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{{Short description|Welsh TV company}}
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| name = Tinopolis
| name = Tinopolis
| logo =
| logo =
| type = Privately held company
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = 1990
| foundation = {{start date and age|1990}}
| location = [[Llanelli]], Wales
| location = [[Llanelli]], Wales
| num_locations = 5 Production Bases (2018)
| num_locations = 5 (2018)
| key_people = [[Ron Jones (businessman)|Ron Jones]], Executive chairman<br>[[Arwel Rees]], CEO<br>[[Angharad Mair]], Chairman Wales<br>[[Jeff Foulser]], Chairman Sunset + Vine<br>John Willis, CEO Mentorn<br>
| key_people = [[Ron Jones (businessman)|Ron Jones]] (Executive chairman)<br />Arwel Rees (CEO)<br />[[Angharad Mair]] (Chairman, Wales)<br />Jeff Foulser (Chairman, Sunset + Vine)<br />John Willis (CEO, Mentorn)<br />
| industry = Television production
| industry = Television production
| products =
| products =
| revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]216&nbsp;million (2017)
| revenue = [[Pound sterling|£]]236&nbsp;million (2022)
| operating_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]15.65&nbsp;million (2017)
| operating_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]16.23&nbsp;million (2022)
| net_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]1.09&nbsp;million (2017)
| net_income = [[Pound sterling|£]]3.46&nbsp;million (2022)
| num_employees = 539 (2017)
| num_employees = 529 (2022)
| parent =
| parent =
| subsid =
| subsid =
| homepage = {{url|tinopolis.com}}
| homepage = {{Official website|https://www.tinopolis.com/}}
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
}}
}}
'''The Tinopolis Group''' is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US and a portfolio spanning 13 content production companies across all genres – from big scale entertainment and award-winning factual to critically acclaimed drama and ground-breaking live sports coverage. The group also includes international distributor, Passion Distribution.
Tinopolis produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinopolis.com/about/|title=The Group|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>


'''The Tinopolis Group''' is an international [[Video production|TV production]] and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of [[television]] annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinopolis.com/about/|title=The Group|accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref>
==History==
[[Llanelli]], Wales, became such a significant regional producer of tin that it was referred to as "Tinopolis" by the latter half of the 19th century.<ref name=Tin>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Bill |last2=Lewis |first2= Ronald L.|date=May 2007|title=Gender and Transnationality among Welsh Tinplate Workers in Pittsburgh: The Hattie Williams Affair, 1895 |journal=Labor History|volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=178 }}</ref>
Hence the parent company took this name when it was established there in 1990.<ref name="va">{{Cite web
|url=http://www.videoarts.com/about.jsp
|title=About
|publisher=[[Video Arts]]
|accessdate=13 July 2008
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080629210707/http://www.videoarts.com/about.jsp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 June 2008}}</ref> It was one of the few television production companies to be publicly listed and its acquisition of major UK competitors contributed to its growth in the early 21st century.

Tinopolis purchased '''The Television Corporation''', the parent company of Sunset + Vine and '''Mentorn''', in 2006.<ref name="blake">{{Cite news
|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2008/07/01/tinopolis-profits-surge-in-last-results-before-delisting-91466-21205296/
|title=Tinopolis profits surge in last results before delisting
|author=Blake, Aled
|work=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]
|publisher=[[Media Wales]]
|date=1 July 2008
|accessdate=13 July 2008}}</ref>

The Tinopolis division, based in Llanelli has been a mainstay of Welsh language television for many years and specialises in live programmes.

The sport division, Sunset + Vine, was founded in 1983, and won several [[BAFTA]] awards for its horse racing coverage and its cricket coverage for [[Channel 4]]. They also provide a large amount of coverage of American sports for [[Channel 5 (UK)|Five]] including [[MLB]] coverage from launch in 1997 until 2008.

Mentorn and Folio, the main factual brands, are amongst the longest established and respected independent producers in the UK.

[[Video Arts]], the training media company, was founded in 1972 by comic [[John Cleese]], and since trained about 100,000 organisations in approximately 50 countries.<ref name="va" />
Video Arts was purchased by Tinopolis in 2007.<ref name="va" />

In 1988, writer and director Ed Thomas founded '''Fiction Factory''', a company now part of Tinopolis.

