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EUREKA PRODUCTIONS
Alfred Street Industries
Sydney, Australia; Los Angeles, CA | www.eurekagroup.tv Number of employees: 115 employees and freelancers Number of hours produced in 2019: 90 Recent programs: Holey Moley (ABC); Dating Around (Netflix); Pick, Flip & Drive (Facebook); Crikey! It’s the Irwins (Animal Planet); Deadly Cults (Oxygen); The Launch (CTV); The Real Dirty Dancing (Seven Australia); The Amazing Race - Australia (Ten); The Chefs’ Line (SBS); Thrones 360 (Foxtel); Drunk History - Australia (Ten). There are bicoastal production companies, and then there are… “bicontinental” production companies. The list of the latter is significantly smaller than that of the former, but Eureka definitely fits the bill. Founded by Endemol Shine Group colleagues Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin in 2016, the company has its
Los Angeles, CA www.alfredstreetindustirs.com Brain Games, Project Runway
Authentic Entertainment (an Endemol Shine North America company) North Hollywood, CA | www.authentictv.com Trading Spaces; The Best Thing I Ever Ate
BBC Studios London | www.bbcstudios.com Fatberg Autopsy; Chocolate Dreams: Inside Hotel Chocolat; Autumnwatch: New England
Big Coat Media Toronto | www.bigcoatmedia.com Love It or List It
Blast! Films London, UK | www.blastfilms.co.uk Jade: The Reality Star Who Changed Britain; The Secret Life of the Zoo
Content Group/Asylum Entertainment Encino, CA | www.asylument.com Eli Roth’s History of Horror; In Ice Cold Blood
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primary offices in Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles. While that may make for a heck of a commute, it also facilitates a business model that allows for Eureka to create and develop formats in one territory and exploit them in others; and wellentrenched partnerships with some of the world’s biggest broadcasters. Eureka has racked up successes on streaming services, with its Netflix relationship series Dating Around garnering praise for its inclusive approach to the genre; on broadcast, with the endearingly wacky miniature golf format Holey Moley up for a second season on U.S. broadcast net ABC; and on cable, with Animal Planet chomping at the bit for a second season of Crikey! It’s the Irwins. Coming for 2020: a florist competition series for HBO Max (Full Bloom), and the Australian adaptation of Holey Moley, which will feature Aussie golf legend Greg Norman as “resident golf pro.” BW
Firelight Media New York, NY | www.firelightmedia.tv Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool
Gebrueder-Beetz Filmproduktion Berlin, Germany | www.gebrueder-beetz.com The Forum; Gaza
Half Yard Productions (a Red Arrow Studios company) Bethesda, MD | www.halfyardproductions.com The Last Alaskans; Say Yes to the Dress
Label1 London | www.label1.tv Hospital; The Family Brain Games
Lucky 8 New York, NY | www.lucky8.tv 60 Days In
Monkey (an NBCUniversal International Studios company) London | www.monkeykingdom.com Don’t Hate the Playaz; Made in Chelsea
Omnifilm Entertainment Vancouver | www.omnifilm.com Jade Fever; Dinosaur Cold Case
Part2 Pictures Brooklyn, NY | www.part2pictures.com Breaking Hate; This is Life with Lisa Ling
Beach House Pictures (a Blue Ant Media company) Singapore www.beachhousepictures.com Record Rides; Ed Stafford: First Man Out
CJZ Chippendale NSW | www.cjz.com.au Marry Me, Marry My Family; The Great Australian Cookbook
Le cinquième rêve Paris | www.lecinquiemereve.fr 700 Sharks; The Superpowers of the Bear
Off the Fence (a ZDF Enterprises company) Amsterdam | www.offthefence.com Wildest Survival; Into the Wild
Pernel Media Paris | www.pernelmedia.com Wheeler Dealers; The Real War of Thrones
Terra Mater Factual Studios (a Red Bull Media company) Vienna | www.terramater.at Sea of Shadows
Zed Paris | www.zed.fr Prehistoric Worlds; On the Trail of the Snow Leopard
Pie Town Productions North Hollywood, CA | www.pietown.tv Christina on the Coast; Flipping 101
Profiles Television El Segundo, CA | www.profiles-televisions.com The Amazing Race
Scout Productions Los Angeles, CA | www.scoutproductionsinc.com Queer Eye (with ITV Entertainment)
Sirens Media (an ITV America company) Los Angeles, CA | www.sirensmedia.com The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Spun Gold London | www.spungoldtv.com Meat the Family; Quizmaster
True Vision Films London | www.truevisiontv.com Behind Closed Doors: Through the Eyes of a Child
WAM Media Group Montreal, PQ | www.wamgrp.com The Detectives