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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 2009; 16 years ago (2009) |
| Headquarters | , England |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Television programs |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | Official website Warner Bros Television Division |
Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) is the globaltelevision production arm ofWarner Bros. Discovery International.
The division was formed in 2009 to produce original programming or local adaptations of Warner Bros. formats in non-U.S. territories.[1][2]
WBITP has also acquired numerous production companies includingShed Media in theUnited Kingdom and BlazHoffski Holding B.V. (including Dahl TV and BlazHoffski Levy Productions) in theNetherlands andBelgium.[3] In 2014, Warner Bros acquired Netherlands-basedEyeworks and its global subsidiaries outsideNorth America in a US$270 million deal, giving Warner Bros. businesses in 15 new territories.[4]
In late-March 2007, Warner Bros. International Television Production shuttered down its London-based British international formats division that handled the licensing of its television formats to international countries with the London team disbanded and exiting the shuttered London formats division.[5]
On August 9 2009, Warner Bros. International Television Production launched its own international production division dedicated to producing local adaptations from its programming library including producing its own original production content called with the new division appointing Ronald Goes to became head of the new production division.[6]
In August 2010, Warner Bros. International Television Production entered the British television production activities by taking a 55% majority stake in British independent television production and distribution company Shed Media Group alongside its production companies (namelyRicochet,Wall to Wall Media and Twenty Twenty Television) to expand Warner Bros.' international production business, giving Warner Bros. their own British television production subsidiary.[7]
In late-September 2011, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they've taken a majority stake in Belgium/Netherlands-based production company BlazHoffski alongside the latter's Dutch production subsidiary Dahl TV (which they brought back in 2010) as part of Warner Bros.' strategy to further expand its international television production operations and boost its profile as a producer of local scripted and non-scripted content with Warner Bros. gaining control and taken over distribution of BlazHoffski's content formats.[8][9]
In January 2014, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they were in exclusive negotiations to acquire Dutch international production group Eyeworks in order to expand Warner Bros. International Television Production's global production activities.[10][11] A month later on February 11 of that same year, Warner Bros. International Television Production announced that they had made an agreement to purchase Dutch international production group Eyeworks and their businesses outside of the United States to expand Warner Bros.' international television production operations overseas. The deal could also bring Warner Bros. International Television Productions to other countries and would launch local operations in those countries. The deal will exclude Eyeworks' American division Eyeworks USA which will become independent along with founder and CEO of Eyeworks Reinout Oerlemans will step down after the purchase.[12][13][14][15] Four months later in June of that same year, Warner Bros. International Television Production and their parent company Warner Bros. Television Group had announced that they've completed their acquisition of Dutch international production group Eyeworks and its international operations outside the US expanding Warner Bros. International Television Production's operations and their TV production units into 13 additional countries with Warner Bros. taking over Eyeworks' international distribution activities along with founder and CEO Reinout Oerlemans exited Eyeworks. However it excluded Eyeworks' American division Eyeworks USA which had been split from its parent company Eyeworks and had turned into an independent production company with former founder and CEO of Eyeworks Reinout Oerlemans moved to the United States and taken over Eyeworks' independent American division.[16][17][18]
In February 2025, Warner Bros. International Television Production entered the Italian television production activities by opening an Italian production business based in Milan as their new territory with Warner Bros. ITVP Spain's Stefano Torrisi leading the new production division as their MD.[19]
Following Warner Bros. Discovery's split announcement during June of that year, it was revealed on July 29th that Warner Bros. International Television Production would be transferred from American television production division Warner Bros. Television Group to Discovery Global as Warner Bros. retains its US television studios.[20]
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution was founded in 1989 after the purchase ofLorimar Telepictures byWarner Communications. It distributes Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner content to the international television marketplace (broadcast, pay cable, basic cable, satellite, pay-per-view, subscription video-on-demand, digital platforms, etc.).[21]
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Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (WBITPA) was founded in 2004 asEyeworks Australia before being rebranded in 2014.[22]
As Eyeworks Australia, shows produced includeCelebrity Splash,Being Lara Bingle,Gangs of Oz andTerritory Cops. Following the rebrand, WBITPA began producingThe Bachelor Australia from itsfourth season, spin-offsThe Bachelorette Australia from itssecond season[23] &Bachelor in Paradise, as well asFirst Dates, the eighth season ofWho Do You Think You Are?,[24]Back in Time for Dinner, the sixteenth season ofDancing with the Stars andThe Masked Singer Australia.[25]
WBITVP New Zealand produces some of New Zealand’s most successful entertainment shows includingRuPaul's Drag Race Down Under,The Bachelor NZ,The Bachelorette NZ,The Block NZ,Celebrity Treasure Island,Glow Up,House of Drag andThe Great Kiwi Bake Off.
Factual and documentary productions includeLost and Found,David Lomas Investigates,All or Nothing: New Zealand All Blacks andHeaven and Hell - The Centrepoint Story.
The Spanish subsidiary was acquired as part of the Eyeworks takeover in 2014.[26] Eyeworks España was renamed Warner Bros. International Television Production España in December 2015.[26][27]
Shows produced by WBITVP España includeJuego de juegos [es], based onEllen's Game of Games;First Dates [es], based on the British show of thesame name;Pesadilla en la Cocina [es], based onRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares;¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (España) [es], based on the BritishWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?; andVen a cenar conmigo [es], based on the BritishCome Dine with Me.[28] Along withMediaset España andNetflix, the company also co-producedBrigada Costa del Sol.[29][30]
Established asShed Productions in 1998, the company was acquired by Time Warner in 2010, before being rebranded as Warner Bros. Television Productions UK in June 2014 (which was later renamed as Warner Bros. Television Studios UK in 2020).