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Telescreen B.V. was founded in 1983 under the name Telecable Benelux BV by Dennis Livson and Jos Kaandorp. In 1994, the name Telecable Benelux B.V. was changed into Telescreen B.V. Soon thereafter, Livson sold the company to the giant Japanese entertainment firm Mitsui & Company, which acquired the company through a spin-off subsidiary, Pri-mation Media B.V.
In December 1998, Mitsui sold Pri-Mation Media and Telescreen to Dutch producer and distributor Palm Plus Produkties, marking Palm Plus' entry into the kids and family entertainment market. In March 2003, Telescreen and Palm Plus Produkties acquired the Egmont Imagination catalog outside the Nordic territories from Danish publishing company Egmont Group. Former Egmont Imagination president Tom van Waveren was appointed as Telescreen's director of co-productions. He left at the start of November 2004 to form his own production company, Hoek, Line and Thinker, taking over Telescreen's upcoming production Skunk Fu.
On February 25, 2005, Palm Plus Multimedia sold 49% of Telescreen to its management, after Telescreen's CEO Ruud Van Breugel had stepped down. Tom van Waveren returned to the former as its CCO. In September 2006, Telescreen formed a partnership with Los Angeles-based entertainment studio Suppertime Entertainment to co-produce and distribute an animated series based on the H.B. Homzie book series Alien Clones From Outer Space.
In December 2008, the German brand management and media company Made 4 Entertainment (m4e) acquired Telescreen. Telescreen retained their properties. One year later, Telescreen took over international distribution of m4e's TV, new media and home entertainment rights outside of Germany. Telescreen's licensing division Telescreen Licensing & Merchandising was renamed to Telescreen Consumer Products following the restructure. On March 31, Telescreen and m4e acquired the worldwide rights to the Pinkeltje franchise.
On April 5, 2011, m4e's television division bought the back catalogue of German brand management company TV-Loonland AG. Telescreen took over international distribution of the TV Loonland library.
In late-February 2017, Belgian production group Studio 100, via its global distribution division Studio 100 Media (now Studio 100 International), acquired a 68% stake in m4e, including Telescreen and the Egmont Imagination and TV-Loonland libraries.
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