Original Productions Revenue and Competitors

Original Productions (OP), a FremantleMedia company, is a world-wide culture-changing force in unscripted reality television. With Deadliest Catch and Bering Sea Gold on Discovery; Ice Road Truckers, Ax Men, Appalachian Outlaws, and The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man for History; and Storage Wars and Appalachian Outlaws on A&E, more than 180 countries world-wide are watching Original Productions’ shows. OP series consistently perform above average on primetime cable networks, maintaining strong and growing ratings as new episodes air from year to renewal year. The Original Productions Crew is producing more than 250 hours of amazing episodes of new programming for America’s top cable television networks in 2015. The multi-Emmy® Award-winning Deadliest Catch is in its landmark 11th year and has already been renewed for a 12th season. To date iconic series has received 13 Primetime Emmy® Awards, including 2014 Unstructured Reality Program and the 2011 Outstanding Reality Program. Deadliest Catch has also received multiple Realscreen Awards and accolades from the Producers Guild of America (PGA) with the Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television Award. The real-life hits continue with wheel gripping Ice Road Truckers in its ninth season and OP’s brawny Ax Men recently aired its eighth season. Bering Sea Gold has just completed its fifth season, Appalachian Outlaws renewed for season two, and Storage Wars aficionados can’t get enough of season five. Without fail, the coveted advertiser friendly 25-54 male audience increases each year an OP series is renewed. The OP Crew is a staff with depth including 12 year vet Philip Segal, CEO & Executive Producer and 15 year exec Jeff Conroy, OP’s President & Executive Producer. The legacy began with mega hits such as Monster Garage and Biker Build-Off by Founder Thom Beers who is now CEO of FremantleMedia, NA, OP’s parent company. Original Productions continues its tradition of living up to its name with fan favorites such as 1,000 Ways to Die on Spike and Whisker Wars for IFC, American