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Line 1: − {{Infobox company+ − | name = HIT Entertainment Limited+ − | logo = HIT Entertainment Logo (2001-2007).webp+ − | 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>}}+ − | type = [[Subsidiary]] − | industry = [[Television production]] − | genre = Entertainment<br>Children's program − | fate = Absorbed into [[Mattel Creations]] − | predecessors = [[Gullane Entertainment]]<br />[[Lyrick Studios]] − | foundation = {{start date and age|1982}} − | founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Jim Henson]]|[[Peter Orton]]|[[Sophie Turner Laing]]}} − | location_city = [[London]], [[England]]<br>[[New York City, New York]], U.S.<br>[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S. − | locations = 3 − | 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–present)}} − | num_employees = 188+ − | parent = [[Jim Henson Television]] − ([[The Jim Henson Company]]) − | divisions = HiT Video<br />HiT Customer Products − | 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 Limited''' (stylized as '''HiT''') was a [[Children's television series|children's entertainment]] company founded in 1982 as '''Henson International Television''', 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 owns and distributes [[children's television series]] including ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'', ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', ''[[Bob the Builder]]'', ''[[Kipper the Dog|Kipper]]'', ''[[Oswald (TV series)|Oswald]]'', ''[[Barney & Friends]]'', ''[[Pingu]]'' and ''[[Angelina Ballerina (TV series)|Angelina Ballerina]]''. − − On March 31, 2016, HIT was submerged into [[Mattel Creations]]. − == Programs == − {{Main|Mattel Television#Filmography}} − − == HiT Entertainment Media == − <gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''> − File:Henson International Television.png|Founded in 1982, this logo was first used in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in 1983. The name would be stylized as "hit!". − − File:HIT Communications PLC.png|HIT Communications PLC logo (1989). − </gallery> − == References == − {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} − == Other websites == − * {{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 = 22 July 2017}} − * [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02341947 The UK Government's ''Companies House'' page] − − {{Authority control}} − [[Category:1982 establishments in England]] − [[Category:American animation studios]] − [[Category:British animation studios]] − [[Category:2016 disestablishments in England]] − [[Category:Companies based in New York City]] − [[Category:Companies based in London]] − [[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles]]
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