Thames (2012-): Difference between revisions

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The '''Thames''' production company was originally the production arm of [[Thames Television IDs (UK)|Thames Television]], from a merger of the separate previous units '''ABC Television Productions''' and '''Rediffusion London Productions'''. Even though after Thames had lost its ITV franchise in 1992 to Carlton, it continued on as a production company, which was acquired by [[Pearson Television (UK)|Pearson Television]] in mid-1993 (itself sold to CLT-UFA in July 2000, merged to become the RTL Group, and rebranded as [[Fremantle (UK)|FremantleMedia]] in 2001). In 2003, Thames was merged with another Fremantle subsidiary, [[Talkback (UK)|Talkback]] to form [[Talkback Thames (UK)|Talkback Thames]], which was then split in 2012 into four production companies, resurrecting the Thames brand.