UFA show

UFA Show GmbH
legal form	GmbH
founding	1997/2001
Seat	Cologne , Germany
management	Ute Biernat, Andrew Bott
Branch	Media company
Website	www.ufa.de/die-ufa/ufa-show-factual

UFA Show & Factual is a producer of entertainment programs for various television channels. The company's core business includes the development and production of entertainment shows of various genres. These include variety and game shows , quiz and panel shows as well as dating, comedy and music shows. The company has been based in Cologne-Deutz since July 2006 . Until 2013 the company operated as Grundy Light Entertainment (own spelling: GRUNDY Light Entertainment ), then as UFA Show GmbH and since 2015 as UFA Show & Factual GmbH.

Like Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH , which produces television series, UFA Show & Factual belongs to the UFA group and worldwide to FremantleMedia , one of the largest international producers of entertainment formats. FremantleMedia is part of the RTL Group , which in turn is a subsidiary of the German media company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA .

UFA Show GmbH merged with UFA Factual GmbH in 2015 and operates retrospectively as of January 1, 2015 as UFA Show & Factual GmbH.

history

The company was merged in 1997 with the merger of Grundy TV and Fremantle (Deutschland) Fernsehproduktions GmbH to form Pearson Television Deutschland. From August 2001 to August 2013 the producer traded under the name Grundy Light Entertainment. In the course of the UFA rebranding in 2013, Grundy Light Entertainment was renamed UFA Show. UFA Show GmbH was finally merged with UFA Factual GmbH in 2015 and is now called UFA Show & Factual GmbH.

In 2005 the company further expanded its production activities in Switzerland. Grundy Light Entertainment founded together with its Swiss partner, Ringier AG (Ringier TV division), a subsidiary with a majority holding. The new company operates under the name "Grundy Schweiz AG".

Since September 2010 the company has also been represented in Austria with Grundy Austria GmbH (head office in Vienna). Grundy Light Entertainment has previously worked successfully with various broadcasters in Austria. The opening of Grundy Austria GmbH enables even more intensive cooperation in the production of entertainment formats for all broadcasters in Austria. Ute Biernat is the managing director of Grundy Austria GmbH.

The name Grundy goes back decades to the Australian Reg Grundy , one of the founders of international entertainment television productions.

UFA Show & Factual is a member of the international producer association FRAPA .

From January 2012 to June 2012 the company also produced the early evening show Gottschalk Live , which was hosted by Thomas Gottschalk .

Productions (selection)

Germany is looking for the superstar (RTL)
X Factor (VOX; discontinued; returned to Sky in 2018)
My Name is ... (RTL 2; discontinued)
DSDS Kids (RTL; discontinued)
Das Supertalent (RTL)
For life and death - emergency doctors on duty (VOX)
Star Quiz (ARD; discontinued)
Dalli Dalli (NDR)
Gottschalk Live (ARD; discontinued)
Game show marathon (ProSieben; discontinued)
Thank god you're here! (ProSieben; discontinued)
You Can Dance (Sat.1; discontinued)
Take Me Out (RTL)
BayernQuiz (Bavarian TV)
The best in the southwest (SWR television)
5 against 5 (RTL II)
The quiz with Jörg Pilawa (ARD; discontinued)
Germany your names (ZDF)
Tell the truth (SWR)
Celebrity don't get angry ! (Sat.1; discontinued)
The big partnership test (ARD; discontinued)
The Cleverest - The Big Three Country Check (ZDF, ORF, SF; discontinued)
The big three-country check - the revenge (ZDF, ORF, SF; discontinued)
The personality test (ZDF; discontinued)
Everything in order - with the madness on patrol (ProSieben; discontinued)
Herzblatt (ARD / BR; discontinued)
Super Toy Club (Super RTL; discontinued; resumed in 2017)
Are you crazy? (ProSieben; discontinued)
TOGGO soundclub (Super RTL; discontinued)
Big Boss (RTL; discontinued)
Star Search (Sat.1; discontinued)
The Swan - Finally beautiful (ProSieben; discontinued)
Go all out (Sat.1, Kabel 1; discontinued)
The price is hot (RTL; discontinued)
In no time at all (Tele 5, RTL II, tm3, ATV +)
Hopp or Top (Tele 5, DSF; discontinued)
Family duel (RTL)
The Quiz Show (Sat.1; discontinued)
Dingsda (Kabel 1, ARD; discontinued)
What am I? (Cable 1; discontinued)
Q-Boot: The Quiz (Super RTL; discontinued)
Know-it-alls - the big show of useless knowledge (ProSieben; discontinued)
The iTeam - The Boys at the Mouse (Sat.1; discontinued)
Direct hit! Sink ships XXL (Sat.1; discontinued)

Social engagement (selection)

Grundy Light Entertainment supports various charitable projects in Germany and abroad. Grundy Light Entertainment has been involved in the Kalker Kindermittagtisch e. V. The association offers up to 150 children a free warm lunch every weekday. The association is financed exclusively by donations and does not receive any funding.

Grundy Light Entertainment is one of the sponsors of the RTL foundation "We help children". The foundation has been involved in youth welfare and children's aid projects since 1997. The aim of the foundation is to provide targeted support to children and young people in need. During the annual RTL Spendenmarathon, 101 million euros were generated for selected children's aid projects all over the world.

criticism

Research by the Handelsblatt in 2011 revealed that at least in the context of the production of "Das Supertalent" candidates were harassed with gag contracts, forced to perform soul striptease with the most intimate questionnaires and interview techniques, and appearances were significantly alienated by editing techniques and post-production. Allegations of such manipulation of viewers were repeated, among other things, in an interview with the super talent candidate Ammar with the television criticism TV format .