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

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. The All3Media group consists of more than 50 production and distribution companies and labels from the United Kingdom and all other parts of Europe (IDTV in the Netherlands and All3Media Deutschland in Germany), New Zealand (

South Pacific Pictures South Pacific Pictures is a New Zealand television production company. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market. SPP's largest property is ''Shortland Street' ...

) and the United States.

History

All3Media Limited 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 & John Pfeil. On 3 June 2004, they announced that they acquired independent factual producer Lion TV which was founded in 1997 to expand the group across the

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. In June 2005, the company acquired

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the creator of the soap operas ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the company's 10th acquisition after they bid for that company in April 2005. It was renamed as

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in 2006. In February 2007, All3Media had announced that they've expanding their operations into Germany by making an agreement to acquire

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-based German independent television production company MME Moviement with All3Media's German division Pertus Zehnte being renamed to All3Media Deutschland. In June 2007, All3Media announced that they've acquired the Birmingham-based independent production company behind '' 10 Years Longer''

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 (UK), 10 Years Younger'' and ''How to Look Good Naked'', an ...

for an undisclosed sum, expanding All3Media's British television production portfolio with Maverick Television continued operated independently within All3Media along with their name. Two months later in August of that same year, All3Media had announced that they've expanded their television production operations by acquiring Andrew O'Conner's production company

Objective Productions Objective Media Group (OMG), previously known as Objective Productions, is a media production company. It has produced shows including '' The Cube'', ''Lingo'', '' The Gold'', '' Feel Good, Peep Show'', '' Fresh Meat'', and '' Toast of London' ...

. In June 2008, All3Media had announced that they've acquired American-based unscripted television production company Zoo Productions making the company's first American acquisition outside the United Kingdom and expanding their operations into the United States. In August 2010, All3Media announced that it had acquired independent unscripted television production company Optomen Television along with its American television production division Optomen Productions US and its joint venture production subsidiary with TV chef Gordon Ramsay, One Potato Two Potato for £40m expanding All3Media's television production operations and their expansion into the cooking portfolio. In 2012, All3Media announced that they had launched US production arm in

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named All3Media America. In 2013, it was named the top UK independent producer, with a turnover of £473m. On 8 May 2014, it was announced that

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and

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would acquire All3Media, in a joint venture valued at US$930 million. In March 2015, All3Media announced that they had made a deal to acquire

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' film, TV & theatre production company

Neal Street Productions Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company founded by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling in 2003. History The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. Its offic ...

. In January 2016, All3Media announced that they had acquired

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's British drama production company New Pictures to expand their drama development output and their British television production operations with co-founder and co-CEO of New Pictures and former co-founder of Company Pictures Charlie Patterson continuing to run the company within All3Media. On 26 April 2016, British chef and producer

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formed a partnership with the All3Media group and they launched a joint venture called Studio Ramsay. The company will be fully owned by Ramsay but had support from the All3Media company to develop and produce unscripted shows with All3Media handling distribution rights to the shows. However five years later on 4 August 2021, Gordon Ramsay announced a major overall deal with

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by launching a new production company called

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with All3Media selling their partnership of Ramsay's then-current company Studio Ramsay to Fox Entertainment. In February 2017, All3Media announced that they had acquired British television production company

Two Brothers Pictures Two Brothers Pictures is a British television production company founded in 2014 by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. The company launched with the BBC One series '' The Missing''. The show was nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards, 4 BAFTAs and ...

who previously produced two shows with All3Media's subsidiary New Pictures which they brought back in 2016 as All3Media expanded their drama production protfolio with the company's founders Harry and Jack Williams continuing to lead the acquired company with All3Media International the international division of All3Media taking distribution rights to the shows that Two Brothers produced. Also on 3 May of that same year, All3Media had acquired two production companies Raw and Betty TV from its former owner

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(which would later become Discovery, Inc. in 2018 and later Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022). On 11 January 2018, the company's American arm launched production company Woodland Park Productions which to produce unscripted content and is under All3Media's American division. In December 2018, All3Media announced that they've entered the sports production genre by acquiring British international sports production company Aurora Media Worldwide. In May 2019, All3Media had announced that they've launched scripted production label named West Road Pictures with ''Blood'' producer Jonathan Fisher leading the new production label as their managing director. On 15 October 2019, the company launched a new factual production company Angelica Films with former BBC and Field Day executive Sally Angel. But on 31 October 2022, Angelica Films had left All3Media becoming an independent company 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. In December 2020, All3Media announced that they had acquired leading natural history film and television production company Silverback Films, the producer of the

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series '' Our Planet''. On 17 May 2021, it was announced that Discovery, which co-owned All3Media, would be acquiring

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subsidiary

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and merging with it to form

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. On 11 June 2021, All3Media had acquired NENT Studios UK from Nordic Entertainment Group now known as

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. They later merged its operations with All3Media's international division. The Warner Bros. Discovery merger was completed by 8 April 2022. In August 2022, All3Media announced that they've merged two of their subsidiaries which were Birmingham-based production company Maverick Television and the Glasgow-based division of

Objective Media Group Objective Media Group (OMG), previously known as Objective Productions, is a media production company. It has produced shows including ''The Cube'', ''Lingo'', '' The Gold'', '' Feel Good, Peep Show'', '' Fresh Meat'', and '' Toast of London''. ...

