TIS S.A. (also known as The Independent Studios and formerly known as Fox Telecolombia and TeleColombia S.A.) is a major Colombian

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, founded in 1995 as the ''

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'' Producciones Bernardo Romero Pereiro. Its president is Samuel Duque Rozo. It changed its name to Telecolombia in 1999. In 2007,

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bought a 51% share in the company, thus subsequently giving ownership to

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after

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acquired

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on March 20, 2019. In 2009 Fox produced '' Mental'', the first American TV series produced in Latin America for international markets. The series was filmed at the Fox Telecolombia complex in

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. As of January 18, 2021, The Walt Disney Company changed the company's name to TeleColombia as part of Disney phasing out the "Fox" brand to avoid confusion with

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. On October 28, 2021, ViacomCBS (now

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) announced that it is acquiring a majority stake in TeleColombia S.A. from Disney, with the acquisition closed on November 23 of that year, making it a sister station to

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. On October 22, 2022,

changed the company's name to TIS along with Estudios TeleMexico being absorbed with the rebrand.

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* Television production companies of Colombia Former News Corporation subsidiaries {{ViacomCBS Former subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company Paramount Global subsidiaries Paramount International Networks 2021 mergers and acquisitions