All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film, and digital production and distribution company based in London. The All3Media group consists of more than 50 production and distribution companies and labels from the United Kingdom and all other parts of Europe (IDTV in the Netherlands and All3Media Deutschland in Germany), New Zealand (South Pacific Pictures) and the United States.[2]
History
All3Media Limited was formed in 2003 after the Chrysalis's television arm was acquired by a consortium led by ex-Granada chief Steve Morrison, former ITV Head of Programming, David Liddiment, and former Operations MD at Granada, Jules Burns.[citation needed] On 3 June 2004, they announced that they acquired independent factual producer Lion TV which was founded in 1997 to expand the group across the Atlantic.[3]
In June 2005, the company acquired Mersey Television the creator of the soap operas Brookside and Hollyoaks in the company's 10th acquisition after they bid for that company in April 2005.[4] It was renamed as Lime Pictures in 2006.
In February 2007, All3Media had announced that they've expanding their operations into Germany by making an agreement to acquire Cologne-based German independent television production company MME Moviement with All3Media's German division Pertus Zehnte being renamed to All3Media Deutschland.[5][6] In June 2007, All3Media announced that they've acquired the Birmingham-based independent production company behind 10 Years LongerMaverick Television for an undisclosed sum, expanding All3Media's British television production portfolio with Maverick Television continued operated independently within All3Media along with their name.[7][8] Two months later in August of that same year, All3Media had announced that they've expanded their television production operations by acquiring Andrew O'Conner's production company Objective Productions.[9][10]
In June 2008, All3Media had announced that they've acquired American-based production company Zoo Productions making the company's first American acquisition outside the United Kingdom and expanding their operations into the United States.[11][12]
In August 2010, All3Media announced that it had acquired independent production company Optomen Television along with its American television production division Optomen Productions US and its joint venture production subsidiary with TV chef Gordon Ramsay, One Potato Two Potato for £40m expanding All3Media's television production operations and their expansion into the cooking portfolio.[13][14] In 2012, All3Media announced that they had launched US production arm in Los Angeles named All3Media America.[15] In 2013, it was named the top UK independent producer, with a turnover of £473m.[citation needed] On 8 May 2014, it was announced that Discovery, Inc. and Liberty Global would acquire All3Media, in a joint venture valued at US$930 million.[16] In March 2015, All3Media announced that they had made a deal to acquire Sam Mendes' film, TV & theatre production company Neal Street Productions.[17]
In January 2016, All3Media announced that they had acquired Charlie Pattinson's British drama production company New Pictures to expand their drama development output and their British television production operations with co-founder and co-CEO of New Pictures and former co-founder of Company Pictures Charlie Patterson continuing to run the company within All3Media.[18][19][20] On 26 April 2016, British chef and producer Gordon Ramsay formed a partnership with the All3Media group and they launched a joint venture called Studio Ramsay. The company will be fully owned by Ramsay but had support from the All3Media company to develop and produce unscripted shows with All3Media handling distribution rights to the shows. However five years later on 4 August 2021, Gordon Ramsay announced a major overall deal with Fox Entertainment by launching a new production company called Studio Ramsay Global with All3Media selling their partnership of Ramsay's then-current company Studio Ramsay to Fox Entertainment.[21]
In February 2017, All3Media announced that they had acquired British television production company Two Brothers Pictures who previously produced two shows with All3Media's subsidiary New Pictures which they brought back in 2016 as All3Media expanded their drama production protfolio with the company's founders Harry and Jack Williams continuing to lead the acquired company with All3Media International the international division of All3Media taking distribution rights to the shows that Two Brothers produced.[22][23] Also on 3 May of that same year, All3Media had acquired two production companies Raw and Betty TV from its former owner Discovery Communications (which would later become Discovery, Inc. in 2018 and later Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022).[24]
On 11 January 2018, the company's American arm launched production company Woodland Park Productions which to produce unscripted content and is under All3Media's American division.[25] In December 2018, All3Media announced that they've entered the sports production genre by acquiring British international sports production company Aurora Media Worldwide.[26] In May 2019, All3Media had announced that they've launched scripted production label named West Road Pictures with Blood producer Jonathan Fisher leading the new production label as their managing director.[27]
On 15 October 2019, the company launched a new Factual production company Angelica Films with former BBC and Field Day executive Sally Angel.[28] But on 31 October 2022, Angelica Films had left All3Media becoming an independent company[29] On 24 September 2020, BBC Studios announced their intention to sell their stake in their German joint venture with All3Media, Tower Productions, and launch their own German division, BBC Studios Germany Productions. The sale took effect at the end of 2020.[30] In December 2020, All3Media announced that they had acquired leading natural history film and television production company Silverback Films, the producer of the Netflix series Our Planet.[31][32]
On 17 May 2021, it was announced that Discovery, which co-owned All3Media, would be acquiring AT&T subsidiary WarnerMedia and merging with it to form Warner Bros. Discovery.[33] On 11 June 2021, All3Media had acquired NENT Studios UK from Nordic Entertainment Group now known as Viaplay Group. They later merged its operations with All3Media's international division.[34] The Warner Bros. Discovery merger was completed by 8 April 2022. In August 2022, All3Media announced that they've merged two of their subsidiaries which were Birmingham-based production company Maverick Television and the Glasgow-based division of Objective Media Group named Objective Media Group Scotland to form a factual and factual entertainment production company within Objective Media Group named 141 Productions.[35]
On 31 May 2023, co-owner Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was selling its stake to ITV plc.[36] While the deal didn't reach an agreement in July 2023 with Mediawan, NBCUniversal, and Sony remaining as potential buyers, ITV later told investors that they were "no longer actively exploring a deal but still continuing to monitor the situation".[37][1] Banjiay was reported as of August.[38] After the auction for All3Media began in September 2023, three frontrunners emerged in the final stages of auction the next month: Goldman Sachs, Peter Chernin's The North Road Company and NBCUniversal, with Sony and Fremantle dropping out of contention.[39] On 12 December 2023, RedBird IMI was reported to be the frontrunner, with the company in advanced talks with Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire the company for around £1 billion ($1.26 billion) in a deal that could be completed before the end of the year. It was also reported that NBCUniversal had dropped out of contention the previous week, with the North Road Company and Goldman Sachs also exiting.[40]
On February 16, 2024, RedBird IMI confirmed that they would be acquiring All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global for £1.15 billion, with the deal expected to close sometime in the second or third quarter of the year, pending regulatory approval.[41] On May 16, 2024, the sale was announced to have been completed, making it the single largest acquisition made by RedBird. RedBird IMI's CEO Jeff Zucker was made chairman of All3Media, while Jane Turton and Sara Geater remain CEO and COO of the company respectively.[42]
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