Screentime
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television |
| Genre | Television production |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand, Ireland |
Key people | Bob Campbell (Executive chairman) |
| Services | Television program production |
| Parent | Banijay Entertainment (2012–present) |
| Divisions | Screentime New Zealand |
| Website | screentime |
Screentime is an Australian television production company, which develops and produces scripted and unscripted television programs in Australia and New Zealand. The company has produced numerous popular series including Popstars, the Underbelly format, RBT and Janet King.
In 2012, French company Banijay Entertainment acquired a majority stake in Screentime.[1]
History
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The company was formed by Bob Campbell and Des Monaghan with Capital Investment Group in 1996.[2][3] Screentime's first production was New Zealand talk show 5.30 with Jude on TV One which ran for three seasons.[4][5]
In 1999, Screentime bought the format rights to talent competition Popstars from its New Zealand creator, and went on to sell and co-produce adaptations of the format internationally.[6] In 2002, it was estimated that Screentime earned 20 percent of revenue generated from Popstars: The Rivals.[7]
In April 2001, Screentime's New Zealand production division Screentime New Zealand had merged with Auckland-based New Zealand production company Communicado, a well-known New Zealand independent production house established in 1983 by media executive & journalist Neil Roberts, alongside co-founders Murray Roberts, Garry McAlpine and Robin Scholes, & Screentime New Zealand was renamed to Screentime-Communicado with Communicado's executive Alan Withrington and its co-founder Robin Scholes joining the newly merged Screentime's New Zealand production division Screentime Communicado as joint-managers & co-presidents of Screentime's newly merged production arm Screentime Communicado while Communicado's Paul Holmes & Karen Soich joined the Australian production company Screentime and became board members of its newly merged New Zealand production division Screentime Communicado.[8]
At the end of January 2003, Screentime had started to expand its production business into Europe by taking a 50% majority stake in Dublin-based Irish television production outfit ShinAwil, which had produced the Irish adaptation of Screentime's format Popstars, the buyout of a 50% stake in the Irish production company ShinAwil had gained Screentime an Irish production subsidiary as they formed a production partnerhsip with ShinAwil to create Screentime's Irish joint-venture production arm Screentime ShinAwil that would handle & produce with Screentime's founders Des Monaghan and Bob Campbell serving as chairman & board member of the newly crated joint-venture unit while ShinAwil's founder & president Larry Bass and director Brenda O'Keefe serving as managing director & director of the joint venture unit.[9][10] A month later in February of that year, Screentime had appointed former BBC executive & Seven Network head of entertainment and former Network Ten managing director Jacqui Culliton to become Screentime's head of entertainment.[11] Three
In August 2003, Screentime expanded its production to the UK production market by creating a new British distribution joint-venture division with British distribution company ECM International that would distribute Screentime's scripted & non-scripted programming and formats in-house entitled Screentimes Partners with Chris Bonney and David Asher serving as CEO and CFO of Screentime's newly created British distribution arm Screentime Partners while Screentime's founders Des Monaghan and Bob Campbell became chairman & board member of Screentime's newly formed British distribution division Screentime Partners alongside former ECM senior programming executives Tom McClelland, Maria Rakhmatullina and Belinda Ronalds.[12][13]
Near the end of September 2006, Screentime had exited the British distribution business & had sold its London-based British international distribution arm Screentime Partners to British production company Shed Productions, giving Shed Productions its own distribution subsidiary & would handle distirbution to all of Shed Productions' programming while Screentime continued to license its formats internationally & handle production partnership with other companies.[14][15][16]
In 2012, Banijay Group purchased a controlling stake in Screentime, giving Screentime the rights to adapt Banijay formats in Australia.[2] Des Monaghan stood down from his executive position at Screentime in 2014.[17]
In 2015, Screentime sold its 49% stake in Irish production company Shinawil.[18]
In 2019, Screentime partnered with the Screen Makers Conference in Adelaide.[19][20]
In October 2024, Screentime New Zealand had established a new film & television production studio based in Queenstown that would handle all of Screentime New Zealand's productions in-house called Remarkable Studios NZ, marking Screentime New Zealand's first major film & television production facility, a primary production base and gained Queenstown a new film & television studio. The new film & television production studio Remarkable Studios NZ would handle all of Screentime New Zealand's future projects starting with the crime drama series A Remarkable Place to Die & it became the first production to be filmed at the new studio Remarkable Studios NZ.[21][22][23]
Productions
[edit]Programs with a shaded background indicate the program is still in production.
