Columbia TriStar Television

Fate	rebranded as Sony Pictures Television
Founded	1994
Defunct	September 2002
Industry	Television production Broadcast syndication
Parent	Sony Pictures Entertainment

Columbia TriStar Television (CTT) was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, named after its then-current 1991 home video division.

Columbia TriStar Television was launched in 1994 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures Television and TriStar Television. CTT owned Merv Griffin's Jeopardy! and the night version Wheel of Fortune, distributed by King World, as well as shows from ELP Communications, which included Beakman's World on CBS and Married... with Children on FOX. Expanding its television library in 1994, SPE acquired Barry & Enright Productions and Stewart Tele Enterprises.

Its global subsidiary, Columbia TriStar International Television, distributed Sony's programs across the globe. Its US distribution arm, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, was also launched in 1995 to distribute Sony's programs all across America and to produce and distribute their own programs as well as movies on TV. This was also the launch of the Columbia TriStar Television Group.

In 1996, CTT launched their own animation division, Columbia TriStar Childrens' Television. The name was changed in 1997 to Adelaide Productions. In 2001 CTT and CTTD merged to form Columbia TriStar Domestic Television.

[edit] The end of CTT

In late-September 2002, Sony Pictures Entertainment retired the name "Columbia TriStar" from television and renamed the American company to Sony Pictures Television and the international company to Sony Pictures Television International. Until 2009 Columbia had been the only major film studio to have it's name gone from television (when CBS Paramount Television was renamed CBS Television Studios).

[edit] See also

• Columbia TriStar International Television
• Columbia Pictures Television
• TriStar Television
• Sony Pictures Television

[edit] External links

• Columbia TriStar Television at the Internet Movie Database
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television at the Internet Movie Database