Universal International Studios (formerly known as NBCUniversal International Television Production and NBCUniversal International Studios) is the global international television production arm of American television production group Universal Studio Group which in belongs to NBCUniversal. It’s headquartered in London, England, with offices in Los Angeles, California. The company owns seven production companies and produces scripted and unscripted programmes for international markets, along with international adaptations of NBCUniversal's formats.
History
Universal International Studios had their beginnings in July 2005, when American mass media & entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal launched its own international television production arm that would partner with global media companies to adapt local versions of NBCUniversal's programming library & formats worldwide called NBCUniversal International TV Production as Leslie Jones became president of the company's new global production arm.[1]
In July 2007, NBCUniversal International Television Production expanded its international television production business by launching an international TV production division based in London, England named that would focus on format licensing and developing scripted and reality programming including local adaptations of NBCUniversal's formats for the UK and international markets as part of NBC Universal International's expansion into TV production by Peter Smith (who was NBCUniversal's president at the time) with former NBC Universal Television Studio