Information about Hit Entertainment
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The new HIT Entertainment logo, introduced in June 2006.
HIT is privately held. Sunshine Acquisition, a company set up by Apax Partners’ Funds, closed acquisition of HIT Entertainment on May 26, 2005 £489.4 million.
HIT's catalogue of characters include Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Barney, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Kipper, Angelina Ballerina, Rubbadubbers, Pingu, The Wiggles and Wishbone. HIT also owns redistribution rights to several other shows.
HIT purchased Gullane Entertainment (the owners of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and Magic Adventures of Mumfie) in 2002, in the process becoming owner of the Guinness Book of Records and Lyrick Studios (who were the US distributors of The Wiggles and Bob the Builder and the owners of Barney & Friends and Wishbone) in 2002.
Since the 2006 multimillion-dollar, multi-year agreement, exclusive home entertainment marketing, sales and distribution rights to HIT's children's programming are currently distributed in the United States and Canada by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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 Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the CEO is Bruce Steinberg, formerly the CEO of what was once known as Fox Kids Europe and is now known as Jetix Europe.
List of shows
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The HIT Entertainment television signature as it used to appear at the end of each of its television programs and on the website.
- Angelina Ballerina (airs on PBS Kids, PBS Kids Sprout and Nick Jr. UK)
- Art Attack for SMG Productions (airs on CITV)
- Barney & Friends (airs on PBS Kids, Cartoonito and PBS Kids Sprout)
- Bob the Builder (airs on PBS Kids Sprout, CBeebies, and Nick Jr. UK)
- Fireman Sam (CBeebies UK, PBS Kids Sprout US)
- Kipper (syndication/PBS Kids Sprout, and Nick Jr. UK; originally on Nick Jr. and Noggin in the USA)
- Pingu (PBS Kids Sprout In USA, CBeebies in UK, and Discovery Kids; originally on the BBC)
- Rubbadubbers (airs on CBeebies)
- Sooty (CITV in the UK)
- Thomas the Tank Engine (PBS Kids Sprout, Nick Jr. Australia, Nick Jr. UK, and Playhouse Disney)
- The Wiggles (ABC in Australia, Nick Jr. UK and Playhouse Disney USA)
- Wishbone (airs on PBS Kids)
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The Jim Henson Company
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Founded New York (1958)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California; offices and production facilities in New York City and London
Key people Brian Henson, Co-Chair & Co-CEO
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Founded New York (1958)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California; offices and production facilities in New York City and London
Key people Brian Henson, Co-Chair & Co-CEO
Lisa Henson, Co-Chair & Co-CEO
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Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets and the leading force behind their long creative run in the television series
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Apax Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm based in the United Kingdom which operates in Hong Kong, China, India, United Kingdom, United States, Europe, and Israel.
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<noinclude></noinclude> <noinclude></noinclude> Bob the Builder is a children's television character created by Keith Chapman. Bob appears as a construction contractor in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours
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Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British children's television series which was first broadcast in 1984.
The series was based on The Railway Series, a series of books created by the Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry.
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The series was based on The Railway Series, a series of books created by the Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry.
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Barney & Friends is a children's television show produced in the United States, mainly aimed at preschoolers. Barney is a purple anthropomorphic dinosaur who conveys learning through jumping around singing children's songs with a friendly, optimistic attitude.
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Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! was a 52-episode animated television series, produced by Collingwood O'Hare and HIT Entertainment, aired from 2003 to 2005, and was part of Cartoon Network's Tickle-U preschool television programming block in the United States.
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Kipper the Dog is a character in a series of books for preschool age children by Mick Inkpen. The books have 34 titles (as of July 2005), have sold over 8 million copies, and have been translated into over 20 languages. The books have also won many awards.
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Angelina Ballerina is a fictional mouse, created by author Katharine Holabird and illustrator Helen Craig, who features in a popular series of children's books. The first book in the series was published in 1982, and there have since been over twenty books in the series.
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The Rubbadubbers is a stop motion animation children's show from Hot Animation which is owned by HIT Entertainment.
The television show features characters who are animated bath toys. They often excitedly announce that the children are about to take a bath.
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The television show features characters who are animated bath toys. They often excitedly announce that the children are about to take a bath.
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Pingu is a Swiss animated children's television series about a family of penguins who live at the South Pole. The main character is the son, Pingu, though some episodes feature Pingu's parents and (after her hatching) his baby sister Pinga, his friend Robby the Seal, and
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The Wiggles is an Australian band. Since its formation in 1991, the group has achieved worldwide success with its children's albums, videos, television series and concert appearances.
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Wishbone is a television show which aired from 1995 to 2001 in the United States featuring a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Re-runs currently air weekly on select PBS stations.
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Gullane Entertainment was a company that produced TV shows for the whole family and was formerly called The Britt Allcroft Company.
Gullane was well known for TV shows such as: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Magic Adventures of Mumfie, Art Attack, Fireman Sam, Sooty and
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Gullane was well known for TV shows such as: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Magic Adventures of Mumfie, Art Attack, Fireman Sam, Sooty and
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Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British children's television series which was first broadcast in 1984.
The series was based on The Railway Series, a series of books created by the Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry.
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The series was based on The Railway Series, a series of books created by the Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry.
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Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie is an animated children's television series which was created by Britt Allcroft in 1994.
Based on the books by Katherine Tozer, Mumfie is a special little elephant who had no one to play with.
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Based on the books by Katherine Tozer, Mumfie is a special little elephant who had no one to play with.
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The Wiggles is an Australian band. Since its formation in 1991, the group has achieved worldwide success with its children's albums, videos, television series and concert appearances.
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<noinclude></noinclude> <noinclude></noinclude> Bob the Builder is a children's television character created by Keith Chapman. Bob appears as a construction contractor in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours
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Barney & Friends is a children's television show produced in the United States, mainly aimed at preschoolers. Barney is a purple anthropomorphic dinosaur who conveys learning through jumping around singing children's songs with a friendly, optimistic attitude.
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Wishbone is a television show which aired from 1995 to 2001 in the United States featuring a Jack Russell Terrier of the same name. Re-runs currently air weekly on select PBS stations.
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"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1977 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and Fox Video.
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"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
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"God Save the Queen" [3]
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"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
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"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a journalist and broadcaster. He was Director-General of the BBC from January 2000 until 29 January 2004 when he resigned following heavy criticism of the BBC's news reporting process in the Hutton Inquiry.
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Fox Kids
Type Saturday morning cartoon block
Country United States
Availability National
Owner Joint venture between News Corp and Saban
Launch date September 8, 1990
Closure date September 7, 2002
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Type Saturday morning cartoon block
Country United States
Availability National
Owner Joint venture between News Corp and Saban
Launch date September 8, 1990
Closure date September 7, 2002
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