Eyeworks is an

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-based international television production company founded by

Reinout Oerlemans Reinout Oerlemans (; born 10 June 1971) is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks. In 1989, while studying law at the University of Amsterda ...

, Robert van den Bogaard and Ronald van Wechem. As of June 2014, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Television Group and rebranded as

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History

On February 26, 2003, Eyeworks acquired a 45% stake in RTL's Stormy Entertainment. On February 8, 2006, Eyeworks acquired New Zealand production company

Touchdown Television Eyeworks Touchdown (formerly Touchdown Television) is a New Zealand-based television production company specialising in reality and unscripted formats, which has become a leader in the field in New Zealand, and the world. Its formats include ''The ...

.Touchdown sold to Dutch TV company
nzherald.co.nz Feb 8, 2006, Retrieved on December 28, 2013
scoop.co.nz 8 February 2006, Retrieved on December 28, 2013 They later acquired Egmond Film & Television on September 10, 2006. Fourteen days later, Eyeworks acquired a 50% stake in U.S. production company, 3 Ball Productions.Reality titans tying the knot
Josef Adalian variety.com September 24, 2006, Retrieved on December 26, 2013 On August 16, 2007, Eyeworks acquired

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, an

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production company that was founded in 1993 by joint CEOs Diego Guebel and Mario Pergolini.Eyeworks buys Argentine prodco
Ed Waller c21media.com 16-08-2007, Retrieved on December 27, 2013 On March 22, 2013, Eyeworks announced they will move their headquarters to the HES building in center Amsterdam. The HES building began serving as the headquarters in summer 2013. The new headquarters was later opened on September 5, 2013. On February 11, 2014, the Warner Bros. Television Group announced that it will purchase Eyeworks' businesses outside of the United States. The acquisition was completed on June 2 of that year. The acquisition gives Warner Bros. TV production units in 15 additional territories.

Companies

Eyeworks UK

Eyeworks UK Eyeworks is an Amsterdam-based international television production company founded by Reinout Oerlemans, Robert van den Bogaard and Ronald van Wechem. As of June 2014, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Television Group and rebra ...

(formerly At It Productions) is a British

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company set up in 1997 by Martin Cunning and Chris Fouracre. At It are predominantly linked with youth and entertainment shows (it is a major supplier of music programmes to

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

), but over the last three years have branched out into a series of other fields such as medical

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and

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s. In July 2007, the company was bought by International production group Eyeworks. In April 2014. ITV produced

Amazing Greys ''Amazing Greys'' is a British game show that aired on ITV, co-hosted by Paddy McGuinness and Angela Rippon. It was aired from 12 April to 17 May 2014 and ran for six episodes. Production A pilot episode was recorded at Fountain Studios in W ...

a co production between

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& Eyeworks. The company is currently headed by Chris Fouracre (MD), Martin Cunning (MD), Lee-Anne Richardson (Head of Production) Paul Day (Director of Branded Content) and Rebecca Ackland (Head of International).

Eyeworks Touchdown

Eyeworks Touchdown Eyeworks Touchdown (formerly Touchdown Television) is a New Zealand-based television production company specialising in reality and unscripted formats, which has become a leader in the field in New Zealand, and the world. Its formats include ''The ...

(formerly Touchdown Television) is a New Zealand-based television production company founded in 1991 by Julie Christie that specializes in entertainment, lifestyle, sport and factual series, and reality game shows. Among programs Touchdown produced are ''How Normal Are You?'', ''So You Wannabe A Popstar'', and ''Miss Popularity'', among others. ·On February 8, 2006, Eyeworks acquired Touchdown and it was later renamed to Eyeworks Touchdown on April 1, 2006.

Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas

(meaning ''Four Heads'' in English and a.k.a. 4K) was founded in 1993 by Diego Guebel and Mario Pergolini. In 2008, Mario Pergolini sold all his shares of the company for the Dutch production company Eyeworks, so from then on it has been called Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas.

