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Warner Bros. International Television Production
International television production studio, subsidiary of Warner Bros From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) is the global television production arm of Warner Bros. Discovery International.
The division was formed in 2009 to produce original programming or local adaptations of Warner Bros. formats in non-U.S. territories.[1][2]
The company has also acquired numerous production companies including Shed Media in the United Kingdom and BlazHoffski Holding B.V. (including Dahl TV and BlazHoffski Levy Productions) in the Netherlands and Belgium.[3] In 2014, the company acquired Netherlands-based Eyeworks and its global subsidiaries outside North America in a US$270 million deal, giving Warner Bros. businesses in 15 new territories.[4]
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In August 2010, Warner Bros. International Television Production entered the British television production activities by taking a 55% majority stake in British independent television production and distribution company Shed Media Group alongside its production companies (namely Ricochet, Wall to Wall Media and Twenty Twenty Television) to expand Warner Bros.' international production business, giving Warner Bros. their own British television production subsidiary.[5]
In late-September 2011, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they've taken a majority stake in Belgium/Netherlands-based production company BlazHoffski alongside the latter's Dutch production subsidiary Dahl TV (which they brought back in 2010) as part of Warner Bros.' strategy to further expand its international television production operations and boost its profile as a producer of local scripted and non-scripted content with Warner Bros. gaining control and taken over distribution of BlazHoffski's content formats.[6][7]
In January 2014, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they were in exclusive negotiations to acquire Dutch international production group Eyeworks in order to expand Warner Bros. International Television Production's global production activities.[8][9] A month later on February 11 of that same year, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they had made an agreement to purchase Dutch international production group Eyeworks and their businesses outside of the United States to expand Warner Bros.' international television production operations overseas. The deal could also bring Warner Bros. International Television Productions to other countries and would launch local operations in those countries. The deal will exclude Eyeworks' American division Eyeworks USA which will become independent along with founder and CEO of Eyeworks Reinout Oerlemans will step down after the purchase.[10][11][12][13] Four months later in June of that same year, Warner Bros. International Television Production and their parent company Warner Bros. Television Group had announced that they've completed their acquisition of Dutch international production group Eyeworks and its international operations outside the US expanding Warner Bros. International Television Production's operations and their TV production units into 13 additional countries with Warner Bros. taking over Eyeworks' international distribution activities along with founder and CEO Reinout Oerlemans exited Eyeworks. However it excluded Eyeworks' American division Eyeworks USA which had been split from its parent company Eyeworks and had turned into an independent production company with former founder and CEO of Eyeworks Reinout Oerlemans moved to the United States and taken over Eyeworks' independent American division.[14][15][16]
In February 2025, Warner Bros. International Television Production entered the Italian television production activities by opening an Italian production business based in Milan as their new territory with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain's Stefano Torrisi leading the new production division as their MD.[17]
Following Warner Bros. Discovery's split announcement during June of that year, it was revealed on July 29th that Warner Bros. International Television Production would be transferred from American television production division Warner Bros. Television Group to Discovery Global as Warner Bros. retains its US television studios.[18]
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Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution was founded in 1989 after the purchase of Lorimar Telepictures by Warner Communications. It distributes Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner content to the international television marketplace (broadcast, pay cable, basic cable, satellite, pay-per-view, subscription video-on-demand, digital platforms, etc.).[19]
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Australia
Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (WBITPA) was founded in 2004 as Eyeworks Australia before being rebranded in 2014.[20]
As Eyeworks Australia, shows produced include Celebrity Splash, Being Lara Bingle, Gangs of Oz and Territory Cops. Following the rebrand, WBITPA began producing The Bachelor Australia from its fourth season, spin-offs The Bachelorette Australia from its second season[21] & Bachelor in Paradise, as well as First Dates, the eighth season of Who Do You Think You Are?,[22] Back in Time for Dinner, the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars and The Masked Singer Australia.[23]
New Zealand
WBITVP New Zealand produces some of New Zealand’s most successful entertainment shows including RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, The Bachelor NZ, The Bachelorette NZ, The Block NZ, Celebrity Treasure Island, Glow Up, House of Drag and The Great Kiwi Bake Off.
Factual and documentary productions include Lost and Found, David Lomas Investigates, All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks and Heaven and Hell - The Centrepoint Story.
Spain
The Spanish subsidiary was acquired as part of the Eyeworks takeover in 2014.[24] Eyeworks España was renamed Warner Bros. International Television Production España in December 2015.[24][25]
Shows produced by WBITVP España include Juego de juegos, based on Ellen's Game of Games; First Dates, based on the British show of the same name; Pesadilla en la Cocina, based on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares; ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (España), based on the British Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; and Ven a cenar conmigo, based on the British Come Dine with Me.[26] Along with Mediaset España and Netflix, the company also co-produced Brigada Costa del Sol.[27][28]
United Kingdom
Established as Shed Productions in 1998, the company was acquired by Time Warner in 2010, before being rebranded as Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in June 2014 (which was later renamed as Warner Bros. Television Studios UK in 2020).
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