Founded in 1965 by Russell Becker, one of the pioneers of commercial television in Australia.[1] Becker was Australia's first independent distributor of television programs. It went on to become a major producer of Australian versions of numerous American game shows.
The company expanded into theatrical film distribution in the early '90s as REP (standing for Richard Entertainment Partners after Russell Becker's son Richard and his two friends Richard Sheffield and Richard Guardian who collaborated with him on the move into film. Richard Sheffield ran REP as a Becker employee until he left to establish the Australian office of PolyGram Pictures).
The Australian box office success of Four Weddings and a Funeral fueled the listing of Becker Entertainment Limited on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1995, with Richard Becker as Managing Director and Russell as Chairman. Subsequently, Becker Entertainment purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and became Australia's largest exhibitor of art house or limited release theatrical films.
The value of the Dendy brand, which Becker enhanced with new cinema construction, lead to the renaming of the theatrical distribution department to Dendy Distribution.
After stepping down from Becker Entertainment[4] in 2007, Richard Becker went on to establish a new company, Becker Film Group in 2008[5][6]
With the remaining assets owned by Prime Television Limited, the company was eventually delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange, and remaining rights absorbed into Prime Television Limited. Prime went on to rename the company WASTAR ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 073 853 371[7] and would eventually deregister the company 9 June 2013.
New Beginning
On 22 September 2016, Daniel Becker and RJ Brent successfully lobbied ASIC to register a new trading entity of Becker Entertainment Pty Ltd ACN 614 954 157[8]
This company was established as a Film and TV Production Company, and started focusing on projects in 2017 with My Day Job[9] and Ravenswood.[10]
^"Ravenswood (2017)". IMDB. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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becker, entertainment, australian, production, company, owned, daniel, becker, brent, citation, needed, contents, history, beginning, also, references, external, linkshistory, editfounded, 1965, russell, becker, pioneers, commercial, television, australia, bec. Becker Entertainment is an Australian production company now owned by Daniel Becker and RJ Brent citation needed Contents 1 History 2 New Beginning 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditFounded in 1965 by Russell Becker one of the pioneers of commercial television in Australia 1 Becker was Australia s first independent distributor of television programs It went on to become a major producer of Australian versions of numerous American game shows The company expanded into theatrical film distribution in the early 90s as REP standing for Richard Entertainment Partners after Russell Becker s son Richard and his two friends Richard Sheffield and Richard Guardian who collaborated with him on the move into film Richard Sheffield ran REP as a Becker employee until he left to establish the Australian office of PolyGram Pictures The Australian box office success of Four Weddings and a Funeral fueled the listing of Becker Entertainment Limited on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1995 with Richard Becker as Managing Director and Russell as Chairman Subsequently Becker Entertainment purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and became Australia s largest exhibitor of art house or limited release theatrical films The value of the Dendy brand which Becker enhanced with new cinema construction lead to the renaming of the theatrical distribution department to Dendy Distribution Prior to the sale of Becker Entertainment to Prime Television in 2007 2 3 these two divisions were sold to Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey s Icon Productions After stepping down from Becker Entertainment 4 in 2007 Richard Becker went on to establish a new company Becker Film Group in 2008 5 6 With the remaining assets owned by Prime Television Limited the company was eventually delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange and remaining rights absorbed into Prime Television Limited Prime went on to rename the company WASTAR ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 073 853 371 7 and would eventually deregister the company 9 June 2013 New Beginning EditOn 22 September 2016 Daniel Becker and RJ Brent successfully lobbied ASIC to register a new trading entity of Becker Entertainment Pty Ltd ACN 614 954 157 8 This company was established as a Film and TV Production Company and started focusing on projects in 2017 with My Day Job 9 and Ravenswood 10 See also Edit Television portal Australia portalPrime Television Limited List of companies of Australia List of film production companies List of television production companiesReferences Edit Boland Michaela 25 June 2007 Becker family sells 43 of business Variety Retrieved 17 February 2023 Prime buys Becker stake in film biz Encore Magazine 1 July 2007 Prime gains control of Becker Group The Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2007 Archived from the original on 3 November 2013 Becker chief to step down The Hollywood Reporter 11 April 2006 Boland Michaela 15 July 2008 Becker returning with new shingle Daily Variety George Sandy 14 July 2008 Richard Becker leaps back into Australian distribution Screen Daily Retrieved 15 July 2019 WASTAR ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 073 853 371 Asic Connect ASIC Retrieved 9 October 2018 BECKER ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 614 954 157 Asic Connect ASIC Retrieved 9 October 2018 My Day Job IMDB Retrieved 9 October 2018 Ravenswood 2017 IMDB Retrieved 9 October 2018 External links EditBecker Entertainment Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Becker Entertainment amp oldid 1139932612, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
