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Telescreen (company)
Telescreen B.V. (formerly known as Telecable Benelux B.V.) was a Dutch television production & distribution company and a former animation studio that is specialised in producing and distributing kids & family entertainment content. It was established in 1983 by Finnish entrepreneur & producer Dennis Livson and Jos Kaandorp as a independent production & distribution company and was acquired by Japanese firm Mitsui, before being sold to Dutch production company Palm Plus Multimedia who handled Telescreen until 2005 before being sold to German company Made 4 Entertainment (m4e) in 2008. It has produced and distributed children's TV series such as Miffy, Moomin and Alfred J Kwak since 1983.
The international Consumer Products department manages and develops the merchandising programs of animated properties worldwide, such as Frog & Friends and Lizzie McGuire.
As licensing agent, they also represent some of the world's major entertainment companies in the Benelux territory, such as: BBC Worldwide, Turner Broadcasting, Chapman Entertainment and Aardman Animations.
The company services the full range of children's entertainment production, from animation production, TV distribution, home entertainment, consumer products, royalty administration to artwork coordination and creation.
Telescreen B.V. was founded in 1983 under the name Telecable Benelux BV by Dennis Livson and Jos Kaandorp. In 1994, the name Telecable Benelux B.V. was changed into Telescreen B.V. Soon thereafter, Livson sold the company to the giant Japanese entertainment firm Mitsui & Company, which acquired the company through a spin-off subsidiary, Pri-mation Media B.V.
In 1993, Japanese trading corporate organisation & entertainment firm Mitsui Group acquired Telescreen from its Finnish entrepreneur, producer and co-founder Dennis Livson, giving the Japanese trading organisation their own Dutch production & distribution firm and had it placed under Pri-Mation Media.
In December 1998, Telescreen along with its former Dutch production/distribution and licensing parent company Pri-mation Media was acquired by Dutch producer and distributor Palm Plus Produkties from Japanese organisation Mitsui with Palm Plus becoming Telescreen's then-new parent holding company as a result of its acquisition, marking Palm Plus' entry into the kids & family entertainment market. However seven years later on February 25, 2005, Palm Plus Multimedia would eventually exit the children's genre by selling Telescreen under a management buyout when Telescreen's CEO Ruud Van Breugel had stepped down, returning Telescreen into an independent distribution company as Palm Plus gained a 51% stake in Telescreen.
In March 2003, Telescreen and its then-parent company Palm Plus Produkties announced that they have acquired the Egmont Imagination catalog from Danish publishing company Egmont Group outside the Nordic territories with Telescreen distributing the acquired catalog internationally except the Nordic territories with former Egmont Imagination president Tom van Waveren had been appointed as Telescreen's director of co-productions.
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Telescreen (company)
Telescreen B.V. (formerly known as Telecable Benelux B.V.) was a Dutch television production & distribution company and a former animation studio that is specialised in producing and distributing kids & family entertainment content. It was established in 1983 by Finnish entrepreneur & producer Dennis Livson and Jos Kaandorp as a independent production & distribution company and was acquired by Japanese firm Mitsui, before being sold to Dutch production company Palm Plus Multimedia who handled Telescreen until 2005 before being sold to German company Made 4 Entertainment (m4e) in 2008. It has produced and distributed children's TV series such as Miffy, Moomin and Alfred J Kwak since 1983.
The international Consumer Products department manages and develops the merchandising programs of animated properties worldwide, such as Frog & Friends and Lizzie McGuire.
As licensing agent, they also represent some of the world's major entertainment companies in the Benelux territory, such as: BBC Worldwide, Turner Broadcasting, Chapman Entertainment and Aardman Animations.
The company services the full range of children's entertainment production, from animation production, TV distribution, home entertainment, consumer products, royalty administration to artwork coordination and creation.
Telescreen B.V. was founded in 1983 under the name Telecable Benelux BV by Dennis Livson and Jos Kaandorp. In 1994, the name Telecable Benelux B.V. was changed into Telescreen B.V. Soon thereafter, Livson sold the company to the giant Japanese entertainment firm Mitsui & Company, which acquired the company through a spin-off subsidiary, Pri-mation Media B.V.
In 1993, Japanese trading corporate organisation & entertainment firm Mitsui Group acquired Telescreen from its Finnish entrepreneur, producer and co-founder Dennis Livson, giving the Japanese trading organisation their own Dutch production & distribution firm and had it placed under Pri-Mation Media.
In December 1998, Telescreen along with its former Dutch production/distribution and licensing parent company Pri-mation Media was acquired by Dutch producer and distributor Palm Plus Produkties from Japanese organisation Mitsui with Palm Plus becoming Telescreen's then-new parent holding company as a result of its acquisition, marking Palm Plus' entry into the kids & family entertainment market. However seven years later on February 25, 2005, Palm Plus Multimedia would eventually exit the children's genre by selling Telescreen under a management buyout when Telescreen's CEO Ruud Van Breugel had stepped down, returning Telescreen into an independent distribution company as Palm Plus gained a 51% stake in Telescreen.
In March 2003, Telescreen and its then-parent company Palm Plus Produkties announced that they have acquired the Egmont Imagination catalog from Danish publishing company Egmont Group outside the Nordic territories with Telescreen distributing the acquired catalog internationally except the Nordic territories with former Egmont Imagination president Tom van Waveren had been appointed as Telescreen's director of co-productions.