TIS Productions

{{Short description|Colombian television production company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = TIS Productions

| logo_size = 260px

| type = Subsidiary

| traded_as =

| industry = Television production

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1996}}

| founder = {{ubl|Samuel Duque Rozo|René Gómez|Bernardo Romero Pereiro}}

| hq_location_city = Bogotá

| hq_location_country = Colombia

| former_names = {{Plainlist|

• Producciones Bernardo Romero Pereiro {{small|(1996–1999)}}
• Producciones Telecolombia {{small|(1999–2007)}}
• Fox Telecolombia {{small|(2007–2021)}}
• TeleColombia {{small|(2021–2022)}}

}}

| owners =

| num_employees =

| parent = {{ubl|Fox International Channels/Fox Networks Group (2007–2019)|The Walt Disney Company Latin America (2019–2021)|Paramount Networks Americas (2021–present)}}

| divisions =

| subsid =

| homepage = https://tisproductions.com/

}}

TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS{{Cite web|url=https://www.produ.com/paises/noticias/tis-new-name-of-telecolombia-and-studios-telemexico-1/|date=23 October 2022|title=TIS new name of Telecolombia and Estudios Teleméxico|website=PRODU|access-date=27 October 2022}} and formerly known as The Independent Studios, Estudios TeleMéxico, Fox TeleColombia and TeleColombia, is a Colombian television production company owned by the Paramount Networks Americas division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1996 by Samuel Duque, René Gómez{{cite web|last=Monroy|first=Edison|date=5 September 2022|title=René Gómez, founding partner of Telecolombia, passed away|url=https://www.produ.com/television/noticias/fallecio-rene-gomez-socio-fundador-de-telecolombia/|website=PRODU|access-date=5 September 2023}} and Bernardo Romero Pereiro as a production company owned by the latter, who is also a claimed librettist of Colombian dramatizations and soap operas, the company is known for supplying programming to Telemundo, Telefutura, RCN Televisión and the channels of the defunct former national broadcaster, Inravisión.

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In 2007, the Fox International Channels (later the Fox Networks Group) division of the Fox Entertainment Group bought a 51% share in the company, thus renaming it as Fox Telecolombia.{{cite news|last=Hecht|first=John|date=27 June 2007|title=Fox Int'l Channels acquires Telecolombia|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-intl-channels-acquires-telecolombia-140705|agency=Associated Press|access-date=15 February 2019|via=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web|last=de la Fuente|first=Anna Marie|date=26 June 2007|title=Fox Intl. picks up Telecolombia|url=https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/fox-intl-picks-up-telecolombia-1117967680/|website=Variety|access-date=1 July 2021}}{{cite web|date=26 June 2007|title=Fox International Channels compra Telecolombia S.A.|trans-title=Fox International Channels buys Telecolombia S.A.|url=https://www.dinero.com/actualidad/noticias/articulo/fox-international-channels-compra-telecolombia-sa/47485 |access-date=15 February 2019|website=Dinero|language=es-CO}}

In 2009, Fox produced filmed Mental, the first television series produced in Latin America for its eponymous American and international channels,{{cite web|date=12 March 2009|title=WorldScreen.com - Articles|url=http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/20066|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316201651/http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/20066|archive-date=16 March 2009|website=WorldScreen|access-date=1 July 2011}} at the Fox Telecolombia complex in Bogotá,{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=13 May 2008|title=Fox TV Studios takes production abroad with "Mental"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSKRA27901720080513/|agency=The Hollywood Reporter|via=Reuters|access-date=1 November 2022}} but it only lasted for a season.{{cite web|last=Kimball|first=Trevor|date=29 March 2010|title=Mental cancelled, no season two|url=https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/mental-canceled-season-two-13829/|website=TV Series Finale|access-date=1 November 2022}}

Following the completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company on 20 March 2019, Fox TeleColombia was placed under the direct supervision of The Walt Disney Company Latin America alongside Disney Channel. On 18 January 2021, Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the company's name, hence renaming it to just TeleColombia, in line with the acquisition terms which required phasing out the "Fox" brand to avoid confusion with the spun-out Fox Corporation.

On 28 October 2021, Paramount Global, at the time known as ViacomCBS, announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the company from Disney, which closed on 23 November that year,{{Cite press release|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS to Acquire Majority Interest in Fox Telecolombia & Estudios Telemexico|url=https://www.paramount.com/press/viacomcbs-to-acquire-majority-interest-in-fox-telecolombia-estudios-telemexico|publisher=Paramount Global|access-date=28 October 2021}}{{Cite press release|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS Completes Acquisition Of Majority Interest In Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/viacomcbs-completes-acquisition-of-majority-interest-in-fox-telecolombia--estudios-telemexico-301430593.html|publisher=Paramount Global|access-date=23 November 2021|via=PR Newswire}}{{cite web|last=Szalai|first=Georg|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS to Acquire Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/viacomcbs-acquire-fox-telecolombia-estudios-telemexico-disney-1235038497/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=5 January 2022}}{{cite web|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS to pick up majority stake in Fox TeleColombia and Estudios TeleMexico|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/viacomcbs-pick-up-majority-stake-fox-telecolombia-estudios-telemexico-2021-10-28/|website=Reuters|access-date=1 November 2021}} thus changing sister stations to Nickelodeon, while keeping the company's founders on board with their roles from a creative and advisory point of view.{{cite web|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Acquires Majority Stake in Fox TeleColombia|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/viacomcbs-networks-fox-telecolombia-estudios-telemexico-1235099587/|website=Variety|access-date=1 November 2021}}{{cite web|last=Goldsmith|first=Jill|date=28 October 2021|title=ViacomCBS Buys Majority Of Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/viacomcbs-spanish-content-fox-telecolombia-estudios-telemexico-1234863983/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=1 November 2021}} Paramount then merged Estudios TeleMexico and TeleColombia into one and reverted the latter company's name back to TIS (in homage to its founding name) on 22 October 2022.