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374:) acquired the Grundy group of companies on 3 April 1995. On 30 August 2006, FremantleMedia announced they would merge Grundy Television with their other Australian production company, Crackerjack Productions, to form a single "super" production company called "FremantleMedia Australia". The new company is now managed by the management team from Crackerjack, with Mark Fennessy as chief executive officer and his brother Carl Fennessy as chief operating officer. 36: 377:
Simon Spalding (Fremantle Director of Asia Pacific Operations) said in an interview that Grundy Television's premises in Sydney are to be refurbished and that once complete, all Sydney based staff will be located there. He claims that this will help to create a 'deeper' production facility and is not
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a cost-cutting exercise. Spalding also said that although the Grundy name would be disappearing, he was looking at how FremantleMedia could retain the Grundy name and the heritage associated with it.
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In the United States, RGP was headquartered in west Los Angeles, near Century City, and was responsible for launching the career of television and talent agent entrepreneur, Sean Perry, whose father
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in 1959. Another show with this title, although based on the USA version celebrated its 25th anniversary in Australia, a week before its cancellation in July 2006.
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The company first produced game shows, then branched into soap operas in 1973. In 1995 Reg Grundy sold the company to Pearson Television, now known as
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In 1999, the existing programmes produced by Pearson Television subsidiary Fremantle (UK) Productions were moved to Grundy UK, which included the two
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were cancelled after five months (the latter returning only on a limited basis). Frequent announcers of the company's game shows included
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Reg Grundy Productions opened up a UK branch in 1975 known as "Reg Grundy Productions (G.B.) Limited".
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Grundy Productions Italy – Italian division, which was founded in 1980 and produced programs like
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Reg Grundy's started his media career in radio, before moving to television producing
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By 2006, all remaining shows produced under the Grundy name were transitioned off to
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Grundy Productions Mexico S.A. de C.V. – Now known as Fremantle Mexico S.A. de C.V..
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The company also produced re-edited versions of the highly successful soap operas
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with divisions in Europe, United Kingdom, the United States and Asia
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was the American wing of the worldwide television production company
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Grundy Producciones Spain – Now known as Fremantle España S.A..
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The company had several divisions in other countries:
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Their Swedish operation produced a local version of
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