Tinopolis
Type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television production |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Llanelli, Wales |
Key people | Ron Jones, Executive chairman Toby Wyles Ben Johnson |
| Revenue | £66 million (2007) |
Operating income | £5.67 million (2007) |
Net income | £2.18 million (2007) |
Number of employees | 404 (2007) |
| Website | www.tinopolis.com |
Tinopolis plc is a Welsh independent television production company, owned by its senior management and private equity company Vitruvian Partners.
Tinopolis produces over 2,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Operations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
History
Llanelli, Wales, became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as "Tinopolis" by the latter half of the 19th century.[2]
Hence the parent company took this name when it was established there in 1990.[3] It was one of the few television production companies to be publicly listed and its acquisition of major UK competitors contributed to its growth in the early 21st century.
Tinopolis purchased The Television Corporation, the parent company of Sunset + Vine and Mentorn, in 2006.[4]
The Tinopolis division, based in Llanelli has been a mainstay of Welsh language television for many years and specialises in live programmes.
The sport division, Sunset + Vine, was founded in 1983, and won several BAFTA awards for its horse racing coverage and its cricket coverage for Channel 4. They also provide a large amount of coverage of American sports for Five including MLB coverage from launch in 1997 until 2008.
Mentorn and Folio, the main factual brands, are amongst the longest established and respected independent producers in the UK.
Video Arts, the training media company, was founded in 1972 by comic John Cleese, and since trained about 100,000 organisations in approximately 50 countries.[3]
Video Arts was purchased by Tinopolis in 2007.[3]
In 1988, writer and director Ed Thomas founded Fiction Factory, a company now part of Tinopolis.
Shares of Tinopolis plc were listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2005.[4]
It was widely held by major institutions and purchased in 2008 for £44.7 million by management and private equity company Vitruvian Partners, taking the company private again.[4][5][6]
In late 2009 Tinopolis acquired Pioneer Productions, the leading factual producer.[7]
During 2011 Tinopolis expanded its operations overseas through the acquisition of A Smith & Co Productions in June 2011 and BASE Productions in August 2011[8]
Operations
Tinopolis has production centres in Llanelli, London, Glasgow and Cardiff.
| Company | Genre | Annual output (h) | Major titles | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tinopolis Cymru | Welsh language programmes | Prynhawn Da, Heno and Y Stiwdio Gefn | ||
| Daybreak Pictures | Drama | David Aukin and Hal Vogel | ||
| DEEM | Animation | animator Dave Edwards | ||
Fiction Factory Films | Drama | Caerdydd Y Pris Gwaith/Cartref Pen Talar Y Gwyll/Hinterland | Ed Thomas | |
| Folio | Documentary | Traffic Cops | ||
| Mentorn | Miscellaneous | Question Time Robot Wars | ||
| POP 1 | Documentary Sport Children | |||
| Sunset + Vine | Sport | 2000 | MLB on Five(1997–2008)
Dubai World Cup (1998–present) | [9] |
| Tinopolis Interactive | Combined media and internet for corporate clients | |||
Video Arts | Training |
See also
- Media in Wales
References
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^ Jones, Bill; Lewis, Ronald L. (May 2007). "Gender and Transnationality among Welsh Tinplate Workers in Pittsburgh: The Hattie Williams Affair, 1895". Labor History. 48 (2): 178.
^ abc "About". Video Arts. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
^ abc Blake, Aled (1 July 2008). "Tinopolis profits surge in last results before delisting". Western Mail. Media Wales. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
^ Barry, Sion (9 May 2008). "Tinopolis in £44m acquisition deal". Media Wales. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
^ Thomson Financial (30 June 2008). "Tinopolis FY pretax profit 1.9 mln pounds vs 0.96 mln". Hemscott. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
^ http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=101949
^ Kelsey, Chris (29 June 2011). "Tinopolis buys US maker of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares". WalesOnline.
^ "Profile". Sunset + Vine. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
External links
Tinopolis – group website- Daybreak Pictures
- Sunset + Vine
