Company Profle - RDF Media Group

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RDF Media Group (RDF) is one of the largest and fastest-growing production companies in the world, headquartered in London, with large offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff and Maidstone. RDF is a publicly-listed company consisting of thirteen content-oriented companies, including Touchpaper, Radar, IWC Media, The Foundation, Presentable, The Comedy Unit, RDF Television, RDF Television West, RDF Management, RDF Rights, RDF Digital, Pangea and RDF USA.

Through its group members, RDF has produced a wide range of outstanding drama, comedy, reality, game and children's programming for all of the broadcast and cable networks in both the US and the UK. RDF has won numerous awards for its programming including a number of BAFTAs, Royal Television Society awards, the Rose d'Or and an International Emmy. RDF group companies won Broadcast's Best Independent Production Company award in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006. RDF is the only producer to win this award more than once.

RDF Rights is one of the top-rated distribution companies in the world, distributing programming and formats internationally on behalf of over 80 third party producers, as well as US networks like Court TV, Lifetime and Spike. RDF Rights also exploits secondary rights worldwide such as DVDs, merchandising and publishing. RDF Rights has exclusive first-look deals with 15 production companies worldwide- RDF USA and its rights management company, Pangea, shepherd this content into the US.

RDF USA and Pangea are led by Chris Coelen, CEO, a former partner at United Talent Agency who ran the international and alternative television packaging divisions there, selling over 70 shows, both scripted and non-scripted, including Wife Swap, Footballers Wives, Supernanny, Surreal Life and Average Joe.

RDF USA's development team is led by Greg Goldman, EVP based in Santa Monica, and Charles Tremayne, EVP based in New York. Goldman is a former ABC executive who oversaw shows like Wife Swap, The Bachelor and American Inventor; Tremayne formerly ran the New York operation of Granada America, where he oversaw shows like Room Raiders, The First 48, Dallas Swat and Airline. RDF USA's team also includes Beth Greenwald, SVP, a former MTV executive, who oversaw shows like Pimp My Ride, Yo Momma and Adventures in Hollyhood; Tony Yates, COO, who formerly worked as Co-EP of shows like Project Greenlight and Supernanny; Kirk Schenck, President & General Counsel, was formerly the EVP at Fox Television Studios, where he oversaw scripted shows like The Shield, Malcolm in the Middle and The Wedding Album as well as non-scripted shows like Celebrity Duets, Girls Next Door, Inked and Cheerleader Nation. Max Benator leads RDF Digital in the US.

Pangea is an intellectual rights management/production company whose team includes Karrie Wolfe, SVP, who spent five years as a television packaging agent at United Talent Agency; and Brian Lenard, Manager of Scripted Programming, who formerly worked in the Drama Development Department at CBS.

Key US RDF/Pangea shows include: Wife Swap (ABC); Shaq's Big Challenge (ABC); Two Coreys (A&E); Meadowlands (Showtime); Off The Charts (Fox); How to Look Good Naked (Lifetime); Banzai (G4); 3 Kings (MTV); Ice T's Rap School (VH1); Junkyard Wars (TLC); Faking It (TLC); Gene Simmons Rock School (VH1); Ladette to Lady (Sundance).

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Company Profle - RDF Media Group