RDF Media

RDF Media Group

Founded	London, 1993
Headquarters	London, Glasgow, Cardiff and Bristol (UK) Santa Monica and New York City (USA)
Key people	David Frank, Chief Executive
Industry	Television production
Employees	~ 500
Website	http://www.rdfmedia.com

RDF Media Group is a British television production company founded in 1993 by David Frank.

Programming

• The Real DEAL ITV
• Faking It Channel 4 & TLC BAFTA Best Features award 2001 & 2002
• Wife Swap Channel 4 & ABC BAFTA Best Feature award 2003
• Secret Millionaire Channel 4 and ABC
• Location, Location, Location Channel 4
• Relocation, Relocation Channel 4
• Shipwrecked: Battle of the Islands Channel 4 - T4
• Scrapheap Challenge Channel 4 a.k.a Junkyard Wars TLC
• Don't Forget the Lyrics Fox & Sky One & Astro Ria
• Ladette to Lady ITV
• Holiday Showdown ITV
• The Century of the Self BBC2
• The Queen's Castle BBC 1
• Rock School Channel 4
• The Basil Brush Show CBBC
• The Queen's Sister Channel 4
• City of Vice Channel 4
• Monarchy : The Royal Family at Work BBC1
• Escape from Scorpion Island CBBC
• Murderland ITV
• Waybuloo CBeebies
• Mister Maker CBeebies
• Dani's House CBBC
• How the Other Half Live Channel 4

Corporate structure

RDF’s production activities include making entertainment programming, reality shows, factual programming, drama, comedy and children’s programming. This is done through the group’s content companies; RDF Television, IWC Media, RDF USA inc., Touchpaper Television, The Foundation, The Comedy Unit, Presentable and RDF Contact. RDF’s content division also produces content for non-standard TV platforms.

RDF Rights is RDF’s distribution and content exploitation business. It is engaged in selling TV shows and formats to broadcasters worldwide as well as leveraging value from content rights and brands through licensing and merchandising.

Awards

RDF received Broadcast magazine's ‘Best Production Company of the Year Award’ for 2002, 2004 & 2006, the only company to win this coveted award on more than one occasion. Several of its programmes have won BAFTA, RTS, and Rose D'Or awards.

Recent awards include:

RDF Rights - Winner of Broadcast Distributor Peer Poll 2009

Being Human - Winner of Broadcast Digital Award for Best Programme Launch 2009

Terry Pratchett: Living with Alzheimer’s – Scottish BAFTA for Best Factual Series 2009

Rab C Nesbitt Christmas Special – Scottish BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme 2009

http://www.rdfmedia.com/rdfmedia/about/awards/