Tele Images Productions

Last updated
Tele Images Productions
FormerlyTele Images Kids (1999–2010)
Company type Subsidiary
Founded1 January 1985;40 years ago (1985-01-01)
FoundersSimone Harari
Philippe Alessandri
Defunct2016;9 years ago (2016)
FateMerged into Zodiak Kids Studios
Successor Banijay Kids & Family
Parent Tele Images Group (1985–2006)
Marathon Group (2006–2008)
Zodiak Media (2008–2011)
Zodiak Kids Studios (2011–2016)
Website teleimages.fr (archived 5 December 2013)

Tele Images Productions (formerly Tele Images Kids) was a French television production company established in 1985 by Simone Harari that produces children's television programs in animation and live-action, with Philippe Alessandri joining in 1998 to spearhead animation production.

Contents

The company became part of Marathon Group in 2006, which was then acquired by Zodiak Media in 2008 and subsequently placed under Zodiak Kids Studios in 2011 until it was merged into its final parent in 2016.

History

In January 2000, Tele Images announced that they had joined forces with GTV Productions president Christian Charret with the buy out of the remaining shares of GTV Productions from French film studio Gaumont and had it merged with their identities being retained along with the latter's library and their upcoming shows will be moving to Tele Images' international division. [1]

In June 2004, Groupe Tele Images announced that they have acquired Adventure Line Productions from Studio Expand after Canal+ announced that they are selling their Studio Expand companies. [2]

By September 2005, Groupe Tele Images and their former British-based European parent firm company Bridgepoint Capital (who had brought Tele Images back in December 1998) announced that they've established a deal with another French animation production company Marathon Media to have the two companies merge together into creating the biggest major production and distribution group based in France with Tele Images along with its subsidiaries GTV Productions and Adventure Line Production will become part of the group. [3] [4] The following year in January 2006, Groupe Tele Images had completed their merger with Marathon Media into forming the biggest production distribution group with the combined entity was subsequently named Marathon Group, with founder Simone Harari stepping down in the process.

In July 2007, Italian publisher De Agostini had announced that they have purchase Tele Images' parent company Marathon Group, which included Tele Images, [5] By the following year in May 2008, Tele Images' parent company Marathon Group and its owner De Agostini had announced that they have made a deal to acquire Swedish-based Scandinavian international television production and distribution company Zodiak Television AB that could bring Tele Images along with its parent company Marathon Group into the acquired production and distribution company. [6] [7] Five months later in November of that same year, Tele Images' parent company Marathon Group and its owner De Agostini had announced that they have completed their acquisition of Swedish-based Scandinavian international television production and distribution company Zodiak Television AB with Tele Images and its parent company being folded into the acquired company as they turned Zodiak Television AB from European production empire into a single entertainment powerhouse and had changed the latter's name to Zodiak Entertainment with Tele Images becoming part of the rebranded company [8]

In September 2010, Tele Images Kids had announced that they have rebranded as Tele Images Productions following their diversification into the television drama and series with the producer of Tele Images' former parent group Marathon Group. Arnaud Figaret had been named producer and vice-president of the rebranded company. [9]

In February 2011, Zodiak Media Group had announced that they have regrouped Tele Images Productions alongside fellow French animation studio Marathon Media and British television production studio The Foundation under Zodiak Kids. [10]

In late-November 2014, Tele Images Productions and their parent Zodiak Kids had announced that the latter's founder and president & the CEO of Zodiak Media's other production subsidiary Marathon Images Philippe Alessandri was stepping down as their president after founded Tele Images 16 years with Benoît Runel was being succeeded by their parent Zodiak Kids as they named him the new managing director of Zodiak Kids France and will run Tele Images Productions and Zodiak Kids' other subsidiary Marathon Media. [11] [12]

In 2016, Banijay merged with Zodiak, with Banijay as the surviving entity. [13] Tele Images was merged into Zodiak Kids Studios shortly afterwards.

Filmography

Related Research Articles

Lagardère News, formerly known as Lagardère Active, is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group. It owns the radio stations Europe 1, Europe 2, and RFM, the newspapers Le Journal du Dimanche and the magazine Paris Match.

<i>Totally Spies!</i> French teen television series

Totally Spies! is a French anime-influenced animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French company Zodiak Kids & Family France, with seasons three to five being co-produced with Canadian company Image Entertainment Corporation. It focuses on three teenage girls from Beverly Hills, California, who work as undercover agents for the World Organization of Human Protection (WOOHP).

Ellipsanime Productions is a French animation studio that produces television programs. It was founded in 1987. In February 2000 it merged with Expand SA; Expand sold the company to Dargaud in 2003, and it became Ellipsanime in 2004. In 2014, Ellipsanime bought the assets of Moonscoop SA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Banijay UK Productions</span> TV production company

Banijay UK Productions Limited, trading as Banijay UK, is a British production company. Since 2020, the company has been a subsidiary of Banijay Entertainment. Banijay UK incorporates a number of production brands, including Artists Studio, Darlow Smithson Productions, House of Tomorrow, Initial, Remarkable Entertainment, Tiger Aspect, Tigress Productions, Zeppotron, and their digital divisions: Endemol Games and Endemol Digital Studio.

