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Sky Vision

Production and distribution company 2002–19

NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Sky Studios

Headquarters

Grant Way, Osterley

United Kingdom

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Jane Millichip
(Managing Director)ParentSky

Sky Vision was a production and distribution company founded by Sky in 2002 as Parthenon Media Group and was acquired and rebranded by Sky as Sky Vision. The business had investments in nine production businesses in the UK and US: Love Productions, Blast Films!, Sugar Films, True North, Parthenon Entertainment, Chrysalis Vision and Sky Vision Productions in the United Kingdom, and Jupiter Entertainment, Talos Films and Znak & Co. in the United States.^[1]

In addition to its investments, the company also worked with independent producers in the UK and US including Asylum Entertainment, Double Nickel Entertainment and Peacock Alley Entertainment in North America, and Avanti Media, Bohemia, Chalkboard, LittleRock Pictures, Merman Films and Spring Films in the United Kingdom.^[1]

In April 2019, it was announced that Sky Vision's distribution business would be folded into Comcast's NBCUniversal Global Distribution.^[2] On 1 October, Sky Vision Distribution officially merged with NBCUniversal Global Distribution.^[3] Production assets were transferred to newly founded Sky Studios in the same year.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Sky Vision – Sky's production and distribution arm". skyvision.sky.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^ White, Peter (5 April 2019). "Sky's International Distribution Unit Sky Vision To Be Absorbed Into NBCU Sales Arm Following Sale". Deadline. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "NBCUniversal Distribution sets date for Sky Vision takeover". TBI Vision. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ "Sky Vision formally shuttered after NBCUniversal transfer". TBI Vision. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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