Newen

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NEWEN
FoundedJuly 18th 2008
HeadquartersParis, France
Key people
Bibiane Godfroid (Chairwoman, CEO)
OwnerTF1 Group (Merger with Groupe M6 pending)
SubsidiariesTelfrance, CAPA, 17 juin média, Tooco, Blue Spirit, Tuvalu, Pupkin, Nimbus, De Mensen, Reel One Entertainment, Newen Distribution
Websitehttp://www.newencontent.com

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, and owns Telfrance, 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 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]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c Elsa Keslassy (9 November 2015). "TF1 Acquires Majority Stake In French Production Group Newen". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ "TF1 acquires 70% of the Newen group | Groupe TF1". Groupe-tf1.fr. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Robert Mitchell. "Newen Group Launches $55 Million Investment Fund for U.K. Drama". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (6 September 2018). "Newen Acquires Stakes in Dutch Outfit Pupkin, Danish Banner Nimbus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (11 July 2019). "France's Newen Acquires Canadian Outfit Reel One (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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