Weit Media / Endemol Shine

Autres nomsWeit Media

Pays d'origineRussie

Activités

Distributeur, Producteur

Secteurs

Audiovisuel

Présentation de la société

Présentation site internet

Founded in 2009 by the famous Russian producer Timur Weinstein, WeiT Media is now one of the fastest-developing production companies in the country.

In March 2010, WeiT Media strategically partnered with Endemol - a global leader in entertainment programming, with Endemol becoming a major shareholder of WeiT Media.

In autumn of 2010, WeiT Media gained the status of being the first ever Russian production company to produce projects for Central and Eastern Europe markets. The company launched an adapted version of Wipe Out Show (Wipe Out Cup) for five channels simultaneously: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Belarus.

On the January 17^th, 2011 the company signed a long-term agreement with “Channel Seven” in Kazakhstan, the largest contract in the CIS between a broadcaster and a production company. This agreement made WeiT Media a priority partner of “Channel Seven” in production, distribution and adaptation of its TV projects. The total viewers of the shows produced by WeiT Media and Endemol for “Channel Seven” in 2011, was about 25%.

By the beginning of 2015, WeiT Media has manufactured over 1650 premier hours of content and about 100 projects in various genres: TV series, TV shows, television, documentary and animated movies.

According to the TNS company, a WeiT Media show Odin v odin, which is a local Russian version of the famous Your Face Sounds Familiar, recieved the highest ratings amongst TV programs in 2013, and was also selected as the best project in this genre from the last five years.

The third season of the show Odin v Odin, started on “Russia 1” channel on February 8^th, 2014, received successful ratings again. Viewers of this TV show were impressed by the extremely talented participants and by the creativity and great taste of the show’s producers, directors, costume designers and makeup artists.

In the middle of December, 2014 the two leaders of the world television industry – Endemol and Shine Group announced the establishment of a new company, thus creating a global entertainment group with a rich portfolio of famous international hits, including Masterchef, American Idol, Big Brother, Broadchurch, The Money Drop, Peaky Blinders, Grantchester, Deal or No Deal, Wipeout, The Biggest Loser, Black Mirror, Mr. Bean, So You Think You Can Dance, One Born Every Minute, The Fall, Man vs. Food and many more.

WeiT Media became the exclusive owner of the vast library of international hits belonging to one of the largest television producers – the Shine Group companies.

Another WeiT Media success was brought about by the premiere of the TV series Rodina, which is based on the sucessful Israeli series called Prisoners of war (Hatufim), launched on the 16^th of March, 2015.

The premiere of Rodina was rated higher than any previously aired series on the channel “Russia 1”, beating premieres on “Channel 1” and “TNT”. The average market share of this series exceeded the broadcaster’s slot average for Adults 18+ by 27%. This is the best result amongst main Russian public TV channels, such as “Channel One Russia”, “NTV”, “TNT” and “CTC” during the period of 2013-2015.

Whereas starting from December 01, 2015 Timur Weinstein has been appointed as the general producer of «NTV» TV channel. Yulia Sumacheva has been appointed as a CEO and General Producer of WeiT Media.