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Endemol is a global leader in television and other audiovisual entertainment active in 25 countries on five continents. We create premium entertainment ideas offering them to the world's leading broadcasters. We then use our ideas to produce high-quality shows, often creating hits with strong brand value. Subsequently, we exploit the value of our brands across other media and communication channels, including, for example, mobile telephones and broadband Internet. To create ideas and develop brands, we secure and motivate local entrepreneurs who are creative self-starters and cultivate strong creative teams. We distribute our content via aggregators such as broadcasters, who largely fund our productions, thus minimising the risk of our business model. We earn our revenues principally through fees from broadcasters and, to a lesser extent, through fees from advertisers and telecom and Internet companies. Being an ideas-led company enables us to minimise our investment in costly equipment and infrastructure. The content we create comprises Scripted, Non-scripted and Digital Media:Scripted programmes are programmes such as drama, comedy and soap operas for which writers pre-determine the script and structure. Non-scripted programmes comprise reality TV entertainment, game shows and talent shows in which the main events within the programme are not pre-determined by writers and producers but are the result of actual events happening during the show. Digital Media products are mainly but not exclusively brand exploitations of Endemol's main programmes, including ringtones, ‘wallpaper' for PCs, broadband streaming of programmes over the Internet and mobile phones, mobile and online games and interactive viewing services including Participation TV.