named Objective Media Group Scotland to form a factual and factual entertainment production company within Objective Media Group named 141 Productions. On 31 May 2023, co-owner Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was selling its stake to

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. While the deal didn't reach an agreement in July 2023 with

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, and

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remaining as potential buyers, ITV later told investors that they were "no longer actively exploring a deal but still continuing to monitor the situation". NBCUniversal was reported as of August. After the auction for All3Media began in September 2023, three frontrunners emerged in the final stages of auction the next month:

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's The North Road Company and NBCUniversal, with Sony and

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dropping out of contention. On 12 December 2023, RedBird IMI was reported to be the frontrunner, with the company in advanced talks with Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire the company for around £1 billion ($1.26 billion) in a deal that could be completed before the end of the year. It was also reported that NBCUniversal had dropped out of contention the previous week, with the North Road Company and Goldman Sachs also exiting. On February 16, 2024, RedBird IMI confirmed that they would be acquiring All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global for £1.15 billion, with the deal expected to close sometime in the second or third quarter of the year, pending regulatory approval. On May 16, 2024, the sale was announced to have been completed, making it the single largest acquisition made by RedBird. RedBird IMI's CEO

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was made chairman of All3Media, while Jane Turton and Sara Geater remain CEO and COO of the company respectively. On 23 November 2024,

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reported that

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, All3Media, Mediawan, and

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had been linked to a potential takeover bid for

and a possible break-up of core assets including

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and

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. On 30 January 2025,

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reported that RedBird IMI were in early-stage talks with

to merge the All3Media and

production businesses.

Companies

As on 17 January 2023, here is a list of companies owned by All3Media: *All3Media America *All3Media Belgium *All3Media Deutschland **Tower Productions **Filmpool Entertainment **Filmpool Fiction **Magic Connection **South&Browse **The Fiction Syndicate *All3Media International *Aurora Media Worldwide *Bentley Productions Ltd., producer of ITV's ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British Mystery fiction, mystery television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series created by Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham. ...

'' and ''

Ultimate Force ''Ultimate Force'' is a British television Action movie, action drama television series, series that was shown on ITV (TV network), ITV, which deals with the activities of Red Troop of the SAS (Special Air Service). The first episode was broad ...

'' *Bright Spot Content *Build Your Own Films *Bullion Productions *

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

*IDTV, Netherlands *

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

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Channels ***Absolute History ***Real Royalty ***Odyssey (ancient history) ***Chronicle (medieval history) ***Parable (religious history) ***War Stories *** () ***Real Crime ***Real Responders ***Spark (science, tech, and engineering) ***Real Wild ***Real Families ***Parenthood ***Shiver (paranormal) ***Black/Current ***Animal Adventures ***True Crime Stories ***Wonder ***Absolute Crime ***Absolute Jokes (comedy) **Wing (content agency) **History Hit (streaming service created by

Dan Snow Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British Popular history, popular historian and television presenter. He is an ambassador of the Electoral Reform Society (ERS). Early life and education Born in Westminster, London Dan Snow is the ...

) *

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

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) *

North One Television North One Television (also known as North One and formerly known as Chrysalis Television) is a production company based in London and Birmingham, England. Part of All3Media since 2004, the company specializes in factual entertainment, sports a ...

(OMG) **Objective Entertainment **Coming Up Roses **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. He has written and created a number of British television shows including '' The Gold'', '' Guilt'', and '' Bob Servant Independent'', and has won numerous televisio ...

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

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**OMG Scotland, in

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*One Traveler *

Optomen Optomen is an Independence, independent television production company part of All3Media, with Optomen Television Ltd. for the United Kingdom and Optomen Productions Inc. (launched in 2002) for the United States. It specializes in unscripted prog ...

**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 ...

*Seven Stories *Silverback Films *

, New Zealand **Kura Productions (joint venture with Quinton Hita) **Satellite Media (mixed-media production company) *Story Films *

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, United States/United Kingdom *

*West Road Pictures *3 Rock

Important rights held

* ''

Call the Midwife ''Call the Midwife'' is a British period drama television series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The principal cast of the show has included Jessica Raine, Miranda Hart, ...

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

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'' * ''

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. The series was produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digi ...

'' * ''

The Gadget Show ''The Gadget Show'' is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which was broadcast on Channel 5, is presented by Ortis Deley, with reports from Georgie Barrat and Jon Bentley. Originally a thirty-minute ...

'' * ''

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 the ...

'' * ''

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, where ...

'' * ''

The Traitors ''The Traitors'' is a reality game show franchise created by the All3Media All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film, and digital production and distribution company based in London. The All3Media group cons ...

'' * ''

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 daytime schedule. The series has been running since 17 November 2003, and is currently presented by Martin Rober ...

'' * '' Lingo'' * ''

'' * The

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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 medical experiments. The first series of ''Operation Ouch!'' aired on CBBC in Octo ...

'' * ''

Peep Show A peep show, peepshow, or, a peep booth is a presentation of a live sex show or pornographic film which is viewed through a viewing slot. Several historical media provided voyeuristic entertainment through hidden erotic imagery. Before the devel ...

'' * '' Shameless (UK)'' * ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, be ...

'' * '' 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 ...

References

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