Pearson Television

Pearson Television
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television production; Television syndication
Predecessor	All American Television
Founded	1994
Defunct	2001
Fate	Merged with CLT-UFA and re-branded as Fremantle
Successor	Fremantle
Headquarters	Culver City, California, United States
Products	Television
Parent	Pearson PLC (1994-2000); RTL Group (2000-2001)
Divisions	Pearson Television North America; Pearson Television International;
Subsidiaries	Alomo Productions; Grundy Television; Fremantle International; Mark Goodson Productions; Regent Productions; Reg Grundy Productions; Talkback; Thames Television;

Pearson Television was the American-based television production and distribution arm of a British company Pearson PLC.

History[]

In 1994^[1] after a bidding war, Pearson PLC bought the production arms of ACI and Thames Television. Then in 1995 it acquired Grundy Television (Australia), In 1996 Pearson Television bought the British production company SelecTV PLC, and merged into it. In 1997 they brought the US publicly traded television company All American Television, and merged it into Pearson Television in 1998. This acquisition gave them the rights to various game show format libraries, including Mark Goodson Productions,

In April 2000, Pearson TV decided to take over Smith & Jones' UK production company Talkback Productions. Pearson Television ended in 2001 when they merged its television interests with those of Bertelsmann's CLT-UFA, forming the RTL Group. Subsequently, the RTL Group became wholly owned by Bertelsmann as it bought out Pearson's interests and those of CLT.

In the following year, Pearson Television was re-branded as FremantleMedia, which subsequently rebranded as simply Fremantle in 2018.

Until the 2010's when FremantleMedia rights sold into a Multicom Entertainment Group with Leonard Hill Films.

References[]

^ Last, Richard (9 February 1994). "Media: How Thames turned the tide: From failed franchisee to thriving 'indie' producer: there can be life after broadcasting death, as Richard Last witnessed". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Last, Richard (9 February 1994). "Media: How Thames turned the tide: From failed franchisee to thriving 'indie' producer: there can be life after broadcasting death, as Richard Last witnessed". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

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