All3Media’s Optomen Productions has launched Optomen Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based entertainment division, and has hired veteran format creator and former Armoza Formats executive Elwin De Groot (The Four) as Svp of Entertainment.
De Groot will report directly to President Maria Silver, working alongside Ricky Kelehar, Senior Vice President of Development. Both Kelehar and De Groot will relocate to Los Angeles to focus on the new label, with Kelehar continuing to work closely with the Optomen development team based in New York.
In his new role, De Groot will be charged with creating and developing original formats for broadcast networks and Ott channels. The move signifies Optomen’s commitment to prioritize entertainment formats and game shows for domestic production and global distribution.
Previously, De Groot served as Senior Creative Director at Armoza Formats where he developed and produced original and third party content, creating and co-creating over 13 international formats airing in over 30 countries.
De Groot will report directly to President Maria Silver, working alongside Ricky Kelehar, Senior Vice President of Development. Both Kelehar and De Groot will relocate to Los Angeles to focus on the new label, with Kelehar continuing to work closely with the Optomen development team based in New York.
In his new role, De Groot will be charged with creating and developing original formats for broadcast networks and Ott channels. The move signifies Optomen’s commitment to prioritize entertainment formats and game shows for domestic production and global distribution.
Previously, De Groot served as Senior Creative Director at Armoza Formats where he developed and produced original and third party content, creating and co-creating over 13 international formats airing in over 30 countries.
- 4/3/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
FremantleMedia has signed an exclusive two-year co-development deal with Dutch game show master Dick De Rijk, creator of Deal or No Deal. The agreement, which Fremantle announced at Miptv on Tuesday, will see De Rijk develop reality and game show formats for the world market, which Fremantle will produce and distribute through its international network. Story: Fox Orders Interactive Quiz Show 'Boom!' In addition to global hit Deal or No Deal, De Rijk has developed successful formats such as Set for Life, Show Me the Money and You Deserve It. He previously had similar development deals in place
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- 4/8/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC will launch a new game show with altruistic elements, You Deserve It, on November 21 from 9-10 Pm behind the performance season finale of Dancing With The Stars. Envisioned as a component of ABC’s holiday lineup, the six-episode series hosted by The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison and co-hosted by Brooke Burns features contestants who aren’t out to win money for themselves but are playing for someone else — someone they feel deserves it. The beneficiary, who is in another location under constant hidden-camera surveillance throughout the show, gets the surprise of a lifetime when family, friends, Burns and a camera crew burst in with life-changing news. You Deserve It, created by Deal Or No Deal creator Dick de Rijk and produced by Chris Coelen’s Kinetic Content, will continue in the Monday 9 Pm slot, with holiday specials taking over the 8 Pm hour. Also today, Lifetime announced that it will...
- 11/1/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
ABC has ordered eight episodes of a brand new gameshow called You Deserve It. Casting is currently under way for the new series, to be fronted by The Bachelor's Chris Harrison, according to Deadline. Deal or No Deal creator Dick de Rijk has designed the format of the show. It will see contestants taking part in trivia questions (more)...
- 9/8/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
ABC has picked up game show You Deserve It, hosted by The Bachelor‘s Chris Harrison, to series with an eight-episode order. Casting is underway, with production slated to begin in October. Based on a format by Deal or No Deal creator Dick de Rijk, You Deserve It is a game show where a person plays trivia in order to win money for a loved one. ProSiebenSat.1´s Red Arrow Entertainment Group owns the rights to the format through its relationship with de Rijk. Kinetic Content, Red Arrow’s U.S. production company headed by Chris Coelen, sold the format to ABC in January and will produce the series. Harrison was attached as host in March. De Rijk, Coelen, and Kinetic’s Matilda Zoltowski executive produce the project, packaged by Paradigm. There has been speculation that You Deserve It may premiere behind the fall season finale of Dancing with the Stars but,...
