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Founded by Julie Christie.1
Touchdown Television was started by producer Julie Christie in 1991, initially producing documentaries, then moving on to some reality shows, including travel and adventure series such as Mountain Dew On The Edge and Travel.co.nz, as well as foreign formats such as Changing Rooms, and Ready Steady Cook.
More recently the company has focused on creating formats for local television as well as formats for international sale. These include Treasure Island and The Chair which have both been produced in a number of countries.
In 2004, Touchdown produced a joint-venture show called The Resort for broadcasters Network Ten (Aus) and TV3 (NZ), allowing voting and featuring contestants from both countries, the show did not rate as well as hoped and was ended early when contestants failed to meet the demands of the competition.
On 8 February 2006, Touchdown was sold to Dutch TV company Eyeworks and has been renamed Eyeworks Touchdown since 1 April 2006.
Eyeworks Touchdown began production of a New Zealand series of Dragons Den in mid-2006 which screened later that year on TV One and is currently casting for a second series.
On 11 February 2014, the Warner Bros. Television Group announced that it will purchase Eyeworks' businesses outside of the United States. The acquisition was completed on 2 June of that year. The acquisition gives Warner Bros. TV production units in 15 additional territories. A few months later, Eyeworks New Zealand was rebranded as Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand.
From Wikipedia’s article on Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3