Shares of Tinopolis plc were listed on London's [[Alternative Investment Market]] in 2005.<ref name="blake" />
It was widely held by major institutions and purchased in 2008 for £44.7&nbsp;million by management and [[private equity]] company [[Vitruvian Partners]], taking the company private again.<ref name="blake" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2008/05/09/tinopolis-in-44m-acquisition-deal-91466-20885625/|title=Tinopolis in £44m acquisition deal|author=Barry, Sion|publisher=Media Wales|date=9 May 2008|accessdate=9 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news
|url=http://www.hemscott.com/news/enwiki/static/tfn/item.do?newsId=65116000573015
|title=Tinopolis FY pretax profit 1.9 mln pounds vs 0.96 mln
|date=30 June 2008
|author=Thomson Financial
|author-link=Thomson Financial
|publisher=Hemscott
|accessdate=13 July 2008
}}</ref>

In late 2009 Tinopolis acquired Pioneer Productions, the leading factual producer.<ref>http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=101949</ref>

During 2011 Tinopolis expanded its operations overseas through the acquisition of [[Arthur Smith (producer)|A Smith & Co Productions]] in June 2011 and BASE Productions in August 2011<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelsey|first=Chris|title=Tinopolis buys US maker of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/06/29/tinopolis-buys-us-maker-of-gordon-ramsay-s-kitchen-nightmares-91466-28959964/|publisher=WalesOnline|date=29 June 2011}}</ref>

The management of Tinopolis bought out their long standing investor Vitruvian Partners in October 2017<ref>http://www.vitruvianpartners.com/vitruvian-sells-shareholding-leading-independent-content-company-tinopolis/</ref>


