Fever Media's Richard Hopkins Passes Away

Fever Media's Richard Hopkins Passes Away

LONDON, January 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

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Sony Music today announced that Richard Hopkins died on Saturday 7th January at the
age of 47. Richard was co-founder and joint managing director of Fever Media, a joint
venture television company with Sony Music.

Richard was one of the most gifted TV producers of his generation. His CV is a long
list of some of the most successful shows of the last twenty years. He was the Executive
Producer of Fame Academy, The Big Breakfast and Fear Factor. As a series producer he
worked on the BAFTA award winning first series of Big Brother and was series producer of
the ground breaking comedy series the 11 O'Clock Show.

Richard developed, pitched and went onto produce Strictly Come Dancing, which has won
numerous awards and has been officially recognised as the world's most successful reality
TV format. The format has sold to well over 30 different countries and it was Richard's
personal persistence and unique mixture of charm and persuasiveness that first got the
show sold in America. Richard then went to America to executive produce the show which was
rechristened Dancing With The Stars for the ABC network. To this day it remains one of the
most successful shows on American Television.

Having run Format Entertainment at the BBC between 2003 and 2006 he then went onto
launch Fever Media with David Mortimer in April 2006. Over the last 6 years the company
has made a host of programmes for broadcasters in the UK and around the world, many of
which Richard executive produced, including The People's Quiz, Move Like Michael Jackson
and most recently Catch for American television.

Fever Media joint managing director David Mortimer says: "Television is by its nature
an ephemeral business, so very few of us can hope to have any lasting legacy. Richard was
a glorious exception to this rule, and as one of the greatest producers of his generation
he quite literally got the world dancing. I was privileged to be both his business partner
and friend and my heart goes out to his wife Katy and his three beautiful girls, Angelica,
Josephine and Julianna."

For further information :

Paul Bursche

Director of Communications
Sony Music UK & Ireland

E : paul.bursche@sonymusic.com
T: + 44-207-361-8033

Source: Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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