- 9/8/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Cologne, Germany -- Red Arrow Entertainment, the production and distribution arm of European broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1, has joined forces with veteran Swedish TV producer Pontus Gardinger to launch a new Nordic production operation, Snowman Productions.
Gardiner will run Snowman, which will be headquartered in Sweden but plans to expand throughout the Scandinavian region. Snowman will develop and produce formats for Nordic television, which Red Arrow will distribute worldwide.
Snowman is a further piece in the global format puzzle Red Arrow has been assembling since the company's launch at the beginning of the year. Acquisitions include U.S.-based firm Kinetic Content and Belgium's Sultan Sushi. Red Arrow also has co-production deals with Phil Gurin's The Gurin Company and Granada Media in Australia and a development agreement with "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk.
Gardiner will run Snowman, which will be headquartered in Sweden but plans to expand throughout the Scandinavian region. Snowman will develop and produce formats for Nordic television, which Red Arrow will distribute worldwide.
Snowman is a further piece in the global format puzzle Red Arrow has been assembling since the company's launch at the beginning of the year. Acquisitions include U.S.-based firm Kinetic Content and Belgium's Sultan Sushi. Red Arrow also has co-production deals with Phil Gurin's The Gurin Company and Granada Media in Australia and a development agreement with "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk.
- 10/14/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ProSiebenSat.1´s Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired a majority stake in the U.S.production company Kinetic Content launched in March by former Rdf Media USA CEO Chris Coelen. The 51% interest, valued in the eight-figure range, gives Red Arrow presence in the U.S., something the company didn’t have. Kinetic’s primary focus is unscripted television, and its product will be sold worldwide by Red Arrow´s program distribution arm, SevenOne International. Like Kinetic, Red Arrow also was launched this year, in January. Its talent roster includes format heavyweight Dick de Rijk, creator of Deal or No Deal. Prior to its deal with ProSiebenSat.1, Europe's second largest broadcast group, Kinetic set up exclusive programming ventures with UK broadcasters Channel 4 and Stv, the new company of Survivor creator Charlie Parsons as well as the Dutch company Absolutely Independent.
- 9/2/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Berlin -- Red Arrow Entertainment Group, the production arm of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1, has taken a 51% stake in Chris Coelen's Santa Monica-based shingle Kinetic Content.
Coelen, who oversaw shows such as "Wife Swap," "Secret Millionaire" and "The Price of Beauty" as CEO of Rdf Media USA, set up Kinetic in March. Before Rdf, Coelen was a partner at United Talent Agency, where his clients included Ryan Seacrest and Jessica Simpson.
Coelen took several Rdf execs with him when he launched Kinetic, among them Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin as well as ex-bbc producer Matilda Zoltowski, part of the team that launched "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. Kinetic has exclusive programming ventures with U.K. nets Channel 4 and Stv.
Red Arrow, launched in January, is quickly setting up an international production network to feed ProSieben's pan-European network of channels. The group has a two-year...
Coelen, who oversaw shows such as "Wife Swap," "Secret Millionaire" and "The Price of Beauty" as CEO of Rdf Media USA, set up Kinetic in March. Before Rdf, Coelen was a partner at United Talent Agency, where his clients included Ryan Seacrest and Jessica Simpson.
Coelen took several Rdf execs with him when he launched Kinetic, among them Jennifer Danska, Gerald Massimei and Katie Griffin as well as ex-bbc producer Matilda Zoltowski, part of the team that launched "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. Kinetic has exclusive programming ventures with U.K. nets Channel 4 and Stv.
Red Arrow, launched in January, is quickly setting up an international production network to feed ProSieben's pan-European network of channels. The group has a two-year...
- 9/2/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- On the eve of Miptv, Red Arrow Entertainment, the production subsidiary of European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with Israeli entertainment producer Omri Marcus.
The deal gives Red Arrow all international rights to Marcus' future projects. ProSieben's world sales arm, SevenOne International, will handle international sales and be shilling new Marcus formats at Miptv next week.