==Operations==
==Operations==
Tinopolis has production centres in London, Los Angeles, [[Llanelli]], Glasgow and [[Cardiff]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+ Operating subsidiaries
! Company
! Company
! Genre
! Founded
! Acquired
! Annual output (h)
! Ref.
! Major titles
! Notes
|-
|-
| [[A. Smith & Co.]]
|Tinopolis Cymru
| 2000
|Welsh language programmes
| 2011
|
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Finke|first=Nikki|date=2011-06-28|title=A. Smith & Co Prods Merges With UK-Based Tinopolis Group For $100M Deal Creating Reality TV Powerhouse|url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/a-smith-co-prods-merges-with-uk-based-tinopolis-group-for-100m-deal-creating-reality-tv-powerhouse-143876/|access-date=2021-02-23 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|''[[Prynhawn Da]]'', ''[[Heno]]'', ''[[Y Stiwdio Gefn]]'', ''[[Loris Mansel Davies]]'' and ''[[Ar y Bysus]]''
|
|-
|-
|Daybreak Pictures
| Daybreak Pictures
| 2006
|Drama
| —
|
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Kemp |first=Stuart |date=8 December 2006 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/daybreak-horizon-mentorn-145744/ |title=Daybreak on horizon for Mentorn |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate=8 December 2006}}</ref>
|''[[The Politician's Husband]]'', ''[[Avengers: Endgame|Endgame]]'', ''[[The Promise (2011 TV serial)|The Promise]]'' and ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]''
|[[David Aukin]] and [[Hal Vogel]]
|-
|-
| fFatti fFilms
| 2013
| —
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=20 March 2014 |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/rhys-ifans-to-star-in-under-milk-wood/5069793.article |title=Rhys Ifans to star in Under Milk Wood film |website=[[Screen Daily]] |accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Fiction Factory Films]]
| [[Fiction Factory Films]]
| 2002
|Drama
| —
|
| <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.miamarket.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MIA_2017_Book_of_Projects.pdf | title=Book of Projects - Rome 2017| website=www.miamarket.it}}</ref>
|''[[Caerdydd (TV series)|Caerdydd]]'', ''[[Y Pris]]'', ''[[Gwaith/Cartref]]'', ''[[Pen Talar]]'', ''[[Y Gwyll]]/Hinterland''
|Ed Thomas
|-
|-
| Firecracker Films
|Mentorn
| 2002
|Various
| 2012
|
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Budden |first=Robert |date=6 December 2012 |url=https://www.ft.com/content/798033d8-3fb3-11e2-b0ce-00144feabdc0 |title=Tinopolis snaps up Firecracker Films |website=[[Financial Times]] |accessdate=6 December 2012}}</ref>
|''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]'', ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'', ''[[Traffic Cops]]'',''[[An Idiot Abroad]]'', ''[[Inside London Fire Brigade]]'' and ''[[Paradise Hotel]]''
|
|-
|-
| Magical Elves
| 2001
| 2014
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kelly |date=3 February 2014 |url=https://realscreen.com/2014/02/03/tinopolis-group-acquires-magical-elves/ |title=Tinopolis Group acquires Magical Elves |website=[[Realscreen]] |accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Mentorn
|A.Smith & Co
| 1985
|Various
| 2006
|
| <ref name="TVC">{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Maggie |date=16 January 2006 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/16/independentproductioncompanies.mondaymediasection |title=A new test for Tinopolis |website=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=16 January 2006}}</ref>
|''[[Hell's Kitchen]]'', ''[[American Ninja Warrior]]'' and ''[[The Titan Games]]''
|
|-
|-
|MSV Post
| MSV Post
| —
|Post-Production
| —
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|Passion Distribution
| Passion Distribution
| 2008
|Distributor
| 2012
|
| <ref>{{cite web |author=Variety Staff |date=3 December 2012 |url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/tinopolis-buys-passion-distribution-1118062985/ |title=Tinopolis buys Passion Distribution |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref>
|''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' and ''[[Paradise Hotel]]''
|
|-
|-
| [[Pioneer Productions]]
| 1988
| 2009
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Gibb |first=Lindsay |date=29 October 2009 |url=https://realscreen.com/2009/10/29/pioneertinopolis-20091029/ |title=Tinopolis Group acquires Pioneer Productions |website=[[Realscreen]] |accessdate=29 October 2009}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Sunset+Vine
|Thunderclap
| 1976
|Factual Entertainment
| 2006
|
| <ref name="TVC"/>
|''[[Galdem Sugar]]''
|
|-
|-
| Thunderclap Media
|Sunset + Vine
| 2017
|Sport
| —
|2000
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Media |first=Thunderclap |date=17 January 2018 |url=https://www.tinopolis.com/media-centre/news/thunderclap-media-expands-team-with-first-executive-producer-hire/ |title=THUNDERCLAP MEDIA EXPANDS TEAM WITH FIRST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HIRE |website=Tinopolis |accessdate=17 January 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
;[[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]
| Tinint
''[[MLB on Five]]'' (1997–2008)<br />
| 1999
''[[NFL on Five]]'' (1997–2010)<br />
| —
''[[NBA on Five]]'' (1997–2008)<br />
|
''[[NHL on Five]]'' (1998–2006)<br />
''[[Channel 5 (UK)|Cricket on Five]]'' (2006–present)<br />
''[[Football on 5]]'' UEFA Cup & Europa League (1997–2012), Football League Tonight (2015–present)

;[[BT Sport]]
''Football Coverage including Premier League, FA Cup and European Football'' (2013–present)<br />
''Rugby Coverage including Premiership Rugby & European Rugby'' (2013–present)

;[[BBC Sport]]
''Horse Racing Coverage including Derby & Royal Ascot'' (2004–2012)<br />
''[[Grand National|The Grand National Steeplechase]]'' (2008–2012)<br />
''Women's Football including FA Women's Cup Final, Euro 2013 & World Cup 2015'' (2012–present)<br />
''Cricket Coverage including World Twenty20 & Cricket World Cup'' (2009–2011)<br />
''Host Broadcaster for Glasgow Commonwealth Games'' (2014)<br />
''2012 London Olympics Sailing Coverage'' (2012)<br />
''NFL'' (2007–2012)<br />
''[[BBC Scotland]] Produced all BBC Sport Scotland coverage including Football, Rugby, Shinty, Curling & Bowls'' (2006–present)

;[[Channel 4]]
''World Athletics Championships'' (2011)<br />
''Cricket Coverage including Live Test and County Matches and One Day Highlights'' (1999–2005)<br />
''Paralympic Coverage including London 2012, Sochi 2014 & Rio 2016'' (2012–present)<br />
''[[Crufts]]'' (2010–present)<br />
''NFL Coverage'' (2010–2015)

