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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 1994 |
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| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Gwen Hughes (CEO) |
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| Website | www |
Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK (formerly The Foundation and Zodiak Kids Studio UK) is a British television production company that is a subsidiary of French production & distribution group Banijay Entertainment through its children's production division Banijay Kids & Family founded in 1994. It is led by Gwen Hughes as CEO. [1]
In August 2006, The Foundation TV Productions was acquired by British independent production and distribution company RDF Media Group in order for RDF to further expand their kids and family entertainment operation with The Foundation's founders Vanessa Hill and Ged Allen had continued to work The Foundation under RDF alongside RDF's family entertainment director Nigel Pickard who had joined the acquired company. [2] [3]
In February 2011 following Swedish/French production group Zodiak Media Group's acquisition of The Foundation TV Productions' British production parent RDF Media Group one year prior in 2010, The Foundation TV Productions' parent company Zodiak Media Group announced the establishment of their own children's television division named Zodiak Kids with The Foundation TV Productions was moved into the new division and became a subsidiary of the new Zodiak Kids division. [4]