The story
Becker Group was established in 1965 as R. A. Becker & Co. by Russell Becker. In 1976, his son, Richard Becker took over the Australian unit of Fremantle International, and went on to expand into television production in 1977.
In 1987, the company's group was expanding into two subsidiaries, PRO Films, to produce films in the Los Angeles area and REP Distribution (stood for Richard Entertainment Partners) to distribute films locally in Australia. The group then formed Becker Entertainment in 1995 by combining the assets of Becker Group's Australian entertainment subsidiaries into a single unit.
In 2002 it took over Dendy Films and became known as Dendy/Becker; however, both continued to operate separately. It also owned OnSite Broadcasting, Moonlight Cinemas, and Dendy Cinemas, and had offices in New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore and London.
In April 2006 Richard Becker, the managing director and son of Russell, announced he was stepping down and the chief operating officer and finance director Tim Keens would become the managing director on 1 July 2007. In June 2007 the group was sold to Prime Television. The Dendy chain was sold off to Icon Film Distribution around the same time.
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