Type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Television |
Genre | Television production |
Founded | 2010 |
Founder | Sue Clothier |
Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
Key people | Peter Anderson (MD) [1] |
Services | Television program production |
Parent | Blue Ant Media |
Divisions | Australian Geographic |
Website | northernpictures |
Northern Pictures is an Australian-based television production company, which develops and produces unscripted and factual television programs for multiple television channels in Australia and internationally. The company was founded by Sue Clothier in 2010. [2]
In 2013, Clothier sold the company to David Haslingden, a media executive who also acquired New Zealand company NHNZ around the same time, through his Racat Group. [3] In the same year, the company formed a joint venture with Keshet International to operate Keshet Australia. [4]
In 2017, Haslingden sold his production company holdings (including Northern Pictures) to Canadian company Blue Ant Media. [5]
In 2018, the Australian Geographic publication was sold to Northern Pictures. [6]
Northern Pictures employs a number of staff including Peter Anderson (Managing Director), Karina Holden (Head of Factual), Catherine Nebauer (Head of Kids & Scripted) & Tosca Looby (Factual Series Producer/Director).
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