FishBowl Worldwide Media

What FishBowl Worldwide Media does

FishBowl Worldwide Media is an independent television production company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Los Angeles. It operates as a division of Vin Di Bona Productions, producing family-friendly reality and entertainment programming for global audiences. Its flagship product is America's Funniest Home Videos (AFV), a user-submitted home-video comedy format currently in its 35th season on ABC (Sunday nights at 7 PM ET/PT) and streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The company also produces the Inquisitors franchise as part of its content portfolio.

The underlying business is a content-IP and format-licensing model rather than a technology platform. Distribution is anchored on linear broadcast (ABC in the US), streaming (Amazon Prime Video), and international format licensing reaching 193 territories with 15 locally adapted versions. The company reports over 5 billion monthly views and 2.5 billion monthly minutes watched across Vin Di Bona Productions digital platforms, indicating a meaningful owned-and-operated digital footprint in addition to third-party distribution.

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed, but the implied model combines US broadcast license fees for AFV, streaming royalties from Amazon, and international format-licensing fees across the 15 local versions. The customer base is a horizontal mass-market audience (families and general viewers), with B2B counterparties (ABC, Amazon, international format buyers) functioning as distribution and licensing partners. The company is privately held and founder-led, with Vin Di Bona as founder and John Reding as VP of Business Development & Operations; headcount is in the 11-50 range.

Name

FishBowl Worldwide Media

Legal name

Vin Di Bona Productions

Website

https://fbwmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FishBowl Worldwide Media is a Los Angeles-based independent production company behind America's Funniest Home Videos (35 seasons on ABC, streaming on Amazon) and the Inquisitors franchise, licensing family-friendly entertainment formats to 193 territories worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FishBowl Worldwide Media is an independent production company that creates and produces family-friendly reality television programming, most notably America's Funniest Home Videos (AFV), currently in its 35th season and airing on ABC and Amazon Prime Video. The company develops and licenses iconic entertainment formats internationally across 193 territories with 15 local versions, generating over 5 billion monthly views across its digital platforms.

Product overview

FishBowl Worldwide Media operates as a division of Vin Di Bona Productions, America's leader in family friendly entertainment. The company produces iconic television programming including America's Funniest Home Videos (currently in its 35th season, airing Sundays on ABC and streaming on Amazon) and Inquisitors. Content reaches 193 territories across 15 local versions, generating over 5 billion monthly views and 2.5 billion monthly minutes watched across digital platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• America's Funniest Home Videos: Long-running reality comedy series airing Sunday nights on ABC, created and produced by the company
• Inquisitors

Products and services

• America's Funniest Home Videos

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ABC (American Broadcasting Company)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorABC serves as the primary broadcast partner for America’s Funniest Home Videos, airing the show Sunday nights at 7 PM. This is a flagship, long-standing distribution partnership spanning 35 seasons.
• Amazon Prime VideocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAmazon Prime Video serves as a streaming distribution partner, providing on-demand access to Vin Di Bona Productions content. Content is available for streaming on the platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pilgrim Media Group: Independent unscripted production company behind Dirty Jobs, Ghost Hunters and Street Outlaws; comparable as a boutique reality producer selling returning formats to US networks and international buyers.
• Magical Elves: Independent unscripted production company behind Top Chef and Nailed It!; comparable as a boutique reality producer working with major broadcast/streaming partners on family-adjacent franchises.
• Bunim/Murray Productions: Independent reality TV pioneer (The Real World, Project Runway spin-offs) producing long-running reality franchises for major US networks — directly comparable boutique reality production model to FishBowl.
• Fremantle: World's largest independent global content producer and reality TV format licensor (Idol, Got Talent, X Factor), with a comparable business model of creating hit formats, running them on broadcast partners, and licensing them internationally to local producers.
• Endemol Shine Group: Pioneering reality TV producer (Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, Wipeout) with deep international format operations; now folded into Banijay but historically directly comparable in reality TV production and licensing.
• Banijay Group: Global leader in content production and distribution including reality TV (Survivor, Deal or No Deal, MasterChef), with the same combination of flagship reality formats, multi-territory distribution, and format licensing as FishBowl.

Broad incumbents

• ITV Studios: Global content production and distribution arm of ITV plc producing both scripted and unscripted formats for international buyers; comparable in international format licensing scale but operates a much broader portfolio.
• All3Media: Independent global television producer-distributor with a wide portfolio of factual and entertainment formats; comparable in international distribution footprint and focus on returning series across multiple genres.
• Cineflix Media: Independent producer and distributor of factual, unscripted and scripted content with strong international distribution; comparable in the dual production-plus-distribution model that monetizes library globally.
• Sony Pictures Television: Major studio producing and distributing unscripted and reality programming globally, including flagship franchises on US networks; comparable distributor-producer position to ABC's relationship with FishBowl, though at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FishBowlWMedia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AFVofficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/fbwmedia
• Instagraminstagram.com/afvofficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fishbowl-worldwide-media-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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