All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film and digital production and distribution company based in

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, England. The All3Media group comprises more than 40 production and distribution companies from across the United Kingdom and all other parts of Europe (IDTV in the Netherlands and All3Media Deutschland in Germany), New Zealand (

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) and the United States.

History

The company was formed in 2003 after the

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'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. In 2013, it was named top UK independent producer, with a turnover of £473m. On 8 May 2014, it was announced that

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and Liberty Global would acquire All3Media, in a joint venture valued at US$930 million. On 24 September 2020,

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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. On 3 December 2020, All3Media acquired Silverback Films, the producer of the

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series ''

Our Planet ''Our Planet'' is a British nature documentary series made for Netflix. The series is narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Silverback Films, led by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, who also created BBC documentary series ''Plane ...

''. On 17 May 2021, it was announced that Discovery, which co-owned All3Media, would be merging with

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subsidiary

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to form

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. On 8 April 2022, the merger was completed.

Companies

As of this date, the following are a list of companies owned by All3Media: *All3Media America **Best Production Company (joint venture with Kevin Bartel) **Relevé Entertainment **Woodman Park Productions *All3Media Deutschland **Tower Productions **Bon Voyage Films **Filmpool Entertainment **Filmpool Fiction **South&Browse **The Fiction Syndicate *All3Media International **NENT Studios UK *Angelica Films (joint venture with Sally Angel) *Aurora Media Worldwide *Bentley Productions Ltd., producer of

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

's ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

'' and ''

Ultimate Force ''Ultimate Force'' is a British television action drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of Red Troop of the SAS (Special Air Service). The first episode was broadcast on 16 September 2002, and a total of four s ...

'' *Bright Spot Content *Bullion Productions *Caravan *

Company Pictures Company Pictures is an independent British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. It was set up in 1998 by Charles Pattinson and George Faber, colleagues at BBC Films. Their first film was '' ...

*Great Scott Media *IDTV, Netherlands *

Lime Pictures Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international ma ...

**Wise Owl Films *Lion Television **Lion Television Scotland **Lion Television America **Lion Television International *Little Dot Studios **

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Channels **Wing (content agency) **History Hit (streaming service created by

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) *

Maverick Television Maverick Television is a television and media production company. Notable Maverick programmes include the health brand ''Embarrassing Bodies'', the make-over shows '' 10 Years Younger'' and ''How to Look Good Naked'', and the documentary seri ...

Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company. History The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. Nicolas Brown joined in 2013 to work across the film and TV portfolio. The ...

*New Pictures **Witchery Pictures (joint venture with Siobhan Finnigan and Judith King) *

North One Television North One is a production company based in London and Birmingham, England. It was originally known as Chrysalis Television and is now part of All3Media. North One won a tender for a programme to accompany Channel 4 Channel 4 is a Brit ...

Objective Media Group Objective Media Group (OMG), previously known as Objective Productions, is a media company that produces shows in comedy, comedy drama, entertainment, factual entertainment and Magic. It has produced shows including '' The Cube'', ''Breaking Ma ...

(OMG) **Betty **Main Event Media, Los Angeles, California (run by OMG EVP Jimmy Fox) **Objective Fiction (scripted comedies and

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s) ***Tannadice Pictures (joint venture with

Neil Forsyth Neil Forsyth (born 1978) is a Scottish author, television writer and journalist. Early life Forsyth grew up in Dundee, Scotland where he attended the High School of Dundee and his first writing appeared in a Dundee United fanzine. He gradu ...

) **OMG America, Los Angeles, California **OMG North/Purple Productions,

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**Triple Brew Media (live and recorded quiz and gameshow programming) **OMG Scotland, in

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*141 Productions *Canard *

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**Optomen Entertainment, Los Angeles, California *

Raw TV Raw TV is a British television production company based in London producing documentaries and scripted television shows, including ''Gold Rush'', ''Banged Up Abroad'', '' Shackleton: Death or Glory'', '' Three Identical Strangers'', '' Stanley T ...

*Seven Stories *Silverback Films *

, New Zealand **Kura Productions (joint venture with Quinton Hita) **Satellite Media (mixed-media production company) * Studio Lambert, United States/United Kingdom *

Two Brothers Pictures Two Brothers Pictures is a London-based British television production company founded in 2014 by brothers, Harry Williams and Jack Williams. The company launched with the BBC One series'' The Missing''. The show was nominated for 2 Golden Glob ...

*Unstoppable Film and TV (as of this date, run by Noel Clarke and

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) *West Road Pictures

Important rights held

* ''

Call the Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a BBC period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and 1960s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, Helen George, Bryony Ha ...

'' * ''The Circle'' * ''The Cube'' * ''

Fleabag ''Fleabag'' is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for d ...

'' * ''

The Gadget Show ''The Gadget Show'' (currently known as ''The Gadget Show: Better Tech, Better Life'') is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5, is currently presented by Ortis Deley, Geo ...

'' * ''

Gogglebox ''Gogglebox'' is a British reality television series created by Stephen Lambert, Tania Alexander and Tim Harcourt, and broadcast on Channel 4. The series documents families and groups of friends around the United Kingdom who are filmed for thei ...

'' * ''

Great British Menu ''Great British Menu'' is a BBC television series in which top British chefs compete for the chance to cook one course of a four-course banquet. Format Series one and two were presented by Jennie Bond, the former BBC Royal correspondent, whe ...

'' * ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

'' * ''

Homes Under the Hammer ''Homes Under the Hammer'' is a British factual renovation and auction television series that is screened on BBC One as part of the morning schedule. The series has been running since 17 November 2003, and is currently presented by Martin Robe ...

'' * ''Horrible Histories'' * ''Lingo'' * '' Midsommer Murders'' * The

Max Headroom Max Headroom is a fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character portrayed by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, ...

character - held by All3Media . * ''

Operation Ouch! ''Operation Ouch!'' is a British comedy children's television series on the human body, showing what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and experiments. The first series of ''Operation Ouch!'' aired on CBBC in October 2012 ...

'' * ''Peep Show'' * ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

'' * '' ''Skins'' (UK)'' * ''

Undercover Boss ''Undercover Boss'' is a reality television series franchise created by Stephen Lambert and produced in many countries. It originated in 2009 on the British Channel 4. The show’s format features the experiences of senior executives working u ...

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