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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 2003; 23 years ago (2003) |
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| Headquarters | London ,United Kingdom |
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| Website | all3media |
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All3Media Limited is a British worldwide independent television, film, and digital production and distribution company based inLondon.[2] The All3Media group consists of more than 50 production and distribution companies and labels from the United Kingdom and all other parts of Europe (IDTV in the Netherlands and All3Media Deutschland in Germany), New Zealand (South Pacific Pictures) and the United States.[3]
All3Media Limited was formed in 2003 after theChrysalis's television arm was acquired by a consortium led by ex-Granada chief Steve Morrison, former ITV Head of Programming, David Liddiment, and former Operations MD at Granada, Jules Burns & John Pfeil.[4] On 3 June 2004, they announced that they acquired independent factual producer Lion TV which was founded in 1997 to expand the group across theAtlantic.[5]
In June 2005, the company acquiredMersey Television the creator of the soap operasBrookside andHollyoaks in the company's 10th acquisition after they bid for that company in April 2005.[6] It was renamed asLime Pictures in 2006.
In February 2007, All3Media had announced that they've expanding their operations into Germany by making an agreement to acquireCologne-based German independent television production company MME Moviement with All3Media's German division Pertus Zehnte being renamed to All3Media Deutschland.[7][8] In June 2007, All3Media announced that they've acquired the Birmingham-based independent production company behind10 Years LongerMaverick Television for an undisclosed sum, expanding All3Media's British television production portfolio with Maverick Television continued operated independently within All3Media along with their name.[9][10] Two months later in August of that same year, All3Media had announced that they've expanded their television production operations by acquiring Andrew O'Conner's magic & comedy production companyObjective Productions, bringing All3Media companies to 12 and expanded its scripted operations into the comedy genre as Objective Productions became a subsidiary under the former while its founders Michael Vine and Andrew O’Connor continued leading the acquired comedy production studio.[11][12]
In June 2008, All3Media had announced that they've acquired American-based unscripted television production company Zoo Productions making the company's first American acquisition outside the United Kingdom and expanding their operations into the United States with Zoo Productions became All3Media first American production subsidiary as the group would start producing American versions of its programming while its founders Barry Poznick and John Stevens had continued leading Zoo Productions under All3Media as its international arm All3Media International would distribute Zoo Productions's future programming worldwide.[13][14]
In August 2010, All3Media announced that it had acquired independent unscripted television production companyOptomen Television along with its American television production division Optomen Productions US and its joint venture production subsidiary with TV chef Gordon Ramsay, One Potato Two Potato for £40m expanding All3Media's television production operations and their expansion into the cooking portfolio.[15][16] In 2012, All3Media announced that they had launched US production arm inLos Angeles named All3Media America.[17] In 2013, it was named the top UK independent producer, with a turnover of £473m.[citation needed] On 8 May 2014, it was announced thatDiscovery, Inc. andLiberty Global would acquire All3Media, in a joint venture valued at US$930 million.[18] In March 2015, All3Media announced that they had made a deal to acquireSam Mendes' film, TV & theatre production companyNeal Street Productions.[19]
In January 2016, All3Media announced that they had acquiredCharlie Pattinson's British drama production company New Pictures to expand their drama development output and their British television production operations with co-founder and co-CEO of New Pictures and former co-founder of Company Pictures Charlie Patterson continuing to run the company within All3Media.[20][21][22] On 26 April 2016, British chef and producerGordon Ramsay formed a partnership with the All3Media group and they launched a joint venture called Studio Ramsay. The company will be fully owned by Ramsay but had support from the All3Media company to develop and produce unscripted shows with All3Media handling distribution rights to the shows. However five years later on 4 August 2021, Gordon Ramsay announced a major overall deal withFox Entertainment by launching a new production company calledStudio Ramsay Global with All3Media selling their partnership of Ramsay's then-current company Studio Ramsay to Fox Entertainment.[23]
In February 2017, All3Media announced that they had acquired British television production companyTwo Brothers Pictures who previously produced two shows with All3Media's subsidiary New Pictures which they brought back in 2016 as All3Media expanded their drama production portfolio with the company's founders Harry and Jack Williams continuing to lead the acquired company with All3Media International the international division of All3Media taking distribution rights to the shows that Two Brothers produced.[24][25] Also on 3 May of that same year, All3Media had acquired two production companies Raw and Betty TV from its former ownerDiscovery Communications (which would later become Discovery, Inc. in 2018 and later Warner Bros. Discovery in 2022).[26]