Eyeworks Egmond

On September 10, 2006, Egmond Film & Television was acquired by Eyeworks and was renamed to Eyeworks Egmond.

Eyeworks Brazil

In 2011, the company took the original name of the branch from outside, at Brazil exhibition, and called then Eyeworks.

Commissions

Its biggest commission to date is the T4 strand which runs every weekend morning and during the school holidays on

. It is an irreverent mix of interviews, sketches and comedy that runs in between the usual morning shows. The current hosts are

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Miquita Oliver Miquita Billie Alexandra Oliver (born 25 April 1984) is a British television presenter and radio personality. With Simon Amstell, she co-hosted Channel 4's ''Popworld'' from 2001 to 2006. Miquita then went on to present on T4 from 2006 to 2010 ...

Alexa Chung Alexa Chung (born 5 November 1983) is a British television presenter, model, internet personality, writer, and fashion designer. She wrote the book ''It'' (2013). Her fashion label Alexa Chung, stylized , launched in May 2017 and closed in 2022. ...

and

Rick Edwards Richard Philip "Rick" Edwards (born 20 May 1979) is an English television presenter, journalist, and author. Edwards presented T4 for four years, and has also presented '' Tool Academy'', ''Freshly Squeezed'', ''E4 Music'', and much of Channe ...

. It is worth mentioning that this is also where presenters such as

Vernon Kaye Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974) is an English television and radio presenter, and former model. He presented Channel 4's ''T4'' (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV, including '' All Star Family Fortunes'' ...

June Sarpong June Konadu Sarpong (born 31 May 1977) is a British television presenter and executive. She was a panellist on ITV's ''Loose Women'' and is currently a panellist on the Sky News programme '' The Pledge''. In November 2019, Sarpong was appointed ...

and

Dermot O'Leary Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Jr. (born 24 May 1973) is an English broadcaster who currently works for ITV and BBC Radio 2. His radio career began when he worked as a disc jockey at Essex Radio, but he is best known for being the presenter of ''T ...

began their careers. Eyeworks most recent commissions include the TV music show ''

Transmission with T-Mobile ''Transmission'' (also known for sponsorship reasons as ''Transmission with T-Mobile'') is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4, offering live performances and interviews of famous music artists, that ran for three series betwee ...

''. This ran in mid-2006 and featured some up-and-coming bands like

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and

Kasabian Kasabian ( ) are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and occasional vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karlof ...

Pete Doherty Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist. He is best known for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie b ...

was famously reunited with his ex-girlfriend

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during one of the shows. The second series aired in early 2007, followed by a third later that year. Transmission with T-Mobile was the first of a number of branded content projects which has led to the company being recognised as a leader in Branded content TV. ''Hider in the House'' has also been a great success for the company. The second series of this children's format, where children hide celebrities in the parents' house, won the Rose Dor for Best Entertainment Programme. Eyeworks has also produced a number of factual programmes for the UK Extraordinary People and Bodyshock strands. Most notable of these has been the acclaimed ''Half Ton Mum'' and award-winning ''Born Without a Face'' (Golden Eagle Award 2006). The latter marked the company's expansion into the factual genre. Other memorable productions include: *''

Popworld ''Popworld'' is a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 as part of the T4 strand, featuring pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from contemporary artists. The show began ...

'', T4's music programme, originally hosted by

Simon Amstell Simon Marc Amstell (born 29 November 1979) is a British comedian, writer and director. He wrote and directed the films '' Carnage'' (2017) and ''Benjamin'' (2018). His work on television has included presenting ''Popworld'' and ''Never Mind the ...

and

, then

Alex Zane Alex Zane (born Faris Alexander L. Albayaty; 3 March 1979) is a British television presenter and DJ. Early and personal life Zane was born in Leeds and attended Boston Spa School before going on to study Medicine at University College London, ...

and

. The show has now finished. *''The Facemakers'', a ten-part series that aired on Discovery U.S. looking at a children's facial surgery unit

References

External links

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