Ringier TV goes global

TV formats Ringier-TV, Ringier's television division, which produces TV programs and develops formats for SF 1, Presse-TV and Sat 1 Schweiz, has joined the international Sparks network together with the Bern-based production company FaroTV. Sparks brings together producers from most European countries. FaroTV and Ringier-TV now exclusively represent Switzerland. The aim of Sparks is the exchange, distribution, development and international marketing of formats. The current Sparks catalog contains around 250 formats that can be offered by the individual network partners to broadcasters in their own countries. In December, Ringier-TV entered into a partnership with the German company Grundy Light Entertainment and founded Grundy Schweiz AG. Grundy Light Entertainment is a subsidiary of British Fremantle Media, the world's largest format multinational alongside Endemol.
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