Newen
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| Founded | 18 July 2008 |
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| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Key people | Bibiane Godfroid (Chairwoman, CEO) |
| Owner | TF1 Group |
| Subsidiaries | Anagram Telfrance CAPA 17 juin média Tooco Blue Spirit Tuvalu Pupkin Nimbus De Mensen Reel One Entertainment Newen Distribution |
| Website | http://www.newenstudios.com |
Newen Studios (formerly known as Newen) is a French television production company, the producers of such shows as Versailles, Braquo, and Plus belle la vie.
In November 2015, TF1, France's leading television network, bought a 70% share of Fabrice Larue's FLCP, the holding company of Newen.[1][2]
Newen is the second-largest producer of drama in France. It owns Telfrance, Agence CAPA, Be Aware and 17 juin Me, with Telfrance producing the soap, Plus belle la vie.[1]
Capa is the producer of Braquo and Versailles.[1]
In May 2017, Newen Group launched a €50 million investment fund focused on acquiring British drama.[3] In 2018, it was announced that Newen had acquired a 60% equity interest in production outfit, Punkin, through Tuvalu Media Group. It was also announced that Newen acquired a 33% equity stake in production outfit, Nimbus.[4] Newen would continue its acquisition run with the July 2019 acquisition of a majority stake in Canadian production outfit Reel One Entertainment.[5]
Fabrice Larue is the founder, CEO and chairman of Newen Group.[3]
Productions
References
- ^ a b c Elsa Keslassy (9 November 2015). "TF1 Acquires Majority Stake In French Production Group Newen". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "TF1 acquires 70% of the Newen group | Groupe TF1". Groupe-tf1.fr. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ a b Robert Mitchell. "Newen Group Launches $55 Million Investment Fund for U.K. Drama". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (6 September 2018). "Newen Acquires Stakes in Dutch Outfit Pupkin, Danish Banner Nimbus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (11 July 2019). "France's Newen Acquires Canadian Outfit Reel One (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 26 January 2021.