On 11 January 2018, the company's American arm launched production company Woodland Park Productions which to produce unscripted content and is under All3Media's American division.[27] In December 2018, All3Media announced that they've entered the sports production genre by acquiring British international sports production company Aurora Media Worldwide.[28] In May 2019, All3Media had announced that they've launched scripted production label named West Road Pictures withBlood producer Jonathan Fisher leading the new production label as their managing director.[29]
On 15 October 2019, the company launched a new factual production company Angelica Films with former BBC and Field Day executive Sally Angel.[30] But on 31 October 2022, Angelica Films had left All3Media becoming an independent company[31] On 24 September 2020,BBC Studios announced their intention to sell their stake in their German joint venture with All3Media, Tower Productions, and launch their own German division, BBC Studios Germany Productions. The sale took effect at the end of 2020.[32] In December 2020, All3Media announced that they had acquired leading natural history film and television production company Silverback Films, the producer of theNetflix seriesOur Planet.[33][34]
On 17 May 2021, it was announced that Discovery, which co-owned All3Media, would be acquiringAT&T subsidiaryWarnerMedia and merging with it to formWarner Bros. Discovery.[35] On 11 June 2021, All3Media had acquired NENT Studios UK from Nordic Entertainment Group now known asViaplay Group. They later merged its operations with All3Media's international division.[36] The Warner Bros. Discovery merger was completed by 8 April 2022. In August 2022, All3Media announced that they've merged two of their subsidiaries which were Birmingham-based production company Maverick Television and the Glasgow-based division ofObjective Media Group named Objective Media Group Scotland to form a factual and factual entertainment production company within Objective Media Group named 141 Productions.[37]
On 31 May 2023, co-owner Warner Bros. Discovery announced it was selling its stake toITV plc.[38] While the deal didn't reach an agreement in July 2023 withMediawan,Banijay, andSony remaining as potential buyers, ITV later told investors that they were "no longer actively exploring a deal but still continuing to monitor the situation".[39][1] Banijay was reported as of August.[40] After the auction for All3Media began in September 2023, three frontrunners emerged in the final stages of auction the next month:Goldman Sachs,Peter Chernin's The North Road Company and Banijay, with Sony andFremantle dropping out of contention.[41] On 12 December 2023,RedBird IMI was reported to be the frontrunner, with the company in advanced talks with Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global to acquire the company for around £1 billion ($1.26 billion) in a deal that could be completed before the end of the year. It was also reported that Banijay had dropped out of contention the previous week, with the North Road Company and Goldman Sachs also exiting.[42]
On February 16, 2024, RedBird IMI confirmed that they would be acquiring All3Media from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global for £1.15 billion, with the deal expected to close sometime in the second or third quarter of the year, pending regulatory approval.[43] On May 16, 2024, the sale was announced to have been completed, making it the single largest acquisition made by RedBird. RedBird IMI's CEOJeff Zucker was made chairman of All3Media, while Jane Turton and Sara Geater remain CEO and COO of the company respectively.[44]
On 23 November 2024,Sky News reported thatCVC Capital Partners,TF1,RedBird Capital Partners, All3Media, Mediawan, andKohlberg Kravis Roberts had been linked to a potential takeover bid forITV plc and a possible break-up of core assets includingITV Studios andITVX.[45]
On 30 January 2025,Reuters reported that RedBird IMI were in early-stage talks withITV plc to merge the All3Media andITV Studios production businesses.[46]
In September 2025, All3Media established its unscripted production development subsidiary entitled Seamonster TV, the new unscripted production development label would produce unscripted programming such as game shows and factual entertainment series with Mirella Breda CCO at All3Media's fellow production subsidiary Lime Pictures became managing director of All3Media's new unscripted development label Seamonster TV and Sam Pollard became Seamonster TV's director of development.[47]
Ten days later on the 11th of that month ten years after All3Media had brought 7 Stories back on 16 September 2015, All3Media had shuttered its scripted production subsidiary 7 Stories with the latter's production library being retained by All3Media whilst 7 Stories' founders Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire, alongside creative director Colleen Woodcock departured the defunct All3Media production subsidiary.[48]
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As on 17 January 2023, here is a list of companies owned by All3Media:
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