Kantana Group is a production company established in Bangkok, Thailand in 1951 by Pradit and Somsook Kaljaruek. Kantana took its first step from radio dramas to films, television dramas, variety programs, and eventually moved on to become an integrated entertainment company.

History

Kantana began in 1951 as a radio drama troupe founded by Pradit and Somsook Kaljaruek. The company branched out into television in 1958 with the drama series ''Ying Kor Mee Hua Jai''. The company has since expanded to include the production of feature films, commercials and documentaries.

Structure

The business operations of the company and its subsidiaries are divided into three core areas: television production, film and post production, and "edutainment" and government relations.

Television

Family and variety programs

Family and variety shows are produced for Thai television channel 5 (Royal Thai Army TV),

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and TITV. The shows include the cartoon series, ''The Adventure of Khan Kluay''.

Drama series

Around 18 drama series, or lakorns are produced for

and TITV.

Film

Kantana Animation Studios

Kantana Animation produced the first Thai computer-animated feature film in 2006, '' Khan Kluay'', which took three years and cost 150 million

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to make. ''Khan Kluay'' was the top film at the Thailand box office in 2006, earning 91 million baht, and winning several awards. Also, a ''Khan Kluay'' television series was created for

. Kantana Animation was spun off into its own subsidiary in 2007, Kantana Animation Studios Company, Limited.

Post-production

Kantana is a hub for film

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services in Asia. Kantana's film lab provides overlay subtitling, negative cutting, color analysis,

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processing, optical effects, sound transfer, film cleaning and film print copying. The facility has provided lab work on such films as '' Memoirs of a Geisha'', ''

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'', '' Casino Royale'', '' Echo Planet'' and dozens of Thai feature films. The company's sound studio provides audio dubbing and mixing services for feature films, television shows and commercials, including recording, sound effects, foley, sound design and voice dubbing/ADR. Kantana was the first Thai company to receive permission from

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to record sound using Dolby technology.

Oriental Post

Oriental Post Company, Ltd., which is 50-50 joint venture by Kantana and Loxley Video Post, provides digital post production facilities. The services include digital compositing in PAL, NTSC, HD 24p in multi-format, telecine, digital editing and special effects creation. Using digital intermediate technology, Oriental Post's services also include film processing, scanning conforming, color correction, offline and online editing, digital effects, computer graphics and audio recording to film printing. The company has provided post-production work on the films of

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'' and '' My Blueberry Nights''.

Franchise

Drag Race

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The Next Boy/Girl Band

References

{{Animation industry in Thailand Film production companies of Thailand Mass media companies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Thailand Companies based in Bangkok Television production companies of Thailand