV
Shine Limited (Shine TV) is a British media production company with offices in London and Manchester, and is part of Shine Group. Shine Limited was founded in March 2001 by Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch. The company was 80% owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, 15% by Lord Alli, and 5% by BSkyB, who signed a deal guaranteeing to buy an agreed amount of Shine programming for two years.

Shine International
Shine International is the sales and distribution branch of the group. It handles the licensing and international distribution of television formats from Shine Limited to around 150 countries worldwide

Divisions

 * Shine Digital – digital media
 * Shine Pictures – feature films
 * Shine 360° – commercialisation of properties belonging to the group

Companies

 * Production
 * Endemol Shine North America
 * Endemol Shine UK
 * Dragonfly Film and Television
 * Tiger Aspect Productions
 * Kudos Film and Television
 * Lovely Day
 * Princess Productions
 * Endemol Shine Australia
 * Endemol Shine France
 * Endemol Shine Germany
 * Endemol Shine Iberia
 * Endemol Shine Nordics
 * Endemol Shine Thailand
 * Endemol Shine India
 * Endemol Shine Middle East


 * Digital and Gaming
 * Bossa Studios – In 2011, Shine Group acquired the social gaming company.
 * ChannelFlip – a creator of short form online video programming in the UK. Founded in 2008 by Justin Gayner and Wil Harris..
 * Brown Eyed Boy – set up by former BBC and Chrysalis Entertainment executive Gary Reich in 2002.
 * Good Catch

Metronome Film & Television
Metronome Film & Television and its 15 companies were acquired by Shine Group in 2009, as part of the deal, all production entities will continue to operate independently.


 * Production
 * Meter Film and Television AB
 * Stockholm-Köpenhamn AB
 * Metronome Productions A/S
 * Metronome Film and Television Oy
 * Metronome Spartacus AS
 * Metronome LLC (US)
 * Rubicon TV AS
 * Metrix Interactive AB
 * Filmlance International AB


 * Editing and facilities
 * Studios Mekaniken AB
 * Studios A/S
 * Studios AS


 * IP creation and distribution
 * Friday TV AB


 * Online
 * Schulmangruppen (50%)
 * Metronome Digital Media AB