Beyond International Limited is an international television and

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production company with operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom,

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and the United States. Listed on the

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(), the company is involved in the creation and international distribution of television, feature films and ancillary products. The company has an extensive television program catalogue of over 5,000 hours and covers all genres including drama, feature

s, comedy, children's, reality, and documentary programs. The company was formed in 1984 to produce the science and technology magazine program ''

Beyond 2000 ''Beyond Tomorrow'' is an Australian television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. It began airing in 1981 as ''Towards 2000'', then in 1985 was renamed ''Beyond 2000'', a name the show kept until its cancellation in 1999. It the ...

'', a commercial reworking of the program ''Towards 2000'' which aired on the Australian public broadcaster

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. ''Beyond 2000'' was later rebooted in 2005 as '' Beyond Tomorrow''. Other notable programming produced and/or distributed by Beyond include ''

MythBusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast internatio ...

'', '' Deadly Women'', '' Beat Bugs'', ''

Highway Thru Hell ''Highway Thru Hell'' is a Canadian documentary TV series that follows the operations of Jamie Davis Motor Truck & Auto Ltd., a heavy vehicle rescue and recovery towing company based in Hope, British Columbia. Quiring Towing, Aggressive Towing, ...

'' and ''

800 Words ''800 Words'' (stylised as ''800 words'') is a comedy-drama television series, co-produced by South Pacific Pictures and Seven Productions for the Seven Network. Premise George Turner is a popular columnist for a top-selling Sydney newspaper, ...

''.

History

The company was founded by producers Carmel Travers, Iain Finlay and Chris Ardill-Guinness, as well as consultant Phil Gerlach and accountant Mikael Borglund, briefly titled CIC Productions, initially with the intention of making only one program, ''Beyond 2000'' after which the company took its name. The company took responsibility for distributing the series, finding success in selling the program overseas, including to

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in America and an American adaptation for

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. Early programs produced by Beyond include ''Just For the Record'' and '' Jack Thompson Down Under'' for

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and ''Chances'' for the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

. Beyond's relationship with Discovery Channel saw the company commissioned to produce a number of the channel's early programs, including a nine-season run of ''Invention'' and eventually the company's most successful program ''

Mythbusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast internatio ...

''. In 2009, Beyond acquired distribution company

Magna Pacific Magna Home Entertainment was an independent home entertainment distributor headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, operating within Australia and New Zealand. As of February 2009, Magna Home Entertainment became a fully owned subsidia ...

from receivership. In 2013, Beyond formed a joint venture with

Seven West Media Seven West Media Limited is an ASX-listed media company and is Australia's largest diversified media business, with an extensive presence in broadcast television, print and online publishing. Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company control ...

called 7Beyond to produce programs in North America. 7Beyond shows include '' My Lottery Dream Home'' and '' My Kitchen Rules''. In July 2020, Beyond International purchased Seven West Media's shareholding. In 2020, Beyond acquired TCB Media Rights from receivership, following the collapse of Kew Media Group, valuing TCB at around $2.5 million. TCB Media Rights invests and distributes factual series including ''Abandoned Engineering'' and ''Extreme Ice Machines''. In October 2022, it was announced that Banijay would acquire Beyond.

Ownership

The company listed on the

in 1987. In 2008, FremantleMedia purchased just under 20% of shares in the company, making it the largest shareholder.

Television series

References

External links

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