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Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CTT) was an American television production and distribution company that was active from 1994 to 2002.
- September 16, 2002; 21 years ago
- Television production, Broadcast syndication
- February 21, 1994; 29 years ago
Columbia TriStar International Television, Inc. è stata una società di produzione e distribuzione televisivo statunitense attiva per otto anni dal 1994 al 2002. È stata fondata con la fusione di Columbia Pictures Television e TriStar Television. È stata utilizzata come il terzo nome del primo studio televisivo Screen Gems e il ...
- 16 settembre 2000 - (Confluita in Sony Pictures Television)
- Divisione
- 21 febbraio 1994 a Culver City
- Stati Uniti
Columbia TriStar Television was a merger of Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television (after the re-branding of Columbia TriStar Home Video). It was founded on February 21, 1994 and the same day, SPE renamed Columbia Pictures Television Distribution to Columbia TriStar Television Distribution .
TriStar Television was launched in March 1986 by TriStar Pictures, and remained a joint-venture between Columbia Pictures, CBS, and HBO until it was acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment, the parent of both Columbia and TriStar.
- January 4, 1988; 35 years ago (original), June 1999; 24 years ago (first relaunch)
- Sony Pictures Television
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Screen Gems
Screen Gems was a television production company that was owned by Columbia Pictures from 1948 to May 6, 1974, best known for shows like Bewitched, The Partridge Family and I Dream of Jeannie. It was one of the largest television producers in history, and it was around that time, one of the few TV subsidiaries of a major movie studio that didn't carry the film studio's name. It was highly profitable until 1974, when it was changed its name to Columbia Pictures Television.
Re-incorporation as CPT and early years
The studio changed its name from Screen Gems to Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and was suggested by David Gerber, who was producer on such CPT/Screen Gems shows, and now executive vice president of the studio, displacing Art Frankel when he was at Screen Gems. He announced plans to launch a separate unit to concentrate on movie-of-the-week titles. John H. Mitchell, who was president of the studio since 1958 when the studio was Screen Gems, said that they would take the division...
The Coca-Cola Years
The 1980s brought significant changes to CPT. On June 22, 1982, beverage company The Coca-Cola Company bought Columbia Pictures for $750 million. In 1983, Coca-Cola formed CPT Holdings and demerged CPT from Columbia Pictures Industries in 1984 and transferred CPT to CPT Holdings. In 1983, actress Suzanne Somers through Hamel/Somers Productions had signed a deal with the studio. Also that same year that producer Roy Huggins struck a deal with the studio. Also that year, Columbia Pictures Telev...
Bibliography
1. Perry, Jeb H. (1991). Screen Gems: A History of Columbia Pictures Television from Cohn to Coke, 1948-1983. ISBN 0-8108-2487-6.
- January 1, 2001; 22 years ago
- May 6, 1974; 49 years ago Burbank, California, United States
Columbia TriStar Television was launched on February 21, 1994, as a merger between Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television under the leadership of Jon Feltheimer, who was president of TriStar Television from 1991 to 1994 and New World Television until 1991.
Columbia TriStar International Television, Inc. è stata una società di produzione e distribuzione televisivo statunitense attiva per otto anni dal 1994 al 2002. È stata fondata con la fusione di Columbia Pictures Television e TriStar Television. È stata utilizzata come il terzo nome del primo studio televisivo Screen Gems e il quarto nome ...