| Title | Network | Years | Notes | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakers | Network Ten | 1998–1999 | Co-production with Chrysalis Distribution | Scripted |
| Ten 7 Aotearoa | TVNZ 2 | 2002–2023 | Unscripted | |
| MDA | ABC | 2002–2005 | Scripted | |
| Ghost Hunt | TVNZ | 2005–2006 | Co-production with Osiris Productions | Unscripted |
| Yasmin's Getting Married | Network Ten | 2006 | Unscripted | |
| Underbelly | Nine Network | 2008–2013, 2018, 2022 | Scripted | |
| Dragons' Den | RTÉ One | 2009 | Unscripted | |
| RBT | Nine Network | 2010–present | Unscripted | |
| Bloodlines | TVNZ | 2010 | Scripted | |
| Annabel Langbein: The Free Range Cook | TVNZ 1 | 2010–2014 | Co-production with FremantleMedia and Annabel Langbein Media | Unscripted |
| MasterChef Ireland | RTÉ Two | 2011 | Unscripted | |
| Tim Winton's Cloudstreet | Showcase | 2011 | Scripted | |
| Crownies | ABC | 2011 | Scripted | |
| Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud | Three | 2011 | Scripted | |
| Tricky Business | Nine Network | 2012 | Scripted | |
| Safe House | TVNZ | 2012 | Scripted | |
| Animal Files | Prime | 2013 | Unscripted | |
| Water Patrol | TVNZ | 2013 | Unscripted | |
| Outback Coroner | Crime + Investigation | 2013–2014 | Unscripted | |
| ANZAC Girls | ABC | 2014 | Scripted | |
| Janet King | ABC | 2014–2017 | Spin-off of Crownies | Scripted |
| Village Vets Australia | Lifestyle | 2014–2015 | Unscripted | |
| Outback ER | ABC | 2015 | Unscripted | |
| I Am Innocent | TVNZ 1 | 2015–2017 | Unscripted | |
| How Not to Behave | ABC | 2015 | Scripted | |
| Stop Laughing...This Is Serious | ABC | 2015 | Unscripted | |
| Anh's Brush with Fame | ABC | 2016–present | Unscripted | |
| You're Back in the Room | TVNZ 2 | 2016 | Unscripted | |
| The Secret Daughter | Seven Network | 2016–2017 | Scripted | |
| Wolf Creek | Stan | 2016–2017 | Co-production with Emu Creek Productions | Scripted |
| Undressed | SBS | 2017 | Unscripted | |
| Murder Calls Australia | Nine Network | 2017 | Scripted | |
| Testing Teachers | SBS | 2017 | Unscripted | |
| Pine Gap | ABC Netflix | 2018 | Scripted | |
| Date Night | Nine Network | 2018 | Unscripted | |
| Straight Forward | Viaplay TVNZ | 2018 | Co-production with Mastiff Denmark, Viaplay, TVNZ and Acorn TV | Scripted |
| Hughesy, We Have a Problem | Network Ten | 2018–2021 | Unscripted | |
| Playing for Keeps | Network Ten | 2018—2019 | Scripted | |
| Driving Test Australia | Nine Network | 2018 | Unscripted | |
| Eat Well for Less Australia | Nine Network | 2018 | Unscripted | |
| Orange Is the New Brown | Seven Network | 2018 | Unscripted | |
| The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds | Network Ten | 2018 | Unscripted | |
| Trial By Kyle | Network Ten | 2019 | Unscripted | |
| Quimbo's Quest | Network Ten | 2019 | Scripted | |
| Wife Swap New Zealand | TVNZ | 2019 | Unscripted | |
| The Gulf | Three ZDF | 2019–present | Co-production with Lippy Pictures and Letterbox Filmproduktion | Scripted |
| Wife Swap Australia | Seven Network | 2019, 2021 | Previous season produced by Shine Australia | Unscripted |
| Informer 3838 | Nine Network | 2020–present | Scripted | |
| SAS Australia | Seven Network | 2020–present | Unscripted | |
| The Hundred with Andy Lee | Nine Network | 2021–present | Unscripted | |
| Bali 2002 | Stan | 2022 | Co-production with Endemol Shine Australia | Scripted |
| The Claremont Murders | Seven Network | 2023 | Co-production with See Pictures | Scripted |
References
[edit]- ↑ Delaney, Colin (4 September 2012). "Screentime sells major stake to Banijay Group". Mumbrella. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- 1 2 Knox, David (4 September 2012). "French group invests in Screentime". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ "Bob Campbell: ASTRA". ASTRA. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ "Des Monaghan: Producer, Executive". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Boland, Michaela (6 May 2009). "Three breaking Aussie companies". Variety. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Cleave, Louise (15 July 2000). "'Popstars' concept a hit with US giant". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Michael Keane; Albert Moran (2004). Television Across Asia: TV Industries, Programme Formats and Globalisation. RoutledgeCurzon. p. 191. ISBN 0-415-30905-0.
- ↑ "Screentime NZ and Communicado merge". NZ Hearld. 11 April 2001.
- ↑ "Australian/NZ Screentime Invests in Shinawil". IFTN. 31 January 2003.
- ↑ "Popstars creator builds Irish link". C21Media. 13 February 2003.
- ↑ "Ex-Seven entertainment boss heads for Screentime". C21Media. 10 February 2003.
- ↑ Waller, Ed (4 August 2003). "Screentime get UK foothold". C21 Media.
- ↑ Groves, Don (4 August 2003). "Screentime Expands". Variety.
- ↑ "Shed buys Screentime Partners for £2million". Digital Spy. 29 September 2006.
- ↑ "Screentime Partners bought by UK's Shed Productions". ScreenHub. 29 September 2006.
- ↑ "Shed buys Screentime for £2m". C21Media. 28 September 2006.
- ↑ Knox, David (27 February 2014). "Des Monaghan steps down from Screentime". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ McCaughren, Samantha (4 October 2015). "Shinawil goes solo". The Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ↑ Korsten, Tracey (23 January 2019). "Media Resource Centre Set for an Amazing 2019". GlamAdelaide. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "Media Resource Centre to launch initiative with Screentime, expand 2019 conference". if.com.au. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "Queenstown gets new film and TV studio". NZ Hearld. 23 October 2023.
- ↑ "Screentime New Zealand launches Remarkable Studios in Queenstown". Screen Global Production. 23 October 2024.
- ↑ Clarke, Stewart (22 October 2024). "New Zealand Gets A New Film & TV Studio As Banijay's Screentime Launches Remarkable Studios NZ In Queenstown". Deadline Hollywood.
