Got Talent producer Fremantle saw its revenues fall 9.4%, with parent RTL Group attributing the drop to challenges in key entertainment markets.
Fremantle posted full-year 2025 revenue of €2.03B ($2.36B), compared with €2.24B in 2024. “This was mainly due to lower revenue from the entertainment business, especially in the U.S. and the UK,” said RTL. Declines in the U.S. have previously been cited as hampering growth.
Fremantle was also one of two RTL units impacted by “significant negative special items.” The Fremantle impairment cost RTL €125M, while an RTL Deutschland hit came in €201M. This impacted RTL Group’s overall revenue for the year, which was €1.08B, mainly thanks to selling RTL Nederland.
Fremantle makes the likes of Got Talent, Family Feud and Jeopardy!. It is competing in an international production and distribution market that is currently witnessing Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery and Banijay merging with All3Media.
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