ITV Studios Australia is an Australian television production company and the Australian arm of UK company

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. It was formed as Artist Services in 1989, later becoming Granada Media Australia before being rebranded to its current name in 2013. The company produces or co-produces numerous Australian television programs across commercial television, public broadcasters and

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in Australia. ITV Studios Australia is based at

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History

The company has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors including

Steve Vizard Stephen William Vizard AM (born 6 March 1956) is an Australian television and radio presenter, producer, writer, lawyer and businessman. He is an adjunct professor at Monash University and University of Adelaide. Vizard has written for and ...

, producing many shows such as ''

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'', '' Full Frontal'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Half of the company was sold to

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in 1995 for 9 million, at a time when the company was generating about $50 million per year. In 1998, the entire company was acquired by

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for 25 million. Under the Granada Media Australia banner, the company produced a variety of programs including the first seven seasons of the

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's '' Dancing with the Stars'' (2004–2007);

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's '' Merrick & Rosso Unplanned'' (2003); six seasons of Fox8's ''

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''; Ten's ''

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'' (2005–2007), ''

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'' (2009–2012, 2018–present) and reboot of ''

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'' (2012);

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's '' Come Dine with Me Australia''. The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with the first program carrying the new branding being the second season of

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comedy program ''

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''. Under the ITV Studios name, productions include LifeStyle Channel's ''

Paddock to Plate ''Paddock to Plate'' is an Australian television series starring Matt Moran. It premiered on Lifestyle (Australian TV channel), LifeStyle on 6 November 2013. A second series was announced in February 2014 and began airing on 3 September. The se ...

'' (2013–2014), Seven game show ''

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'' (2015–present), Ten's '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (2015–present) and the sixth season of Nine's ''

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'' (2017–present).

Productions

Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Itv Studios Australia Mass media companies established in 1989 Australian companies established in 1989 Companies based in Sydney Fairfax Media ITV (TV network) Television production companies of Australia Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies