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FremantleMedia Group is a British international television content and production/distribution subsidiary of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's largest TV, radio, and production company. Its world headquarters are located in London.
The company acquired various British, Australian, and American production companies including Talkback, Thames Television (the last two later merged as Talkback Thames), Reg Grundy Organisation, Crackerjack Productions (now merged to become FremantleMedia Australia), the Carruthers Company, and Goodson-Todman Productions (later Mark Goodson Productions, now folded into FremantleMedia North America). Early on, it merged with Germany's largest television production company, UFA.