B&B Endemol Shine

What B&B Endemol Shine does

B&B Endemol Shine is a Zürich-based television production company founded in 2000 as a joint venture between Swiss partners Hannes Bichsel and Freddy Burger and John de Mol's Endemol, initially to bring the Big Brother format to Switzerland. Following the 2015 merger of Dutch Endemol and English Shine into Endemol Shine Group, the company was acquired by French media conglomerate Banijay in 2020, becoming the group's Swiss subsidiary. The company operates with 23 professionals based in Zürich (Binzmühlestrasse 170d) and produces television content for the Swiss market.

The company sells and licenses TV show formats from Banijay's global catalog for the Swiss market, develops custom formats for local broadcasters, and produces documentaries and factual series. Its capabilities span the entire production chain in-house, including sales/licensing, show development, planning, production management, camera work, research, storytelling, postproduction, and color grading. Active productions include quiz and entertainment shows (1 gegen 100 on SRF, Wie tickt die Schweiz?, SRF Retro Quiz, Wir mal vier, Songmates), reality formats (Alone Together — a dating show on an island in Sweden), celebrity competitions (The Masked Singer Switzerland on ProSieben Switzerland, Fashion Taxi on Sat.1), and documentaries (Reporter, Geboren am on SRF; Swiss Alps and Swiss dog stories on 3sat).

B&B Endemol Shine generates revenue through licensing fees for Banijay-owned formats and production contracts with Swiss broadcasters under undisclosed quote-based B2B terms. Distribution is direct to five primary Swiss and DACH-region broadcasters (SRF, ProSieben Switzerland, Sat.1, One Plus, 3sat), with SRF as the dominant partner. The company positions itself as a one-stop, full-cycle production house with the ability to shoot internationally under the Banijay umbrella, while serving Swiss-language and German-speaking audience needs.

Name

B&B Endemol Shine

Legal name

B&B Endemol Shine AG

Website

https://bbendemolshine.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

B&B Endemol Shine is the Swiss subsidiary of Banijay, producing and licensing TV quiz shows, entertainment formats, and documentaries for Swiss broadcasters including SRF, ProSieben Switzerland, Sat.1, One Plus, and 3sat from its Zürich base with 23 professionals.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TV Format Licensing and Production: As Banijay's Swiss subsidiary, the company licenses and produces TV formats from Banijay's global portfolio for the Swiss market. Revenue comes from licensing fees for established formats and production contracts with Swiss broadcasters.

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Core offering

B&B Endemol Shine AG is a Swiss television production company headquartered in Zürich that develops, produces, and licenses entertainment formats for German-language broadcasters in Switzerland. The company specializes in quiz shows, reality entertainment programs, music formats, and documentaries, producing content for clients including SRF, ProSieben Switzerland, Sat.1, One Plus, and 3sat. Founded in 2000 as a joint venture between the Swiss production house B&B and John de Mol's Endemol, the company now operates as part of the Banijay Group.

Product overview

B&B Endemol Shine operates as a TV production company and format licensing business, not a traditional software product. The company offers a portfolio of television content comprising three core service areas: (1) licensing and sale of international TV show formats from the Banijay catalog adapted for the Swiss market, (2) custom development of Swiss-specific TV shows for local broadcasters, and (3) production of documentaries and factual series. The product portfolio includes established formats like 1 gegen 100 (quiz show), The Masked Singer Switzerland (celebrity competition), and newer productions like Alone Together (dating reality). As part of the global Banijay group, the company can leverage international format library access while providing local Swiss production expertise.

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Products and services

• The Masked Singer Switzerland A reality entertainment format produced for SRF, adapted from the international Masked Singer franchise, featuring celebrities performing in elaborate costumes.
• 1 gegen 100 A quiz show format in which one contestant competes against 100 opponents to win prize money.
• Alone Together An entertainment format produced for SRF.
• Wie tickt die Schweiz A documentary/reality format exploring how the Swiss population thinks, behaves, and lives.
• SRF Retro Quiz A retro-themed quiz show produced for SRF.
• Songmates A music-themed entertainment format.
• Wir mal vier An entertainment format produced for the Swiss market.
• Reporter A news magazine and investigative journalism format produced for SRF.
• Geboren am A documentary format exploring people born on the same day.

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BanijaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Banijay acquired the Endemol Shine Group in 2020. B&B Endemol Shine is the Swiss subsidiary of Banijay, selling and producing TV shows from Banijay's global portfolio in the Swiss market. This ownership provides access to a vast library of international formats and production resources.
• Shine GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015The Dutch Endemol merged with the English Shine in 2015, forming Endemol Shine Group, which was later acquired by Banijay in 2020.
• EndemolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Founded in 2000 when Hannes Bichsel and Freddy Burger (the two 'Bs') entered a joint venture with John de Mol and Endemol to bring Big Brother to Switzerland. Endemol later merged with Shine in 2015.

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Broad incumbents

• ITV Studios: Global content producer and distributor within ITV plc, operating an international formats business with comparable entertainment and factual production capability. A direct competitor for format commissions in European markets.
• Fremantle: One of the largest global TV production and distribution companies, producing entertainment and factual formats across Europe. Competes with B&B Endemol Shine for broadcaster commissions and represents the most credible alternative supplier to Swiss broadcasters.
• BBC Studios: Commercial arm of the BBC producing and distributing global entertainment, factual and documentary content. A peer in production model and factual/documentary work, particularly relevant for public-service broadcaster (SRF, 3sat) commissions.
• All3Media: Independent global TV production group with a portfolio of production labels across the UK, US and continental Europe. Competes with B&B Endemol Shine in entertainment and factual production and pitches formats to the same class of broadcasters.
• Warner Bros. Discovery Television Production (Warner Bros. ITVP): International television production arm of Warner Bros. Discovery, producing scripted and unscripted formats across Europe. Competes with B&B Endemol Shine for entertainment commissions and supplies alternative international IP to Swiss broadcasters.

Direct peers

• Talpa Media: John de Mol's content company, closely associated with the original Endemol DNA. Focused on developing and exploiting entertainment formats, directly comparable in format-driven production strategy and a historical counterparty to the B&B founders.
• Banijay Germany: Sibling Banijay subsidiary producing and licensing TV formats for the German market. Operates the same format-licensing-plus-local-production business model for a much larger German-language broadcaster base, making it the closest structural and operational analogue to B&B Endemol Shine.
• EndemolShine (Banijay group): Former independent and now part of Banijay; produces entertainment, reality and factual formats globally with the same format-licensing and full-cycle production model. Highly comparable in production DNA, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• Red Arrow Studios: Production and distribution company owned by ProSiebenSat.1, producing entertainment and factual formats primarily for German-speaking markets. Highly comparable in genre mix and language reach, and a natural competitor for Swiss commercial broadcaster commissions.
• C-Films: Independent Swiss production company producing feature films, series and documentaries. Comparable as a Swiss-headquartered producer competing for the same local commissioning budgets and broadcaster relationships, though focused more on scripted and film than entertainment formats.

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