WARNER BORS. AND TALPA TEAM UP IN THE UK

Laren, the Netherlands and London, UK, 1 September 2010 - Talpa Media, the Dutch holding company owned by media entrepreneur John de Mol, and Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP... Read more...

TURKISH VERSION OF ‘DIVIDED’,

Early September digital broadcaster Turkmax will start airing a daily Turkish version of ‘Divided’, Talpa’s gameshow with a twist. The broadcaster commissioned 60 episodes of t... Read more...

SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH ‘DATING IN THE DARK’ SERIES 2 US & UK

Monday August 9 th   the first episode of the 2 nd   season of Talpa's hit show 'Dating in the Dark’ was launched in the U.S. on ABC. The show was watched by over 4.5 million vi... Read more...

NEW COMMISSIONS FOR I LOVE MY COUNTRY

The success of I Love My Country is still expanding with three new territories commissioning Talpa's hit format.   Belgium (VTM), Greece (Alpha) and Croatia (RTL... Read more...

PATRICK SCHOLTZE CREATIVE DIRECTOR TALPA MEDIA HOLDING

Together with founder and owner John de Mol, Patrick Scholtze will be responsible for the overall creativity within the departments Talpa Content and Talpa Productions. In the past two years Schol... Read more...

TALPA MEDIA ACQUIRES STAKE IN SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN PRODUCER MIR REALITY

Today Moscow based TV producer Mir Reality and John de Mol's company Talpa Media announce the acquisition of a minority stake in the successful Russian production company by Talpa Media. Talpa is the... Read more...

SCHWARTZKOPFF TV AND TALPA MEDIA PARTNERS IN GERMANY

Schwartzkopff TV, a subsidiary of German media company Axel Springer, and Talpa Media, the media group of Dutch entrepreneur John de Mol, today announce an exclusive cooperation for Germany. Through ... Read more...

TALPA PARTNERS WITH SONY PICTURES TELEVISION’S TORO PRODUZIONI

Talpa Media today announced that it has reached a co-operation agreement with Toro Produzioni for the Italian TV market. Through the agreement, Toro Produzioni, which is based in Rome, has secured th... Read more...

NORDISK PARTNERS WITH TALPA IN DENMARK, NORWAY, FINLAND AND SWEDEN

A new 50/50 owned joint venture of Nordisk Film TV and Talpa Media oversees the production of all Talpa formats in the well known TV genres of reality, game show and scripted by Nordisk for broadcast... Read more...

DATING IN THE DARK RECEIVES PRESTIGOUS RTS AWARD IN THE UK

The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain's leading forum for television and related media, has announced the winners for the RTS Programme Awards 2009. The ceremony, held at Grosvenor House on Tue... Read more...

TALPA MEDIA ENTERS INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH SHINE AUSTRALIA

FIVE JOINT VENTURES IN THREE MONTHS TIME Media entrepreneur John de Mol's company Talpa and the Australian branch of Shine Group today announced the start of a 50-50 owned joint venture. The project... Read more...

TALPA MEDIA AND CBV IN PORTUGAL ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

Media entrepreneur John de Mol's company Talpa and the renowned Portuguese TV producer CBV today announced the start of a 50-50 owned joint venture aimed at the Portuguese market. The new joint ventu... Read more...

SPANISH BOOMERANG TV GROUP PARTNERS WITH TALPA MEDIA

Media entrepreneur John de Mol's company Talpa and Spanish Boomerang TV Group today announced the start of a 50-50 owned joint venture aimed at the Spanish market. The new joint venture has the exclu... Read more...

DIVIDED SERIES TWO LAUNCHING ON ITV1 APRIL 2010

United they conquer....Divided they part. Following a successful first run last year, Divided is returning to ITV1 this April. Hosted by Andrew Castle; Divided is a general knowledge game show wit... Read more...

WARNER AND TALPA TEAM UP FOR FORMAT ADAPTION IN THE U.S.

Talpa Media, the Dutch holding company owned by media entrepreneur John de Mol, and Warner Horizon Television (WHTV), the U.S.-based alternative and cable series production unit of the Warner Bros. T... Read more...

SECOND SERIES 'DATING IN THE DARK' TO BE LAUNCHED ON ABC

ABC has ordered another six-episode season of last summer's reality competish, 'Dating in the Dark'. The show is expected to air this summer. The Talpa format 'Dating in the Dark' fol... Read more...

NEW BOARD COMPOSITION AT TALPA MEDIA

LAREN, the Netherlands, January 14, 2010 ─ Effective February 1, management at Talpa Media will have the following composition. Owner John de Mol will remain in charge of the development and pro... Read more...

TALPA MEDIA AND SHINE FRANCE ENTER PARTNERSHIP

Media entrepreneur John de Mol's company Talpa and the French branch of Shine Group today announced the start of a 50-50 owned joint venture aimed at the French market and French-speaking Belgium. Th... Read more...

‘DATING IN THE DARK' CONQUERS NORTHERN EUROPE

Talpa's hit format ‘ Dating in the Dark' will soon be on air in Scandinavia and Finland. KANAL 5 in Sweden, SBS TV in Denmark, Norway's NRK and SUB in Finland will bring the reality show ne... Read more...

