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  • Rival have a unique reputation for producing content internationally. No matter the territory, no matter the language, we have filmed and produced series all over the world.

    We've sold our formats across the globe and, because we love them so much, we often produce them ourselves internationally too - from our pan-Arabic hit reality gameshow shot in the Jordanian desert to producing multi-camera factual entertainment series in the USA.

    And because of our huge global experience, we've also been asked to produce other people's ideas too.

    It really is a small world after all.

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    About Steve
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    Steve Wynne is an award winning Executive Producer with over 20 years of production experience in television, radio and emerging technologies.

    Steve's career in the media started at the tender age of 15, when he became a presenter for his local radio station in Liverpool. After helping move sets around at Pebble Mill on shows like Question Time and Good Morning with Anne and Nick, he fled to Italy and worked at Orbit Television, the world's first digital international television network. During his three years at Orbit he produced over 200 hours of original music, kids and entertainment programming.

    In 1999 he became a producer of ITV's phenomenally successful series SMTV and CD:UK, hosted by Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley. That year, the show won a RTS Award & two BAFTAs, setting a new standard for Saturday morning television this was mainly down to the fact that Steve was the voice of Chums.

    Leaving Wonkey Donkey behind, Steve was appointed Executive Producer at Disney Channel where he led a team producing factual, entertainment, sports, music and live programming for a variety of broadcasters including Sky One, Channel Five and the international Walt Disney Television network.

    During his time at Disney, Steve produced the BAFTA Award winning Disney Channel Kids Awards and Star Ticket Active in 2003.

    In 2004 he was Executive Producer of another BAFTA nominated show, Madabout. He also notched up three further New York Festival Finalist Awards and was named a Broadcast Hot Shot and had his photo taken and everything.

    In 2005, Steve joined Warner Brothers International Television as Director of Production. Whilst at Warner Brothers, he was responsible for the development, production and supervision of all WB television formats created outside the US - from sitcoms to reality. Steve forged the way for WB producing local versions of their hit shows and led the formats team across legal and business affairs, new media, strategy and finance. Working with the Producers team in Burbank, he was named Executive Producer on ABC's Emmy-award winning reality hit The Bachelor and rolled the series out internationally across the UK and Europe producing over 10 series in 15 countries. He was also at the forefront of WB's move into scripted formats for Europe and Russia such as Without A Trace, Perfect Strangers, Suddenly Susan and Full House.

    Steve is Dad to two little monkeys and likes to write letters of complaint, collects radio jingles and revels in Eighties hits.

    About the company
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    Rival Media is one of the UK's fastest growing independent production companies.

    Renowned for innovative award-winning series, experts in international formats, and dedicated to the very best production values on screen.

    Led by the ex-international production heads of the world's two largest television studios, Rival Media produces programmes currently on-air in over 35 countries.

    Howard Myers, former Creative Director at Disney-ABC International Television and Steve Wynne, former Director of Production at Warner Brothers International Television, launched Rival Media to focus on Entertainment, Reality and Factual-Entertainment projects.

    With over 20 years of award-winning television production expertise across a range of genres from entertainment to factual and children's, Howard and Steve have combined their Disney-ABC and Warner experience to build an international content business.

    Established in 2007, Rival Media has gained an excellent reputation for creativity and innovation from its London base.

    While the UK broadcast and media market remains a consistent focus, Rival Media continues to build on a strong international presence.

    Alongside the creation and development of brand new formats, a broad range of activities include both selling and buying non-scripted formats around the world, physical production in the UK, Europe, USA and Middle East in both English and non-English language, and the exploitation of intellectual property rights either directly or through strategic partnerships.

    Opening up new markets and regions is the focus for the current growth of the company, alongside a consolidation of the existing client base and the development of new shows across all genres. Building on successful relationships in such diverse territories as the US (with Networks, Cable and local producers) and Europe, Rival Media will be creating further opportunities to expand into emerging territories such as China and India.

    The USP of Rival Media is stand-out content creation and production, unrestricted by geographic boundaries.

    As a company, we're also keen to ensure that our working environment is always creative, totally passionate, exciting and fun.

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    About Howard
    Joint Managing Director
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    Howard Myers is an award winning Director and Executive Producer with 25 years production and senior management experience in the television industry.

    Howard began his professional television career as an editor of sports and music programmes for ESPN and MTV, winning an International PROMAX award for his work. He soon become a leading music video and documentary director in the UK and USA, while creating and producing new comedy shows for MTV Europe.

    As a freelance producer in network television, he went on to develop and direct several successful children's television series and formats for BBC and ITV in the UK and for PBS in USA.

    In 1996, Howard joined Walt Disney International as senior producer/director working across a diverse range of output for both Disney Channel and ITV. In 2000, he became Director of Production and Executive Producer, a role which encompassed supervision of over 1500 hours of production including live, factual, entertainment and scripted shows. During this time, he created and produced the multi award-winning comedy series, Bus Life (nominated for BAFTA and RTS awards, winner of Gold and Grand Jury prizes at New York Festival and Prix Jeunesse). As part of his senior management role at Disney, he led the restructure of the European production divisions.

    In 2005, Howard joined ABC Television, to head up the international formats business of Buena Vista International. As Creative Director Executive Producer he supervised both the commercial exploitation, international creative development and physical production of a variety of programme genres from ABC Television, ABC-Family, Soapnet and Buena Vista, in territories including the UK, Asia, Russia and Europe including Emmy award-winning The Amazing Race, the reality series Extreme Makeover and ABC Television sitcoms, Home Improvement, Golden Girls, Hope Faith and According to Jim. Brand new shows included Muppets TV (TF1 France), the reality series Kicked Out (ABC Family, USA) and elimination format I Wanna Be A Soapstar (ABC USA). Responsible for legal business affairs, sales and strategy across the format division internationally, he was also creative adviser to the Latin American local adaption and production of US scripted hit Desperate Housewives.

    Howard spends his time away from the office perfecting his magic skills, scuba diving and getting injured as a karate black belt, while fretting why he's the only person in the world to have bought a Blackberry Playbook.

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  • Rival Media's formats have travelled the seven seas - and are currently on-air in over 35 countries.

    The Rival Team have worked on some of the world's most successful formats - from The Amazing Race to The Bachelor, Big Brother to Extreme Makeover. Having run the international format divisions for the world's two largest studios - ABC/Disney and Warner Bros., we truly are the format kings.

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