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Talpa Media moves in on Bunim/Murray


July 16, 2009 John de Mol, the Dutch billionaire producer who created the globally successful format for "Big Brother," is acquiring Bunim/Murray Prods., the company behind MTV's groundbreaking reality series "Real World," through his Talpa Media company. In 2007, Talpa Media launched Talpa Content USA, an U.S.-based outfit dedicated to developing new reality formats. The company is producing with Endemol USA the upcoming ABC unscripted series "Dating in the Dark."

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