2ND SEASON FOR ‘KNOW YOUR NATION’ ON DUTCH FAMILY STATION RTL 4

Talpa formats are dominating the Saturday night ratings on Holland's leading family station RTL 4. Next to ‘I Love My Country' hit show ‘ Know Your Nation' is a huge success. Last S... Read more...

RECORD-BREAKING LAUNCH 4TH SERIES 'I LOVE MY COUNTRY'

Launch 4th series 'I Love My Country' doubles channel's average market share. Last Saturday the first episode of the 4th season of Talpa's hit show 'I Love My Country' was launched with a 30.9%&n... Read more...

'VIPER'S NEST' WINNER 'BEST PROGRAM AWARD'

Last Friday 23 October, Talpa's drama/comedy series 'Viper's Nest' received the 'Gouden Televizier-Ring 2009', the award for best TV program in the Netherlands. The winner of the prestigiou... Read more...

'PRETTY SMART' VOTED BEST GAMESHOW AT MIPCOM

The Talpa hit show Pretty Smart is a winner of the C21 Media Award in the category Best Gameshow. This announcement was made last week during Mipcom in Cannes, and was based on votes from the C21 c... Read more...

UK LAUNCH 'DATING IN THE DARK' SUCCESSFUL

The hit format Dating in the Dark premiered on 9 September at 9 pm in the UK . The eight-part series is broadcasted by Virgin Media Television owned entertainment channel Living and pulled in ... Read more...

SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR 'KNOW YOUR NATION'

Last Saturday, August 29, Talpa's new family entertainment show 'Know Your Nation' successfully premiered on RTL 4, the biggest family station in the Netherlands. The first episode achieved a market ... Read more...

'DATING IN THE DARK' WINNER FOR ABC, SET TO LAUNCH IN UK

Source: ABC, Nielsen   The first season of 6 episodes Dating in the Dark ended on 24 August. During its first-season run on ABC in the US , Dating in the Dark was the time-pe... Read more...

TALPA GOES LATIN WITH 'DATING IN THE DARK'

Today Talpa Distribution, part of John de Mol's media company Talpa Media Holding, announced a new commission by TV SBT Canal 4 in Brazil for Dating in the Dark. TV SBT has picked up a series of 1... Read more...

'GUESSTIMATION' RATINGS WINNER FOR BBC1

Last Saturday, July 11, Talpa's family entertainment show Guesstimation premiered on BBC1 in the UK. The first episode achieved a market share of 25.5% with 4.92 million viewers. BBC1 has an average ... Read more...

NEW FORMAT I'M COMING TO DINNER SUCCESFULLY LAUNCHED

The first episode of the Talpa format I'm Coming to Dinner premiered in the Netherlands on Monday the 6th of July on RTL 4 at 8 pm. The new show achieved a 21.7% market share in the 20 - 49 t... Read more...

'DATING IN THE DARK' TO PREMIERE IN THE UK THIS AUTUMN

In September Dating in the Dark will be launched on Living, part of Virgin Media. During 8 weekly episodes the UK will find out if love is truly blind.   Dating in the Dark is an experi... Read more...

FIRST SERIES 'DIVIDED' SUCCESFULLY LAUNCHED IN THE UK

Divided is aired on ITV1 every weekday at 17.00 hrs. It premiered on Monday the 18th of May.   On the thrilling gameshow Divided unanimous is the key word. 3 contestants join forces t... Read more...

GUESSTIMATION PICKED UP BY BBC ONE

This summer 8 x 40 minutes episodes presented by Nick Knowles will air primetime Saturday night on BBC One. Guesstimation, a National Lottery format for BBC One, is a fast paced, funny game s... Read more...

'DIVIDED' TO PREMIERE ON ITV 1 ON 18 MAY

Divided will premiere on Monday the 18th of May 2009. It will be broadcasted every weekday at 5PM on ITV1. There will be 30 episodes x 60 minutes.   Three strangers have one simple ta... Read more...

DATING IN THE DARK LAUNCHES 20 JULY ON ABC

‘Dating in the Dark' received a series pickup from US network ABC for the production of this new dating show. ABC picked up the back five episodes bringing the order to six including the pilot.... Read more...

'PRETTY SMART' SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED IN THE NETHERLANDS

Pretty Smart, Talpa's new funny quiz show, conquers every target group in The Netherlands The funny new quiz show is about how well men can estimate which answers women give to general knowledge q... Read more...

INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION FOR TALPA MEDIA

John de Mol: "It's all about content" INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION FOR TALPA MEDIA In the course of 2009 Talpa will open its own production subsidiaries in six of the world's leading television countri... Read more...

I LOVE MY COUNTRY (SPECIAL) WINNER IN ITS TIMESLOT

On the 29th of April there was a special long edition of I Love My Country: The Queensday Special. On this show there was a live National Lottery draw, with prizes ranging from 100,000 Euro to 29,7 m... Read more...