Zeppotron ltd was formed in 2000 by Channel 4 writers: Charlie Brooker, Ben Caudell, Peter Holmes and Neil Webster. It is now an online and television comedy production company that produces primarily for Channel 4, it does however, produce shows for the BBC and Sky 1, among others. Zeppotron produces some of the most successful Channel 4 comedy shows. Such as the panel shows 8 out of 10 Cats and Would I Lie to You? It is a subsidiary of the production company Endemol, a Television production company based in the Netherlands. Endemol's most successful show being the reality show 'Big Brother'. Zeppotron produced the show 'Dead Set', which is based on the actual Big Brother. Endemol currently has Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures in 23 countries, including the UK, US, France and Australia. It is controlled by Endemol's co-founder John De Mol. From which the name is derived. (Joop Van Den Ende and John De Mol). This is a good example of vertical and horizontal integration, as Endemol is the parent of Zeppotron and additionally comprises a global network of over 80 companies in 31 countries. "Endemol works with approximately 300 broadcasters, digital platforms and licensees worldwide and covers all elements of the entertainment spectrum including development, production, marketing, distribution and franchise management." -A direct quote from the Endemol website. www.Endemol.com.
Endemol currently produces about 20,000 hours of content annually across all genres. Endemol is also one of the largest independent distributors of formats and finished programming, with a growing library of over 3,000 and 24,000 hours of content. Endemol uses its resources and global network to offer internal and third party producers the broadest distribution service. Endemol makes use of convergence by making its shows accessible on multiple formats such as: 4oD, gaming consoles and various others. It also makes heavy use of synergy by combining all of its subsidiaries around the world to bring together a large global network of Television production, in addition, working closely with the most popular channel's such as Channel 4, BBC 1, 2 and 3 and Sky 1. For example, it produces shows for many different countries and therefore reaches a broader audience. Various companies aided in distributing Dead Set on various formats, including DVD's. These companies include: E4 (TV)
Madman Entertainment (DVD) (Austrailia)
AXN (Hungary) (TV)
HBO Hungary (TV)
References: www.endemol.com
www.zuppotron.com
www.imdb.com
Are you confident that Endemol distributed the DVDs of Dead Set? I would suspect that a distributor would have taken care of this and that Endemol would not be vertically integrated in this way
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