;Various
''[[ESPN UK]] Premiership Rugby Coverage'' (2010–2012)
''[[ITV Sport]] Tour de France'' (2002–2009)<br />
''[[Dubai World Cup]]'' (1998–present)<br />
''[[FIFA World Cup]]''<br />
''[[Volvo Ocean Race]]''<br />
''[[European Poker Tour]]''<br />
''[[Gillette World Sport]]''<br />
''[[Eurovision Dance Contest]]''<br />
''[[Pakistan Super League]]'' (2016-2018)
|<ref name="svp">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunsetvine.co.uk/sunsetvineweb/
|title=Profile
|publisher=Sunset + Vine
|accessdate=13 July 2008
}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Tinopolis Interactive
| Tinopolis Cymru
| —
|Combined media and internet<br />for corporate clients
| —
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| Tinopolis Factual Group Scotland
|[[Video Arts]]
| 2002
|Training
| —
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Video Arts]]
| 1972
| 2007
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Dowell |first=Ben |date=4 May 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/may/04/independentproductioncompanies.citynews |title=Tinopolis makes £2.4m acquisition |website=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=4 May 2007}}</ref>
|}
|}


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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.tinopolis.com/Default.aspx Tinopolis] – group website
* {{Official website|https://www.tinopolis.com/}}
*[http://www.daybreakpictures.com/ Daybreak Pictures]
*[http://www.sunsetvine.co.uk/ Sunset + Vine]


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Revision as of 11:04, 28 November 2024

This article is about the TV company. For the town with this nickname, see Llanelli.

Tinopolis
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelevision production
Founded1990; 35 years ago (1990)
HeadquartersLlanelli, Wales
Number of locations
5 (2018)
Key people
Ron Jones (Executive chairman)
Arwel Rees (CEO)
Angharad Mair (Chairman, Wales)
Jeff Foulser (Chairman, Sunset + Vine)
John Willis (CEO, Mentorn)
Revenue£236 million (2022)
£16.23 million (2022)
£3.46 million (2022)
Number of employees
529 (2022)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Tinopolis Group is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.[1]

Operations

Company Founded Acquired Ref.
A. Smith & Co. 2000 2011 [2]
Daybreak Pictures 2006 — [3]
fFatti fFilms 2013 — [4]
Fiction Factory Films 2002 — [5]
Firecracker Films 2002 2012 [6]
Magical Elves 2001 2014 [7]
Mentorn 1985 2006 [8]
MSV Post — —
Passion Distribution 2008 2012 [9]
Pioneer Productions 1988 2009 [10]
Sunset+Vine 1976 2006 [8]
Thunderclap Media 2017 — [11]
Tinint 1999 —
Tinopolis Cymru — —
Tinopolis Factual Group Scotland 2002 —
Video Arts 1972 2007 [12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Group". Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ Finke, Nikki (28 June 2011). "A. Smith & Co Prods Merges With UK-Based Tinopolis Group For $100M Deal Creating Reality TV Powerhouse". Deadline. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ Kemp, Stuart (8 December 2006). "Daybreak on horizon for Mentorn". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
  4. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (20 March 2014). "Rhys Ifans to star in Under Milk Wood film". Screen Daily. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Book of Projects - Rome 2017" (PDF). www.miamarket.it.
  6. ^ Budden, Robert (6 December 2012). "Tinopolis snaps up Firecracker Films". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  7. ^ Anderson, Kelly (3 February 2014). "Tinopolis Group acquires Magical Elves". Realscreen. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  8. ^ a b Brown, Maggie (16 January 2006). "A new test for Tinopolis". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2006.
  9. ^ Variety Staff (3 December 2012). "Tinopolis buys Passion Distribution". Variety. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  10. ^ Gibb, Lindsay (29 October 2009). "Tinopolis Group acquires Pioneer Productions". Realscreen. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  11. ^ Media, Thunderclap (17 January 2018). "THUNDERCLAP MEDIA EXPANDS TEAM WITH FIRST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HIRE". Tinopolis. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  12. ^ Dowell, Ben (4 May 2007). "Tinopolis makes £2.4m acquisition". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
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