HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment PLC was established in 1989, and was originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television. However, following the death of Jim Henson in 1990, the business was sold to several members of the company's management and renamed HIT Entertainment to prevent any future confusion between the two companies.
Traded on the London Stock Exchange (HTE), HIT Entertainment is a FTSE 250 company with a market cap of over $US600 million.
HIT's catalogue of characters include Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Kipper, Angelina Ballerina, Rubbadubbers, Pingu, and The Wiggles. HIT also owns redistribution rights to several other shows.
HIT purchased Gullane Entertainment in 2002, in the process becoming owner of the Guinness Book of Records and Lyrick Studios in 2001. For a short time, HIT Entertainment distributed Big Idea Productions' VeggieTales videos, until Big Idea's eventual sale to Classic Media in 2003.
HIT Entertainment is a fully integrated studio, that incorporates production, world-wide distribution, UK home entertainment, publishing, licensing and merchandising and HIT Wildlife, the company's natural history arm.
HIT currently sells programming to over 120 countries. The chairman of HIT Entertainment is Greg Dyke, the former Chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the CEO is Bruce Steinberg, formerly the CEO of Fox Kids Television Europe.
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List of Movie,Films and Special
- Archibald the Koala - Roll Up, Roll Up
List of shows
- Angelina Ballerina (airs on PBS Kids Sprout and Nick Jr. UK)
- Animal Stories (Cartoon network TOO In UK)
- Anthony Ant
- David Thomason
- Archibald the Koala
- Art Attack
- Barney (airs on PBS Kids, Cartoon Network TOO and PBS Kids Sprout)
- Bob the Builder (airs on PBS Kids Sprout, CBeebies and Nick Jr. UK)
- Brambly Hedge
- Brum (Discovery Kids, CBeebies and TLC)
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone
- Children's Favourites
- Faeries
- Fiddley Foodle Bird
- Fireman Sam (PBS Kids Sprout)
- The Greedysaurus Gang
- The Hoobs
- Juniper Jungle
- Kipper (syndication/PBS Kids Sprout, and Nick Jr. UK))
- The Lampies
- Lavender Castle
- Lisa
- Magic Key
- Margaret the Bat
- Nellie the Elephant
- Oswald (syndication/Noggin)
- Percy the Park Keeper
- Pingu (PBS Kids Sprout In USA, CBeebies in UK, and Discovery Kids)
- Postman Pat
- Rubbadubbers (airs on CBeebies)
- Sheeep
- Sooty (CITV in the UK)
- Thomas the Tank Engine (PBS Kids Sprout, Nick Jr. Australia and Nick Jr. UK)
- TUGS (PBS Kids Sprout, Nick Jr. Australia and Nick Jr. UK)
- Three Friends and Jerry
- We All Have Tales
- Where's Waldo?
- Wind in the Willows
- Willows in Winter
- The Wiggles (Playhouse Disney and Nick Jr. UK)
- Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!(No longer airs on TV airwaves)
- ZZZap!
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Entertainment companies of the United Kingdom | Entertainment companies | Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange | Companies established in 1989 | Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends