TIS Productions
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| Company type | Parent
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| Website | https://tisproductions.com/ |
TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS
In 2007, the Fox International Channels (later the Fox Networks Group) division of the Fox Entertainment Group bought a 51% share in the company, thus renaming it as Fox Telecolombia.[3][4][5]
In 2009, Fox produced filmed Mental, the first television series produced in Latin America for its eponymous American and international channels,[6] at the Fox Telecolombia complex in Bogotá,[7] but it only lasted for a season.[8]
Following the completed
On 28 October 2021, Paramount Global, at the time known as ViacomCBS, announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the company from Disney, which closed on 23 November that year,[9][10][11][12] thus changing sister stations to Nickelodeon, while keeping the company's founders on board with their roles from a creative and advisory point of view.[13][14] Paramount then merged Estudios TeleMexico and TeleColombia into one and reverted the latter company's name back to TIS (in homage to its founding name) on 22 October 2022.[2]
References
- ^ a b Monroy, Edison (5 September 2022). "René Gómez, founding partner of Telecolombia, passed away". PRODU. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ a b "TIS new name of Telecolombia and Estudios Teleméxico". PRODU. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Hecht, John (27 June 2007). "Fox Int'l Channels acquires Telecolombia". Associated Press. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (26 June 2007). "Fox Intl. picks up Telecolombia". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Fox International Channels compra Telecolombia S.A." [Fox International Channels buys Telecolombia S.A.]. Dinero (in Spanish). 26 June 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "WorldScreen.com - Articles". WorldScreen. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 May 2008). "Fox TV Studios takes production abroad with "Mental"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2022 – via Reuters.
- ^ Kimball, Trevor (29 March 2010). "Mental cancelled, no season two". TV Series Finale. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "ViacomCBS to Acquire Majority Interest in Fox Telecolombia & Estudios Telemexico" (Press release). Paramount Global. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "ViacomCBS Completes Acquisition Of Majority Interest In Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico" (Press release). Paramount Global. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via PR Newswire.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS to Acquire Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "ViacomCBS to pick up majority stake in Fox TeleColombia and Estudios TeleMexico". Reuters. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Acquires Majority Stake in Fox TeleColombia". Variety. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS Buys Majority Of Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 1 November 2021.