Banijay Kids & Family is a French television production company owned by Banijay Entertainment based in Neuilly-sur-Seine. The company was originally founded in February 2011 by Zodiak Media bringing together its children's production companies under one roof. Benoît Di Sabatino is CEO.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Carrington (television executive)</span> Australian television executive (born 1961)

Michael Andrew Carrington is an Australian broadcast media executive. He was Director, Entertainment and Specialist at the ABC based in Sydney, New South Wales. He oversaw all national radio, television, and digital services including ABC TV (ABC1), ABC TV Plus (ABC2), ABC Me, ABC Kids plus ABC iview, ABC Listen, ABC Kids Listen, ABC Classic FM, ABC Jazz, ABC Country, and Radio National.

Adventure Line Productions, part of Banijay Entertainment, is a French television production company which specialises in creating adventure gameshows and adapting international formats for French television channels such as Survivor.

<i>Monster Buster Club</i> 2000s animated series

Monster Buster Club is a French-Canadian animated science fiction television series created by David Michel and Vincent Chalvon-Demersay, it was co-produced by Marathon Media, the animation studio Image Entertainment Corporation, Jetix Europe with YTV and TF1.

Jetix Europe N.V. was a European television broadcasting company that owned children's television channels and programming blocks across the Europe and Middle East, such as Jetix and Jetix Play.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mediawan Thematics</span>

Mediawan Thematics is a French television channel business and audiovisual distribution group in the field of broadcasting that is owned by Mediawan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Endemol Shine Group</span> Dutch television production company

Endemol Shine Group B.V. was a Dutch production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, The Money Drop, Fear Factor, MasterChef, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror, Humans, Grantchester and Tin Star.

Banijay Entertainment S.A. is a French multinational television production and distribution company which is the world's largest international content producer and distributor with over 130 production companies across 23 territories, and a multi-genre catalogue containing over 185,000 hours of original programming. Headquartered in Paris, the company was founded in January 2008 by Stéphane Courbit, former president of Endemol France, and has risen since its inception, to become a €3.2bn turnover business. It is a subsidiary of Banijay Group N.V., based in Amsterdam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zodiak Media</span> Former Swedish-French television production company

Zodiak Media was a Swedish and later French global independent television group with up to 45 companies covering fiction, entertainment, and animation, spread across 15 countries, including France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Spain, the Nordic countries, and Russia.

Rekkit Rabbit is a French animated television series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel. It was produced by Marathon Media in co-production with Disney XD for the first season and Zodiak Kids for the second, in association with TF1. It premiered on 11 March 2011 in France.

Stéphane Courbit is a French businessman in the sector of media and television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Groupe M6</span> French media broadcaster

Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6, is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT and La Lyonnaise des Eaux.

Method Animation is a French animation studio owned by Mediawan through its Kids & Family division founded in 1998 by Aton Soumache. The studio produces CGI and 2D animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films. In 2018, Mediawan obtained a majority stake in Method Animation through its acquisition of ON Kids & Family and ON Entertainment.

Leonine Holding GmbH, also known as LEONINE Studios and formerly known Tele München Group, LLC, is a German media production and distribution company that is based in Munich.

Mediawan S.A. is a French media conglomerate and audiovisual international production and distribution group. It was founded on December 15, 2015, by Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Pierre-Antoine Capton under the legal form of a special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") with the purpose to acquire assets and operations in the media production and distribution business in Europe. Their ambition for the company was to become "one of the largest platforms for European content".

<i>The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti</i> Animated series from Finland and France

The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti is an animated television series created by Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti that aired on Disney Channel in France from 14 May to 18 December 2022, and released in Finland on Yle Areena from 1 July 2022 to 6 January 2023. The series is a co-production between Gigglebug Entertainment and Zodiak Kids Studio France, with the participation of Disney Channel and YLE for Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited.

References

  1. ↑ Frater, Patrick (January 31, 2000). "Tele Images to back Gaumont Television buyout". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ Frater, Patrick (June 7, 2004). "Canal Plus sells off Studio Expand companies". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ James, Alison (18 September 2005). "Gaul merger is 'Totally' cool". Variety. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Baisley, Sarah (20 September 2005). "Bridgepoint to Merge with Marathon". Animation World Network. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Vivarelli, Nick (23 July 2007). "Italy's De Agostini wins Marathon". Variety . Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ Day, Michael (May 26, 2008). "De Agostini sees more in Zodiak". Variety. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ Daswasi, Mansha (May 27, 2008). "Italy's De Agostini Makes Offer for Zodiak Television". Worldscreen. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  8. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (November 26, 2008). "De Agostini unrevils new look Zodiak". Variety. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Télé Images Kids to re-brand as Télé Images Productions". Tele Images Productions. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Laughlin, Andrew (February 24, 2011). "Zodiak Media Group launches Zodiak Kids". DigitalSpy. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Alessandri exits Zodiak, Runel upped to MD of Zodiak Kids France". Kidscreen. November 28, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  12. ↑ Whittingham, Clive (November 28, 2014). "Zodiak appoints kids MD in France". C21 Media. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  13. ↑ Dickson, Jeremy (23 February 2016). "Zodiak and Banijay finalize merger" . Retrieved 23 August 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.