Beyond International Limited is an international television and filmproduction company with operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The company is involved in the creation and international distribution of television, feature films and ancillary products. The company has an extensive television program catalogue of over 5,000 hours and covers all genres including drama, feature films, comedy, children's, reality, and documentary programs.[2]
The company was formed in 1984 to produce the science and technology magazine program Beyond 2000, a commercial reworking of the program Towards 2000 which aired on the Australian public broadcaster ABC. Beyond 2000 was later rebooted in 2005 as Beyond Tomorrow.
The company was founded by producers Carmel Travers, Iain Finlay and Chris Ardill-Guinness, as well as consultant Phil Gerlach and accountant Mikael Borglund, briefly titled CIC Productions, initially with the intention of making only one program, Beyond 2000 after which the company took its name.[3] The company took responsibility for distributing the series, finding success in selling the program overseas, including to Discovery Channel in America and an American adaptation for FOX.[3]
Early programs produced by Beyond include Just For the Record and Jack Thompson Down Under for Network Ten and Chances for the Nine Network.[3] Beyond's relationship with Discovery Channel saw the company commissioned to produce a number of the channel's early programs, including a nine-season run of Invention and eventually the company's most successful program Mythbusters.[3]
In 2020, Beyond acquired TCB Media Rights from receivership, following the collapse of Kew Media Group, valuing TCB at around $2.5 million. TCB Media Rights invests and distributes factual series including Abandoned Engineering and Extreme Ice Machines.[8]
In October 2022, it was announced that Banijay would acquire Beyond.[9] The acquisition was completed on December 30, 2022 and Beyond was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange on January 3, 2023.[10] At the end of February 2023, most of the company's employees at the company's distribution and sales arm (Beyond Rights) were let go. Beyond Rights will eventually be folded into Banijay's own distribution and sales arm, Banijay Rights.[11]
Ownership
The company was listed on the ASX from 1987 until 2023.[12] In 2008, FremantleMedia purchased just under 20% of shares in the company, making it the largest shareholder.[13]
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Beyond International Limited is an international television and film production company with operations in Ireland the United Kingdom Australia and the United States The company is involved in the creation and international distribution of television feature films and ancillary products The company has an extensive television program catalogue of over 5 000 hours and covers all genres including drama feature films comedy children s reality and documentary programs 2 Beyond InternationalTypeSubsidiaryIndustryTelevision and film production and distributionPredecessorsMagna Vision Pacific Home Entertainment 1985 2011 TCB Media Rights 2017 2020 Founded1984 in Australia 38 years agoHeadquartersDublin IrelandKey peopleIan Ingram Chairman Mikael Borglund CEO and MD RevenueA 101 million 2016 Net incomeA 5 6 million 2016 Total assetsA 45 million 2016 Total equityA 35 million 2016 ParentBanijayDivisionsBeyond Action Beyond Entertainment Beyond Home Entertainment Beyond Media Rights Beyond Productions Beyond TNC Beyond WestWebsitebeyond wbr com wbr auFootnotes references 1 The company was formed in 1984 to produce the science and technology magazine program Beyond 2000 a commercial reworking of the program Towards 2000 which aired on the Australian public broadcaster ABC Beyond 2000 was later rebooted in 2005 as Beyond Tomorrow Other notable programming produced and or distributed by Beyond include MythBusters Deadly Women Beat Bugs and Highway Thru Hell Contents 1 History 1 1 Ownership 2 Television series 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe company was founded by producers Carmel Travers Iain Finlay and Chris Ardill Guinness as well as consultant Phil Gerlach and accountant Mikael Borglund briefly titled CIC Productions initially with the intention of making only one program Beyond 2000 after which the company took its name 3 The company took responsibility for distributing the series finding success in selling the program overseas including to Discovery Channel in America and an American adaptation for FOX 3 Early programs produced by Beyond include Just For the Record and Jack Thompson Down Under for Network Ten and Chances for the Nine Network 3 Beyond s relationship with Discovery Channel saw the company commissioned to produce a number of the channel s early programs including a nine season run of Invention and eventually the company s most successful program Mythbusters 3 In 2009 Beyond acquired distribution company Magna Pacific from receivership 4 In 2013 Beyond formed a joint venture with Seven West Media called 7Beyond to produce programs in North America 5 7Beyond shows include My Lottery Dream Home and My Kitchen Rules In July 2020 Beyond International purchased Seven West Media s shareholding 6 7 In 2020 Beyond acquired TCB Media Rights from receivership following the collapse of Kew Media Group valuing TCB at around 2 5 million TCB Media Rights invests and distributes factual series including Abandoned Engineering and Extreme Ice Machines 8 In October 2022 it was announced that Banijay would acquire Beyond 9 The acquisition was completed on December 30 2022 and Beyond was delisted from the Australian Securities Exchange on January 3 2023 10 At the end of February 2023 most of the company s employees at the company s distribution and sales arm Beyond Rights were let go Beyond Rights will eventually be folded into Banijay s own distribution and sales arm Banijay Rights 11 Ownership Edit The company was listed on the ASX from 1987 until 2023 12 In 2008 FremantleMedia purchased just under 20 of shares in the company making it the largest shareholder 13 Television series EditAuction Squad Backyard Science Beach Cops Beat Bugs Behind Mansion Walls Beyond Tomorrow Bright Sparks The Adventures of Blinky Bill Chances Cool Stuff How It Works Curse of Akakor 14 The Day of the Roses Deadly Women Fanshaw amp Crudnut Good Guys Bad Guys Halifax f p Halifax Retribution Head Rush Heavy Rescue Highway Thru Hell Hot Auctions Kid Detectives Lab Rats Challenge Love It or List It Australia Medivac Milly Molly Monster Bug Wars MythBusters MythBusters The Search MythBusters Jr Ocean Girl Peter Allen Not the Boy Next Door Pet Centre Prototype This Pulse Selling Houses Australia Silversun Stingers Something in the Air Thunderstone Toybox White Rabbit Project Your Number s Up The ZoneReferences Edit Annual Report 2016 PDF Beyond International Limited 2016 Retrieved 31 July 2017 Beyond International Limited Ausfilm 2017 Retrieved 31 July 2017 a b c d Manning James 27 October 2015 Beyond International Celebrates 30 years Mediaweek Retrieved 9 June 2018 Stafford Patrick 25 February 2009 Beyond International snaps up a bargain from Destra rubble Smart Company Retrieved 9 June 2018 Knox David 21 October 2013 Seven partners with Beyond for North American push TV Tonight Retrieved 9 June 2018 Beyond International expands media production to UK and acquires 100 of US based 7Beyond joint venture Beyond International 9 July 2020 Seven has sold Seven Studios UK and 7Beyond AdNews 10 July 2020 Kanter Jake 2 April 2020 UK Distributor TCB Media Rights Acquired By Australia s Beyond International After Kew Media Collapse Deadline Bell BreAnna 5 October 2022 Banijay Set to Acquire MythBusters Firm Beyond International Variety Middleton Richard 3 January 2023 Banijay takes full control of Beyond International after completing acquisition Television Business International Middleton Richard 17 February 2023 Beyond Rights team to disband following Banijay takeover BYI Share Price and Information ASX Retrieved 9 June 2018 FremantleMedia buys Beyond stake Variety 10 September 2008 Retrieved 9 June 2018 Introducing Summer and Fall Programming for Facebook Watch Originals The Futon Critic 12 June 2019 External links Edit Australia portal Television portal Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beyond International amp oldid 1142508567, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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