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'''HiT Entertainment''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] TV entertainment company owned by [[Mattel]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-orton-media-entrepreneur-who-made-a-global-success-of-bob-the-builder-764554.html Peter Orton: Media entrepreneur who made a global success of Bob the Builder], The Independent</ref> They have TV characters such as [[Angelina Ballerina]], [[Barney & Friends]], [[Bob the Builder]], [[Fifi and the Flowertots]], [[Mopatop's Shop]], [[Roary the Racing Car]], [[Fireman Sam]], [[Fraggle Rock]], [[Kipper the Dog]], [[Pingu]], [[Rainbow Magic]] and [[Thomas & Friends]]. Hit Movies is a division of Hit Entertainment. They have movies for the whole family to enjoy, such as film franchises based on Thomas & Friends, Bob the Builder, Roary the Racing Car, Mopatop's Shop, Barney & Friends, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Fireman Sam, Fifi and the Flowertots, and new characters and stories.

| name = HiT Entertainment Limited

| logo = HIT Communications PLC.png

| former_name = {{Unbulleted list|Henson International Television (1982<ref name=ind>{{cite news|title=Peter Orton: Media entrepreneur who made a global success of Bob the Builder|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-orton-media-entrepreneur-who-made-a-global-success-of-bob-the-builder-764554.html|access-date=29 December 2017|publisher=[[The Independent]]|date=12 December 2007}}</ref>–89)|Gainbase PLC (1989)|HIT Communications PLC (1989–92)|HIT Entertainment PLC (1992–2005)<ref>{{cite web|title=HIT Entertainment PLC - Overview|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02341947|website=[[Companies House]]|publisher=[[UK Government]]|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>}}

| industry = [[Television production]]

| genre = Entertainment, Children's programming

| fate = Absorbed into [[The Muppets Studio|The Muppets Preschooler Studio]]

| predecessors = [[Gullane Entertainment]]<br />[[Lyrick Studios]]

| location_city = [[London]], England<br>[[New York City, New York]], U.S.<br>[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.

| key_people = [[Peter Orton]]

| products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Children's television series]]|[[Children's film]]s}}

| services = {{Unbulleted list|[[Film distributor|Distribution]]|[[Licensing]]}}

| owner = {{Unbulleted list|[[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]] (1982–1989)|Independent (1989–2005)|[[Apax Partners]] (2005–2012)|[[Mattel]] (2012–2022)|[[The Muppets Preschooler Studio]] (2022-present)}}

| parent = [[Jim Henson Television]]

([[The Jim Henson Company]])

| divisions = HiT Video<br />HiT Customer Products<br />Gullane (Thomas) Limited

| subsid = Ludgate Ltd.<br />Prism Art & Design Limited

| website = {{cite web| url = http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporate/index.aspx?c=uk | title = Official website |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170722012245/http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporate/index.aspx?c=uk |archivedate = 2017-07-22 }}

Hit Entertainment was founded in 1980. It has headquarters in [[London]], United Kingdom.

'''HIT Entertainment Limited''' (commonly written as '''HIT''' or '''HiT''') was a British-American [[Children's television series|children's entertainment]] company. It was founded in 1982 as '''Henson International Television'''. It was the international distribution arm of [[The Jim Henson Company]], by [[Jim Henson]], [[Peter Orton]] and [[Sophie Turner Laing]]. When Henson wanted to sell the company to Disney in 1989, [[Peter Orton]] took over the company. HIT owned and distributed [[children's television series]] such as ''[[Teletubbies]]'', ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', ''[[Bob the Builder]]'', ''[[Pingu]]'', ''[[Baby Einstein]]'', and ''[[Angelina Ballerina (TV series)|Angelina Ballerina]]''.[[Angelina Ballerina The Next Step's]]

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* {{cite web| url = http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporate/index.aspx?c=uk | title = Official website |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170722012245/http://www.hitentertainment.com/corporate/index.aspx?c=uk |archivedate = 2017-07-22 }}

* [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02341947 The UK Government's ''Companies House'' page]

 

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