Roses Are Blue unifies its European operations under one name and acquires 100% of Fabiola Group
The production company doubles down on international growth and strengthens its European footprint
The Belgian production company Roses Are Blue is accelerating its international expansion by bringing its European operations together under a single, unified brand. As part of this move, the company has acquired all remaining shares of the Fabiola Group and is fully integrating its hubs in the Netherlands and Germany into the Roses Are Blue structure.
With this step, Roses Are Blue continues to build an integrated European group focused on the development and production of original formats for the international market. The operations in the Netherlands and Germany will henceforth operate under the names Roses Are Blue Netherlands and Roses Are Blue Germany.
Mathias Coppens, Founding Managing Director of Roses Are Blue Belgium: “With this expansion, we are taking an important step towards realizing our international ambitions. Together with our teams in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, we are building a creative collaboration without borders, that allows us to produce better, faster and more cost-efficiently.”
The German branch also emphasizes the importance of scale in a rapidly evolving industry.
Oliver Fuchs and Ina Balint-Eck, Founding Managing Directors of Roses Are Blue Germany: “We strongly believe that in an international industry that is moving faster, expanding more broadly and spreading across more platforms than ever before, creative companies need both independence and scale. Under the Roses Are Blue flagship, this new structure builds on a partnership we have shaped since our founding in 2018 and brings together what belongs together: directors, producers and creatives with a shared ambition to create across borders."
In the Netherlands, the integration is seen as a logical next step.
Pieter van Eekelen, Founding Managing Director of Roses Are Blue Netherlands: “This step feels very natural to me, as the collaboration between Fabiola Netherlands and Roses Are Blue has been exceptionally strong for many years. We share the same vision on content, understand each other’s way of working and have built a strong mutual trust over time. Moving forward under one name is a confirmation for me of a partnership that is now ready for its next phase — a phase I am very much looking forward to.”
The Fabiola Group was founded in 2017 by De Mensen, Lecter Media and Woestijnvis with the aim of bringing Flemish content to international markets. Roses Are Blue is continuing that vision and has now acquired the company in full, in partnership with the current local management teams in the Netherlands and Germany. The existing local management teams will remain on board, ensuring continuity and strong market expertise while being integrated into the broader scope of the group.
International scale and creative collaboration
Founded in 2017 by Mathias Coppens under the umbrella of the Caviar Group, Roses Are Blue has grown into an established player in Flanders, with successful formats such as Down The Road, De Expedition, The Way Out and The Restaurant that Makes Mistakes The latter earned the production company an International Emmy Award. Its formats are increasingly finding their way to international markets, underlining the ambition to expand the reach of its creative IP through collaborations with international broadcasters and streaming platforms.
Part of Caviar Group
Roses Are Blue is part of the Caviar Group, a global and versatile production company founded in 2005, with offices in Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Los Angeles. Caviar is known for films such as The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Mari Heller), The Rider (Chloé Zhao), the Academy Award-winning Sound of Metal (Darius Marder), Rebel (Adil & Bilall) and The Soundman (Frank Van Passel) as well as series including Tabula Rasa, Clan and its international remake Bad Sisters, Moresnet, Dead End and, more recently, The Best Immigrant.
Recently, Caviar’s founders and management, together with investors Jürgen Ingels and the French Togetherfund, repurchased a majority stake in the company from Telenet. This transaction reinforces Caviar’s position as a leading and dynamic production company and lays the foundation for a new phase of strategic growth and creative innovation.
“This new shareholder structure, with strong involvement from our own management, enables us to further realize our ambitions. We will continue to invest in high-quality content, support talent development and strengthen our international partnerships. Our goal remains to tell stories that resonate both locally and globally.” says Bert Hamelinck, CEO of Caviar.
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