Beyond International Limited is an international

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and film

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with operations in

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, the

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, Australia and the

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. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (), 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

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, feature films,

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, children's,

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, and documentary programs. The company was formed in 1984 to produce the science and technology magazine program '' Beyond 2000'', a commercial reworking of the program ''Towards 2000'' which aired on the Australian public broadcaster ABC. ''Beyond 2000'' was later

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ed in 2005 as '' Beyond Tomorrow''. Other notable programming produced and/or distributed by Beyond include '' MythBusters'', ''

Deadly Women ''Deadly Women'' is an American true crime documentary television series produced by Beyond International Group and airing on the Investigation Discovery (ID) network. The series focuses on murders committed by women. It is hosted by forme ...

'', ''

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'', '' Highway Thru Hell'' and '' 800 Words''.

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 Discovery Channel in America and an American adaptation for FOX. Early programs produced by Beyond include ''Just For the Record'' and ''

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Down Under'' for Network Ten and ''Chances'' for the Nine Network. 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''. In 2009, Beyond acquired distribution company Magna Pacific from

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. In 2013, Beyond formed a

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with Seven West Media called 7Beyond to produce programs in North America. 7Beyond shows include ''

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'' and ''

My Kitchen Rules ''My Kitchen Rules'' (often abbreviated as ''MKR'') is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network since 2010. The show is currently hosted and judged by chef Manu Feildel, who has appeared in every season of the s ...

''. 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

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would acquire Beyond.

Ownership

The company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1987. In 2008,

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

Television series

References

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