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'''FremantleMedia''' (doing business as '''Fremantle''') is a British-based media conglomerate company founded on 20 August 2001, as a merger of [[Pearson Television]] and CLT-UFA; the companies merged to become "RTL Group" and by renaming the production arm to FremantleMedia, who currently owns the [[All American Television|All American]], [[Mark Goodson Television Productions|Mark Goodson]], and [[Reg Grundy Productions|Reg Grundy]] libraries, among other formats. In 2003, FremantleMedia acquired Australian production company [[Crackerjack|Crackerjack Productions]], who merged with [[Grundy Television]] to form "FremantleMedia Australia". On 7 September 2018, the company changed its onscreen name to simply "Fremantle", though FremantleMedia remains its legal name. Today, Fremantle is a division of the RTL Group, and is 90% owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, which is 80.9% owned by the Bertelsmann Foundation and 19.1% owned by the Mohn Family.