TIS Productions

TIS Productions
Formerly
  • Producciones Bernardo Romero Pereiro (1996–1999)
  • Producciones Telecolombia (1999–2007)
  • Fox Telecolombia (2007–2021)
  • TeleColombia (2021–2022)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision production
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Founder
Headquarters
Bogotá
,
Colombia
Parent
Websitehttps://tisproductions.com/

TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS[2] and formerly known as The Independent Studios, Estudios TeleMéxico, Fox TeleColombia and TeleColombia, is a Colombian television production company owned by the Paramount Networks Americas division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1996 by Samuel Duque, René Gómez[1] and Bernardo Romero Pereiro as a production company owned by the latter, who is also a claimed librettist of Colombian dramatizations and soap operas, the company is known for supplying programming to Telemundo, Telefutura, RCN Televisión and the channels of the defunct former national broadcaster, Inravisión.

Previous logo as Fox Telecolombia from 2007 to 2021.
Previous logo as TeleColombia from 2021 to 2022.

In 2007, the Fox International Channels (later the Fox Networks Group) division of the Fox Entertainment Group bought a 51% share in the company, thus renaming it as Fox Telecolombia.[3][4][5]

In 2009, Fox produced filmed Mental, the first television series produced in Latin America for its eponymous American and international channels,[6] at the Fox Telecolombia complex in Bogotá,[7] but it only lasted for a season.[8]

Following the completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company on 20 March 2019, Fox TeleColombia was placed under the direct supervision of The Walt Disney Company Latin America alongside Disney Channel. On 18 January 2021, Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the company's name, hence renaming it to just TeleColombia, in line with the acquisition terms which required phasing out the "Fox" brand to avoid confusion with the spun-out Fox Corporation.

On 28 October 2021, Paramount Global, at the time known as ViacomCBS, announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the company from Disney, which closed on 23 November that year,[9][10][11][12] thus changing sister stations to Nickelodeon, while keeping the company's founders on board with their roles from a creative and advisory point of view.[13][14] Paramount then merged Estudios TeleMexico and TeleColombia into one and reverted the latter company's name back to TIS (in homage to its founding name) on 22 October 2022.[2]

  1. ^ a b Monroy, Edison (5 September 2022). "René Gómez, founding partner of Telecolombia, passed away". PRODU. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "TIS new name of Telecolombia and Estudios Teleméxico". PRODU. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hecht, John (27 June 2007). "Fox Int'l Channels acquires Telecolombia". Associated Press. Retrieved 15 February 2019 – via The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (26 June 2007). "Fox Intl. picks up Telecolombia". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Fox International Channels compra Telecolombia S.A." [Fox International Channels buys Telecolombia S.A.]. Dinero (in Spanish). 26 June 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. ^ "WorldScreen.com - Articles". WorldScreen. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 16 March 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (13 May 2008). "Fox TV Studios takes production abroad with "Mental"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 November 2022 – via Reuters.
  8. ^ Kimball, Trevor (29 March 2010). "Mental cancelled, no season two". TV Series Finale. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  9. ^ "ViacomCBS to Acquire Majority Interest in Fox Telecolombia & Estudios Telemexico" (Press release). Paramount Global. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  10. ^ "ViacomCBS Completes Acquisition Of Majority Interest In Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico" (Press release). Paramount Global. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021 – via PR Newswire.
  11. ^ Szalai, Georg (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS to Acquire Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ^ "ViacomCBS to pick up majority stake in Fox TeleColombia and Estudios TeleMexico". Reuters. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  13. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Acquires Majority Stake in Fox TeleColombia". Variety. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  14. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (28 October 2021). "ViacomCBS Buys Majority Of Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 1 November 2021.