LTS Garðbær Studios (also known as LazyTown Entertainment) is an Icelandic studio located in
Garðabær
Garðabær () is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland.
History
Garðabær is a growing town in the Capital Region. It is the fifth largest municipality in Iceland with a population of 20,116 (1 January 2025).
The site of Gar ...
,
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
, which succeeded Lazy Shows (founded in 1992). The studio's productions included television series ''
LazyTown
''LazyTown'' () is an Icelandic children's educational musical television series created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving. Originally produced in English, it has been broadcast in dozens of languages globally. Designed to encourage health ...
''. The studio was founded in 2002 by
Magnús Scheving and his partners
Guðmundur Þór Kárason, Raymond P. Le Gué and Ragnheiður Melsteð. In 2011,
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its asse ...
acquired LTS and in 2014 Turner moved the studio to the US.
From 2011 to 2024, the rights to the LazyTown brand were owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery through its
Warner Bros. International Television Nordics unit. LTS owns Wit Puppets and the creative studio from Le Gué Enterprises BV.
On May 16, 2024, it was announced that Magnús Scheving had agreed to a deal with
Warner Bros. Discovery to purchase back the company and the rights to the ''LazyTown'' brand.
Filmography
Main Shows
*''
Áfram Latibær!'' ''- 1st Era'' (1996-2016)
*''Glanni Glæpur Í Latabæ - 2nd Era'' (1999-2002)
*''Glanni Glæpur Í Latabæ'' - ''3rd Era'' (2002-2003)
*''Old Latibær Shorts'' - ''4th Era'' (Early 2000s-2004)
*''
LazyTown
''LazyTown'' () is an Icelandic children's educational musical television series created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving. Originally produced in English, it has been broadcast in dozens of languages globally. Designed to encourage health ...
'' - ''5th Era'' (2004-2014)
*''
LazyTown Extra'' - ''6th & Final Era'' (2008)
Shorts
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Cartoonito Super All-Star Show'' (2012)
*''
Cartoon Network Motivational Campaigns'' (2013)
See also
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BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995. The company monetised BBC brands, selling BBC and other British programming for broadcas ...
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CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six year ...
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The Cartoon Network, Inc.
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Cartoon Network Studios
Cartoon Network Studios Inc. (abbreviated as CNS or CN Studios) is an American animation studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the producti ...
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Cartoon Network Latin American Original Productions
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Cartoonito
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Copa Studio
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Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
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Zinkia Entertainment
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Warner Bros. International Television Production
Sources
Film production companies of Iceland
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Former Warner Bros. Discovery subsidiaries
Cartoon Network
2011 mergers and acquisitions
2024 mergers and acquisitions