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{{Short description|Television production company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Objective Media Group

| logo = Objective Media Group.svg

| logo_caption = Objective Media Group's logo since 2016

| former_name = Objective Productions (1991–2016)

| type = Subsidiary

| industry = Television production

| location_city = London

| location_country = United Kingdom

| genre = Comedy, entertainment, factual entertainment, documentary

| founded = {{Start date and age|1991}}

| founder = Andrew O'Connor

| parent = All3Media (2007–present)

| divisions = {{Plainlist|

  • OMG America
  • OMG North
  • OMG Scotland

}}

| subsid = {{Plainlist|

  • Objective Entertainment
  • Objective Fiction
  • Purple Productions
  • Coming Up Roses
  • Tannadice Pictures

}}

| homepage = {{URL|http://objectivemedia.group}}

}}

Objective Media Group (OMG), previously known as Objective Productions, is a media production company. It has produced shows including The Cube, Lingo, The Gold, Feel Good, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, and Toast of London. The company has offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Scotland and Los Angeles, California.

Objective has won a number of awards including BAFTA,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26918912|title=Bafta TV awards 2014: Winners in full|work=BBC News |date=18 May 2014}} RTS Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.org.uk/programme-awards-winners-2011|title=RTS Programme Awards 2012 - Royal Television Society|website=www.rts.org.uk|date=5 September 2012 }} British Comedy Awards,{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcomedyawards.com/past-winners/2007.aspx|title=The British Comedy Awards - The British Comedy Awards|website=www.britishcomedyawards.com}} Rose d'Or,{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-wins-two-roses-dor-or-rose-dors-whatevs|title=Channel 4 wins two Roses d'Or (or Rose d'Ors, whatevs!) - Channel 4 - Info - Press|website=www.channel4.com}} Monte Carlo Golden Nymphs and the South Bank Show.

History

Objective Productions was founded in 1991 as Objective Productions by Andrew O'Connor.

On 15 August 2007, British independent powerhouse group All3Media acquired Objective Productions in order to expand its TV production and distribution.{{cite web|title=All3Media reaches its Objective|url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/all3media-reaches-its-objective-1117970271/|website=Variety|date=August 15, 2007|access-date=July 15, 2023}}

On 24 September 2015, Objective announced that they would undergo a creative restructure.{{cite web | url=https://www.objectivemedia.group/news/view/objective-announces-creative-restructure | title=Objective announces creative restructure - News }}

On 17 December 2015, Objective announced that they had launched a factual entertainment label with Deborah Sargeant in which it was named Second Star Productions.{{cite web|title=Objective Productions launches fact-ent label|url=https://realscreen.com/2015/12/17/objective-productions-launches-fact-ent-label/|website=Realscreen|first=Daniele|last=Alcinii|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2023}} However, on 22 April 2022, after the departure of Deborah Sargeant, the founder of Second Star Productions, Objective Media Group folded Second Star into Betty TV.{{cite web|title=Second Star shuts up shop|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/all3media/second-star-shuts-up-shop/5169762.article|website=Broadcast Now|first=John|last=Elmes|date=April 22, 2022|access-date=July 15, 2023}}

On 6 January 2016, Objective joined forces with Moira Ross to launch entertainment label Panda Television.{{cite web | url=https://www.objectivemedia.group/news/view/objective-and-moira-ross-launch-panda-television | title=Objective and Moira Ross launch Panda Television - News }}

On 18 January 2023, Objective and its parent company All3Media announced that they had sold producer Main Event Media, which was founded by Jimmy Fox in 2017, to Religion of Sports in an exclusive production deal with the latter now being a production arm under the former.{{cite web|title='Punky Brewster' Producer Main Event Media Moves From All3Media To Religion Of Sports With Production Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/main-event-media-moves-from-all3media-to-religion-of-sports-production-deal-1235221857/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=January 18, 2023|access-date=July 15, 2023}}

Companies

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Part of All3media, Objective Media Group is led by Layla Smith{{Cite web |last=Group |first=Objective Media |title=Layla Smith - People |url=https://www.objectivemedia.group/people/view/layla-simth |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Objective Media Group |language=en-GB}} and is composed of the following companies:

  • Objective Entertainment (Powerhouse unscripted label set up in 2024, developing and producing the next generation of channel-defining formats in the UK and internationally.)
  • Objective Fiction (scripted comedies and comedy-dramas)
  • Tannadice Pictures (joint venture with Neil Forsyth){{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/neil-forsyth-launches-tannadice-pictures-with-objective-fiction-1202953570/|title='Guilt' Writer Neil Forsyth Launches Tannadice Pictures With Objective Fiction|website=deadline.com|author=Jake Kanter|date=9 June 2020|access-date=14 June 2020}}
  • OMG America (Los Angeles, California, American division)
  • OMG North/Purple Productions (Manchester, England, run by Pam Cavannagh and Dympna Jackson){{Cite web|url=https://www.objectivemedia.group/companies|title=Companies|first=Objective Media|last=Group|website=Objective Media Group}}
  • OMG Scotland (Glasgow, nations hub)
  • Coming Up Roses (Launched in March 2023 Coming Up Roses is led by Oliver Wright, focusing on developing and producing high quality and strong rating factual series and documentaries.)

Current productions

Past productions

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.objectivemedia.group/}}

Category:Mass media companies of the United Kingdom

Category:Television production companies of the United Kingdom

Category:All3Media

Category:Mass media companies based in London

Category:2007 mergers and acquisitions