Red Arrow and its subsidiaries already have similar agreements with international format talents including "Deal or No Deal" creator Dick de Rijk and U.S. producer Phil Gurin ("Singing Bee").
Marcus is one of Israel's most successful TV producers, having worked on local hits including late-night comedy show "HaLaylla" and award-winning news satire program "What a Wonderful Country."
The reality format "Buzz Off," which he helped develop as production head of Israel's Channel 2, has been sold to multiple territories, including France, Spain and China.
The deal gives Red Arrow all international rights to Marcus' future projects. ProSieben's world sales arm, SevenOne International, will handle international sales and be shilling new Marcus formats at Miptv next week.
Red Arrow and its subsidiaries already have similar agreements with international format talents including "Deal or No Deal" creator Dick de Rijk and U.S. producer Phil Gurin ("Singing Bee").
Marcus is one of Israel's most successful TV producers, having worked on local hits including late-night comedy show "HaLaylla" and award-winning news satire program "What a Wonderful Country."
The reality format "Buzz Off," which he helped develop as production head of Israel's Channel 2, has been sold to multiple territories, including France, Spain and China.
- 4/8/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Berlin -- Broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has set up a new umbrella company – Red Arrow Entertainment Group – to bundle its various production and distribution companies across Europe.
Red Arrow's assets will include production firms Producers at Work, Magic Flight Film and RedSeven Entertainment, talent agency Redseven Artists and ProSieben's world sales arm SevenOne International. The multi-year format development agreement between ProSieben and "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk as well as the two-year co-production deal between RedSeven Entertainment and Phil Gurin's The Gurin Company will also be part of Red Arrow's portfolio.
ProSieben CEO Thomas Ebeling said Red Arrow would acquire or sign co-op deals with production companies from across Europe to increase the supply of in-house produced shows and formats to the group's European TV network. ProSiebenSat.1 controls 20 free-to-air channels in 12 European countries.
ProSiebenSat.1 exec Jan Frouman, who was behind the de Rijk deal, will head up Red...
Red Arrow's assets will include production firms Producers at Work, Magic Flight Film and RedSeven Entertainment, talent agency Redseven Artists and ProSieben's world sales arm SevenOne International. The multi-year format development agreement between ProSieben and "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk as well as the two-year co-production deal between RedSeven Entertainment and Phil Gurin's The Gurin Company will also be part of Red Arrow's portfolio.
ProSieben CEO Thomas Ebeling said Red Arrow would acquire or sign co-op deals with production companies from across Europe to increase the supply of in-house produced shows and formats to the group's European TV network. ProSiebenSat.1 controls 20 free-to-air channels in 12 European countries.
ProSiebenSat.1 exec Jan Frouman, who was behind the de Rijk deal, will head up Red...
- 1/19/2010
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cologne, Germany -- European broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with "Deal or No Deal" co-creator Dick de Rijk, for rights to future formats he develops.
In addition to the international game show hit, de Rijk, as an International Creative Partner with Dutch format giant Endemol, was responsible for entertainment formats including "Show Me the Money" and "Set for Life." "Deal or No Deal" airs on several ProSieben channels, including Sat.1 in Germany.
The new agreement, announced Tuesday by de Rijk and ProSiebenSat.1's evp of group content acquisitions and production Jan Frouman, will give ProSieben exclusive rights across all platforms for new formats he develops. World sales will be handled by ProSieben's distribution arm SevenOne International.
In addition to the international game show hit, de Rijk, as an International Creative Partner with Dutch format giant Endemol, was responsible for entertainment formats including "Show Me the Money" and "Set for Life." "Deal or No Deal" airs on several ProSieben channels, including Sat.1 in Germany.
The new agreement, announced Tuesday by de Rijk and ProSiebenSat.1's evp of group content acquisitions and production Jan Frouman, will give ProSieben exclusive rights across all platforms for new formats he develops. World sales will be handled by ProSieben's distribution arm SevenOne International.
- 9/29/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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