What Lecter Media does

Lecter Media is a Belgian independent production house, founded in 2016, that produces television and film content across all major genres including documentaries, reality series, drama series, entertainment formats, cooking programs, and feature films. The company is structured around two main legal entities — LECTER MEDIA NV and LECTER SCRIPTED & DOCU NV — both headquartered at Luchthavenlei 7C in Deurne, Belgium, with a wholly-owned Wallonia subsidiary (OVNI Media SRL) based in Evere that enables the company to serve both Flemish and French-speaking Belgian markets. Lecter produces both acquired international formats (e.g., Big Brother, Love Island, Snackmasters) and self-developed original content (e.g., True Crime Belgium, Groeten Uit, Mijn Slechtste Beste Vriendin), with a catalog of 50+ productions.

The company's business model is B2B content licensing and production-for-hire. It sells broadcast and streaming rights to Belgian television networks (VTM, Play4, RTL TVI) and streaming platforms (Streamz, Netflix Belgium), and generates incremental international revenue through format licensing, where its self-developed format "Groeten Uit" has been adapted in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Wallonia. The company operates an asset-light production model, relying on a compact core team of 11-50 employees supplemented by an extensive network of showrunners, editors, directors (including Jan Verheyen), and creative talent engaged on a project basis. Notable commercial successes include the feature film "Wil" (2023), which attracted 240,000 visitors and won 7 Ensor awards, securing distribution on Netflix.

Lecter's go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with direct sales to broadcast commissioners and streaming platform content acquirers in Belgium and internationally. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and operates as a partnership owned by Producer/partner Guy Goedgezelschap and COO/partner Robert van den Bogaard. There is no public pricing or rate card — engagements are quote-based production deals negotiated bilaterally with each broadcaster or platform. Revenue streams derive primarily from production fees and format licensing royalties.

Name

Lecter Media

Legal name

LECTER MEDIA NV

Website

https://lectermedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lecter Media is a Belgian independent production house producing television and film content across all genres — documentaries, reality, drama, and feature films — for Belgian broadcasters (VTM, Play4, RTL TVI) and streamers (Netflix, Streamz), with international format licensing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Television Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Docuseries & Episodic Nonfiction (TV/Streaming) (MPADADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Politics & Current Affairs Documentaries (MPADADAJ)

Keywords

• Television production services
• Media production
• Content licensing
• Format distribution
• Fiction production

Headquarters

HQ city

Lint

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TV and Streaming Content Production: Production and licensing of television programs, documentary series, reality shows, drama series, and feature films to Belgian broadcasters and streaming platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Lecter Media is a Belgian independent production house that develops and produces television content across all genres—including documentaries, reality series, drama series, cooking and competition formats, comedy shows, and feature films—for Belgian broadcasters (VTM, Play4, RTL TVI) and streaming platforms (VTM GO, Streamz, Netflix). The company also licenses its self-developed formats internationally (e.g., Groeten Uit adapted in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Wallonia). It operates through LECTER MEDIA NV and LECTER SCRIPTED & DOCU NV in Deurne (Flanders) and OVNI Media SRL in Evere (Wallonia).

Product overview

Lecter Media is a Belgian independent production company operating across all genres for broadcasters and streamers. The company produces both acquired and self-developed formats, organized under two main entities: LECTER MEDIA NV and LECTER SCRIPTED & DOCU NV in Deurne (Flanders), with OVNI Media SRL in Wallonia. The portfolio includes documentary series (True Crime Belgium, Tsunami, Levenslang, Project Axel, Van Rossem), reality shows (Big Brother, Love Island, Miljoenenhuizen, In Mijn Caravan, Paradijs Zoekt Personeel), entertainment formats (Groeten Uit, Wat Een Jaar, Comedy Casino), cooking programs (Fou de Cuisine, Zot Van Koken, Tussen 2 Vuren), fiction series (Mijn Slechtste Beste Vriendin), and feature films (Wil). The international hit format Groeten Uit has been adapted in Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Wallonia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• True Crime Belgium
• Groeten Uit (Greetings From)
• Comedy Casino
• Axel in Amerika
• Moordzaken: Levenslang (Murder Cases: Life Sentence)
• Megan
• Tsunami
• Axel Gaat Binnen
• Miljoenenhuizen
• Loïc: Fou de Cuisine
• Mijn Slechtste Beste Vriendin
• Wil
• De Luizenmoeder
• Wat Een Jaar
• Snackmasters
• Big Brother
• Love Island
• Project Axel
• Met De Joris
• OVNI Media (Walloon production services)

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OVNI MediacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOVNI Media SRL is Lecter's Walloon subsidiary operating from Avenue Leonard Mommaerts in Evere, Brussels. This partnership extends Lecter's production capabilities into the French-speaking Belgian market, allowing the company to serve both Flemish and Walloon audiences.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ITV Studios: Global content producer and distributor with extensive international format operations, providing a benchmark for global production scale and cross-border IP licensing.
• Banijay: Global independent production group operating across multiple countries and genres including Big Brother and other reality formats that Lecter also produces locally — sets the broader competitive and format-licensing environment.
• All3Media: International indie production group with operations across scripted, factual and entertainment — represents the global consolidator archetype that competes for premium commissions.

Direct peers

• Geronimo: Belgian independent production company specializing in entertainment and reality programming for VTM and other Flemish broadcasters, with a comparable multi-genre production model.
• Woestijnvis: Belgian independent production house producing prime-time entertainment, documentaries and comedy for Flemish public broadcaster VRT — comparable in catalog breadth and domestic broadcaster focus.
• Roses Are Blue: Belgian production company behind major Flemish entertainment and reality franchises; operates in the same genre mix and broadcaster ecosystem as Lecter.
• De Mensen: Belgian independent production house producing entertainment, reality and scripted content for Flemish broadcasters — the closest Belgian-headquartered direct peer in scale, genre coverage, and customer base.

Others

• VRT: Flemish public broadcaster that both commissions from and produces alongside Belgian independents; a key ecosystem participant shaping demand for Lecter's content.
• DPG Media Belgium (VTM): Commercial broadcaster group and principal commissioning customer for Lecter; relevant as the dominant buyer of Flemish entertainment, reality and fiction content.
• RTL Belgium: Belgian subsidiary of RTL Group operating RTL TVI and RTL Plug; a commissioning customer for Lecter (e.g., Snackmasters) and a representative Walloon/French-language broadcaster counterpart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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