Outright Distribution (formerly Screentime Partners) was a global TV distribution company headquartered in London and owned by
Warner Bros. Television Productions UK.
Outright specialises in format and finished programme distribution. With an expanding library from
Shed Media
Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, doc ...
companies' content and growing quality third party business, Outright Distribution had a large catalogue of programme brands, selling over 2,000 hours in over 125 different territories worldwide.
In Broadcast magazine's Top Ten Most Used UK Distributors survey in March 2008, Outright Distribution was placed 7th.
Outright Distribution became part of the
Shed Media Group
Warner Bros. Television Studios UK (formerly Shed Media Group and later Warner Bros. Television Productions UK) is a British creator and distributor of television content. The Group produces long-running television brands in drama, factual, doc ...
in September 2006. On 5 August 2010,
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Television Studios, operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division), is an American television production and distribution studio and the flagship studio o ...
secured a 55.75% stake in Shed Media.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...
completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Shed Media on 14 October.
Under the deal, Shed Media will remain an independent company but Outright Distribution would be folded into Warner's UK operations.
References
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External links
Official Outright Distribution site
Mass media companies disestablished in 2010
2006 mergers and acquisitions
Television production companies of the United Kingdom
Warner Bros. Television Studios