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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''The Incorporated Television Company''' ('''ITC''') was a British television distribution company founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of [[Associated Television (UK)|ATV]] (Associated TeleVision), one of the [[ITV (UK)|ITV]] franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production. In 1995, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] acquired ITC Entertainment Group. PolyGram was later acquired by Seagram and Sons on December 10, 1998, which was acquired by [[Universal Studios]] in December 2000. Before that, [[Carlton Television (UK)|Carlton Communications]] acquired the ITC library | '''The Incorporated Television Company''' ('''ITC''') was a British television distribution company founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of [[Associated Television (UK)|ATV]] (Associated TeleVision), one of the [[ITV (UK)|ITV]] franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production. In 1995, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] acquired ITC Entertainment Group. PolyGram was later acquired by Seagram and Sons on December 10, 1998, which was acquired by [[Universal Studios]] in December 2000. Before that, [[Carlton Television (UK)|Carlton Communications]] acquired the ITC library on January 19, 1999. | ||
Most of the ITC library, with certain exceptions (''The Dark Crystal'' is held by Universal with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] handling video rights; non-US rights of ''The Evil That Men Do'' is owned by co-distributor [[TriStar Pictures]] through Sony Pictures Entertainment, while US rights are still with [[Shout! Factory]]/ITV), is now owned by [[ITV Studios Global Entertainment (UK)|ITV Studios Global Entertainment]], a subsidiary of ITV plc. | Most of the ITC library, with certain exceptions (''The Dark Crystal'' is held by Universal with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] handling video rights; non-US rights of ''The Evil That Men Do'' is owned by co-distributor [[TriStar Pictures]] through Sony Pictures Entertainment, while US rights are still with [[Shout! Factory]]/ITV), is now owned by [[ITV Studios Global Entertainment (UK)|ITV Studios Global Entertainment]], a subsidiary of ITV plc. | ||