Reg Grundy Organisation
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Reg Grundy Organisation (founded as Reg Grundy Enterprises, later known as both Reg Grundy Productions and Grundy Television and known informally as Grundy's) was an Australian-based multinational mass media company, primarily involved in television as a production company but also in distribution and licensing.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Media |
Founded | 25 February 1959; 65 years ago (1959-02-25) as Reg Grundy Enterprises |
Founder | Reg Grundy |
Defunct | 14 November 2006 |
Fate | Merged with Crackerjack Productions |
Successor | Fremantle Australia |
Headquarters | Sydney and Melbourne, Australia |
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Reg Grundy, the company's namesake founded the media enterprise locally in 1959, It branched out internationally in the late 1980s under the banner Grundy World Wide Limited with divisions in Europe, United Kingdom, the United States and Asia
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 Fremantle, part of the RTL Group (in turn 90% owned by Bertelsmann). In 2006 Fremantle merged Grundy Television and Crackerjack Productions to form the localised arm Fremantle Australia. Until 2013 the Grundy name still existed internationally in Germany as Grundy Light Entertainment and in Italy as Grundy Productions Italy.