Endemol

Endemol B.V.
Former type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television production; Film distribution
Fate	Merged with Shine Group; Later acquired by Banijay
Predecessors	Joop van den Ende TV Productions (1989) ; John De Mol Productions (1992)
Successor	Endemol Shine Group; Banijay
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
Defunct	2015
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people	Sophie Turner Laing (CEO)
Owner	Banijay
Parent	Endemol Shine Group
Divisions	Endemol Asia; Endemol Australia; Endemol Brasil; Endemol Deutschland; Endemol España; Endemol France; Endemol Italia; Endemol India; Endemol Israel; Endemol Middle East; Endemol Nederland; Endemol Nordics; Endemol Polska; Endemol Portugal; Endemol South Africa; Endemol Turkey; Endemol UK; Endemol USA
Subsidiaries	51 Minds Entertainment; Artists Studio; Authentic Entertainment; B&B Endemol; Darlow Smithson Productions; Diagonal TV; Douglas Road Productions; Endemol Beyond; Endemol Games; Endemol Worldwide Distribution; Gestmusic; House of Tomorrow; Initial; Original Media; Remarkable Television; Reshet (33%); Telegenia; Tiger Aspect Productions; Tigress Productions; True Entertainment; YAM 112003; Zeppelin Television; Zeppotron
Website	endemol.com

Endemol was a media company based in the Netherlands that produced programs for television.^[1] The company had subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries. These countries included the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Lebanon, Morocco and Australia among others.

Endemol was founded in 1994 with the combining of the television companies owned by Joop van den Ende and John de Mol. The name of the company comes from the combination of their surnames (Ende + Mol). The company is best known for making reality programs. One of its best known programs is the reality series Big Brother.^[2] This series has over 40 different version which are shown in over 100 countries. The company also makes many different game shows such as Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor and Anime de Training EX. It also creates the popular series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Endemol was bought by Shine Group (a joint-venture between The Walt Disney Company and Apollo Global Management) and was headquartered in the Netherlands in 2015 ad Endemol Shine Group.^[3]^[4]