Lion Television

Lion Television, also known as Lion TV is a British factual television production company that is a subsidiary of All3Media headquartered in London, Glasgow and Los Angeles. Founded in 1997 by former BBC documentary producers Richard Bradley, Nick Catliff and Jeremy Mills, Lion Television produced factual, scripted & non-scripted documentary programming for networks such as BBC and Channel 4.

History

In July 2001, Lion Television partnered with former head of factual at September Films, James Burstall, to launch a joint-venture production company which was called Leopard Television with the newly launched company would be based at Lion Television's headquarters and would share Lion's American offices as James Burstall became the new company's president & CEO.[1]

On 23 June 2003, Lion Television expanded its American production services by opening a Los Angeles production office based in Los Angeles with Lion Television's former head of its New York office, Ciara Byrne, would head Lion Television's new production office based in Los Angeles via executive director.[2] Five months later on 13 November of that year, Lion Television breached into the Asian production service with the establishment of its Beijing office via a joint venture with Chinese television network Phoenix Television as the two signed a co-production pact to produce programming from Lion's Beijing office.[3]

In June 2004, All3Media had entered exclusive talks to acquire Lion Television alongside its Scottish division and Lion's American productions offices based in both Los Angeles & Miami and its Beijing production office (via a joint venture with Chinese television network Phoenix Television) in order for All3Media expand the group across the Atlantic and the Asian regions that would give the former turnover of at least £115m while Lion Television's co-founders Jeremy Mills and Richard Bradley would stay when All3Media's acquisition of Lion Television is completed.[4] Two weeks later on that same month of that year, All3Media had confirmed that they acquired Lion Television and its Scottish production division, American and Chinese production offices based in Los Angeles, Miami and Beijing (the latter was a joint venture with Phoenix Television) this gained All3Media's first entry into the American & Chinese production business as Lion's American offices became All3Media's own American & Chinese production services while Lion Television's co-founders Jeremy Mills and Richard Bradley continued leading Lion Television.[5]

In September 2019, Lion Television's parent All3Media had brought the London-based production subsidiary Lion Television with its fellow drama production outfit Lime Pictures (which All3Media had brought it in 2006) with Lion's London-based production offices being merged into the latter's production office (also based in London) while the former's managing directors & co-founders Richard Bradley and Nick Catliff joined Lime Pictures' London production office and became CCOs while retaining Lion Television continued operating as it became a label within Lime's London office.[6]

In August 2025, Lion Television's American production arm Lion TV USA had moved to All3Media's own American production division. It had become a creative & development studio under the latter's American production division whilst it continued as a standalone label, with them working closely with its American parent All3Media American. CEO Allison Corn had departed Lion TV US while Stan Hsue continued leading Lion's American division-turned-creative & development studio as All3Media America started to produce future programming with Lion TV US.[7]

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