company industry television genre production company founded 2004 headquarters stockholm sweden owner metronome film & television 21st century fox website friday tv website friday tv creates and distributes television formats . friday tv also provides production and consulting services to television production companies and broadcasters worldwide . contents 1 history 2 formats 3 references 4 external links history edit friday tv ab is based in stockholm sweden and was founded in october 2004 as a joint venture between estelle bod n mattias olsson jock millg rdh and metronome film & television . 1 metronome film & television is scandinavia s largest independent film and tv production company with subsidiaries in sweden norway denmark and finland . in scandinavia friday tv s formats are produced exclusively by the metronome group . bod n olsson and millg rdh met while working at swedish production company strix television . at strix millg rdh and olsson oversaw the development of formats such as the farm la ferme c l brit s la granja the bar expedition robinson kerry s getting married yasmin s getting married and harem op ration s duction libertad vigilada . in 2007 friday tv became a wholly owned subsidiary of metronome . in april 2009 metronome was acquired by uk s shine group . 2 news corporation acquired shine group in april 2011 . 3 in 2012 bod n millg rdh and olsson left the company . bod n was replaced as md by per blankens . in may 2013 blankens left friday to become executive producer of american idol 4 friday tv s head of development simon romanus was appointed interim md in his place . 5 in april 2014 marika makaroff former chief of fremantlemedia finland assumed the md role at friday tv and romanus resumed his head of development position . 6 formats edit friday tv has created over 40 original tv formats that have been sold into more than 70 countries . the company s internationally most successful formats are minute to win it die perfekte minute minuto para ganar clash of the choirs and single moms must love kids maman cherche l amour . friday tv s formats have aired on broadcasters such as nbc tlc and mundofox in the united states france 2 m6 and tf1 in france sat .1 and rtl television in germany cctv in china cuatro and antena 3 in spain nelonen in finland seven network in australia kanal 4 tv2 and tv3 in denmark tv2 and tvnorge in norway as well as tv3 svt kanal 5 and tv4 in sweden . in 2007 nbc commissioned the friday tv format clash of the choirs . 7 local versions of clash of the choirs have subsequently aired in 19 countries including france spain poland india colombia sweden norway denmark and china . 8 in october 2008 friday tv opened an office in los angeles . 9 in september 2009 nbc commissioned a second format from friday tv the game show minute to win it . 10 minute to win it has to date been sold to broadcasters in 68 countries including germany spain india sweden australia malaysia netherlands czech republic peru chile belgium poland and brazil . 11 on october 6 2010 minute to win it was awarded the c21 frapa award for best studio based game show format at the mipcom television festival in france . in los angeles friday tv has also done the casting for the international adaptations of the metronome format swedish hollywood wives in denmark norway spain belgium poland and holland . references edit http www.frapa.org press.html plunkett john april 28 2009 . elisabeth murdoch s shine buys scandinavian group for 60m . the guardian . retrieved may 11 2011 . lowry tom april 5 2011 . news corp. acquires shine . variety . retrieved may 11 2011 . marechal aj june 10 2013 . per blankens to exec produce american idol . variety . retrieved aug 28 2013 . whittock jesse june 11 2013 . former friday tv chief to revamp american idol . tbi . retrieved aug 28 2013 . whittock jesse april 4 2014 . ex fremantlemedia finland boss joins friday . tbi . retrieved apr 24 2014 . nbc harmonizes with celebrity singers to conduct a search for the perfect choir when clash of the choirs premieres live in exciting four night holiday event december 17 20 . futon critic . september 21 2007 . retrieved may 11 2011 . rosser michael september 21 2011 . http www.broadcastnow.co.uk news international asia shine sells choir format to china 5032340 . article shine sells choir format to china check url value help . broadcast . retrieved january 30 2012 . littleton cynthia september 28 2008 . sweden s metronome u.s. bound . variety . retrieved may 11 2011 . hibberd james november 30 2010 . nbc orders deceptively simple perfect 10 game show . the hollywood reporter . retrieved may 11 2011 . whittock jesse june 21 2010 . nbcu ships gameshow down under . c21media . retrieved may 11 2011 . external links edit metronome film & television website shine group website minute to win it nbc website clash of the choirs nbc website v t e shine group uk bossa studios channelflip shine tv dragonfly film and television kudos film and 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