Fremantle buys majority stake in @radical.media

FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in @radical.media, an innovator in the growing field of branded entertainment founded by Jon Kamen (pictured). FremantleMedia is the production arm of the RTL Group unit of the media giant Bertelsmann. The deal was announced on Monday at the opening of the 2010 Mipcom programming trade show in Cannes, France. @radical.media is based in New York and also has offices in Berlin, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Sydney. Fremantle is based in London.