Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands
Dutch film and television production company
Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP Netherlands), formerly known as Eyeworks, is an Amsterdam-based international television production company founded by Reinout Oerlemans, Robert van den Bogaard and Ronald van Wechem. As of June 2014, it is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warner Bros. Television Group and rebranded as Warner Bros. International Television Production.
History
On February 26, 2003, Eyeworks had announced it had acquired a 45% stake in RTL Television's Cologne-based subsidiary Stormy Entertainment and was being renamed to StormyEyeworks GmbH with RTL retaining their 45 percent stake in the rebranded company.
In January 2005, Eyeworks announced that they've acquired Dutch sports production company that was also based in Netherlands named WK Productions, marking their expansion into the sports genre with WK Productions founders Kees Jansma and Will Moerer continued to work for the company under Eyeworks.
In October 2005, Eyeworks had announced that they've acquired two of Belgium's leading television production companies MMG and Pics. Eyeworks also announced that they've expanded their Swedish operations by acquiring Nova TV.
On February 8, 2006, Eyeworks acquired New Zealand production company Touchdown Television.
In September 2006, Eyeworks announced that they've expanded their drama production activities by acquiring Dutch drama production company Egmond Film & Television expanding Eyeworks's Dutch operations with Egmond Film & Television being incorporated into Eyeworks and had the company renamed to Eyeworks Egmond with Egmond's CEO Hans de Weer continued to be remained on board under Eyeworks.
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