Subsidiaries include United Kingdom-based Cineflix Rights, which handles international distribution of factual and scripted programming;[4] Cineflix Studios, which provides co-production, co-financing, and distribution of scripted content for the United States, Canada, and international markets;[5][6][7] and Cineflix Productions, its television production and development company based in Toronto and New York.[8] Cineflix also has a partnership in production company Buccaneer Media which has produced shows such as Marcella.[9]
History
In June 2002, Cineflix launched its international distribution arm based in London, England named Cineflix International with Cineflix appointing Paul Heaney as their managing director of Cineflix's new United Kingdom-based British international distribution division;[10] By September 2011, Cineflix would later rebrand its British international distribution division to Cineflix Rights as part of a strategic move to grow the distribution business, increase revenues and to reflect its global distribution market.[11]
In April 2012, American film producer Participant Media acquired a equity minorty investment stake in Cineflix Media with the two companies working together on Participant Media's television productions.[12]
In September 2014, Cineflix Media announced the departure of executives of Cineflix's British production arm Cineflix Productions UK Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey with them completing a management buyout of Cineflix's British production arm Cineflix Productions UK and launched an factual independent production company called Curve Media.[13] As part of the deal, Curve Media took over Cineflix's UK operations and acquired a state of Cineflix's British production catalogue including Salvage Hunters as Cineflix Media's distribution arm Cineflix Rights retained distribution to Cineflix Productions UK catalogue.[14]
On November 30 2017, Cineflix Media teamed up with Pablo Salzman to launch a new production subsidiary called Connect3 Productions with the new subsidiary aiming to co-produce scripted and factual series for North American and international markets.[15]
In May 2019, Cineflix Media who produced the home-renovating series Property Brothers expanded its partnership with American international entertainment company Scott Brothers Global by selling the brand and related IP rights to the presenters Drew and Jonathan Scott through the latter company who will produce all future Property Brothers projects via Scott Brothers Entertainment. As part of the deal, Cineflix's distribution arm Cineflix Rights retained all worldwide distribution rights excluding North America to all current and future Scott Brothers' programmes with Cineflix became a financial & distribution participation to all future Property Brothers projects.[16]
In April 2021, Cineflix Media partnered with former president of its Cineflix Productions division Charles Tremayne to launch a American production company based in New York named First Story Productions which will focus on scripted & factual development and production work with Cineflix co-producing First Story's programmes whilst it's distribution unit Cineflix Rights handling distribution to the latter's productions.[17]
At the end of March 2022, Cineflix Media acquired Toronto-based production company and Coroner co-producer Back Alley Film Productions alongside its programming library and a stake in the crime drama Coroner with Cineflix absorbing Back Alley Film Productions' production operations.[18]
On November 3 2023, Cineflix expanded its operation by launching an production office in Vancouver called Cineflix Studios Vancouver with industry veteran Mark Miller leading the Vancouver office as their president.[19]
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