{{Short description|Canadian media production and distribution company}} {{Infobox company | name = Cineflix Media Inc. | type = Private | logo = | slogan = | founded = {{Start date and age|1998}} | founders = {{Plainlist| * Glen Salzman * Katherine Buck }} | location = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | key_people = Glen Salzman: co-founder and co-CEO <br />Katherine Buck: co-founder and co-CEO | products = TV shows and documentaries | services = | num_employees = | subsid = {{Unbulleted list|Cineflix Productions|Cineflix Rights|Cineflix Studios|Buccaneer Media}} | homepage = {{Official URL}} }}
'''Cineflix Media''' is a Canadian global media production and distribution company.<ref name=Participant_2012>{{cite web|last1=Press Release|title=Participant Media Acquires Equity Position In Cineflix Media|url=https://www.participantmedia.com/2012/04/participant-media-acquires-equity-position-cineflix-media|website=[[Participant Media]]|date=April 24, 2012|accessdate=3 July 2019|archive-date=3 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703112935/https://www.participantmedia.com/2012/04/participant-media-acquires-equity-position-cineflix-media|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Andreeva_2012>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Participant Media Acquires Equity Stake In Cineflix Media|url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/participant-media-acquires-equity-stake-in-cineflix-media-261016/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 24, 2012|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> Headquartered in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada, it has branches in [[Toronto]], [[New York City]], [[London]], and [[Dublin]].<ref name=Lederman>{{cite news|last1=Lederman|first1=Marsha|title=Cineflix Media makes a move into TV drama and comedy production|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/cineflix-media-makes-a-move-into-tv-drama-and-comedy-production/article4261879/|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=June 28, 2011|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref>
Subsidiaries include United Kingdom-based Cineflix Rights, which handles international distribution of factual and scripted programming;<ref name=Bylykbashi>{{cite web|last1=Bylykbashi|first1=Kaltrina|title=UK Screenings: Cineflix shows off scripted boost|url=https://tbivision.com/2019/02/20/uk-screenings-cineflix-shows-off-scripted-boon/|website=Television Business International|date=20 February 2019|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> Cineflix Studios, which provides co-production, co-financing, and distribution of scripted content for the United States, Canada, and international markets;<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-AMC Exec Heads New Series Shop For Cineflix|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/ex-amc-exec-heads-new-series-shop-cineflix-363079|work=[[Multichannel News]]|date=July 19, 2010|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=Andreeva_2011>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=Cineflix Studios Names Prez Of Production|url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/cineflix-studios-names-prez-of-production-139323/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 13, 2011|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref><ref name=Marechal>{{cite news|last1=Marechal|first1=AJ|title=Cineflix Studios Teams With Tony Wood on Buccaneer Media|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/cineflix-studios-teams-with-tony-wood-for-buccaneer-media-1200385470/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 18, 2013|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> and Cineflix Productions, its television production and development company based in Toronto and New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.cineflix.com/about-us|website=Cineflx Media|date=2018|accessdate=3 July 2019}}</ref> Cineflix also has a partnership in production company Buccaneer Media which has produced shows such as [[Marcella (TV series)|Marcella]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buccaneermedia.com/about|title=About|website=Buccaneer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=2021-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129162751/https://www.buccaneermedia.com/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== In June 2002, Cineflix launched its international distribution arm based in London, England named Cineflix International with Cineflix appointing Paul Heaney as their managing director of Cineflix's new United Kingdom-based British international distribution division;<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix opens London sales arm|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/cineflix-opens-london-sales-arm/|website=C21Media|first=Ed|last=Waller|date=June 26, 2002}}</ref> By September 2011, Cineflix would later rebrand its British international distribution division to Cineflix Rights as part of a strategic move to grow the distribution business, increase revenues and to reflect its global distribution market.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix signals growth intent with rebranding|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/cineflix-signals-growth-intent-with-rebranding/5031731.article|website=Broadcast Now|first=Michael|last=Rosser|date=September 8, 2011}}</ref>
In January 2005, Cineflix announced it had launched its own British production division based in London where its distribution arm Cineflix International is held in that region with Cineflix's new British production arm would be entitled Cineflix Productions UK Cineflix hiring Outline Productions' managing director Simon Lloyd to run Cineflix's British production arm Cineflix Production UK under the role of president of the new UK production arm as Cineflix's new British production arm would produce factual series in that country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outline's Lloyd to head up new UK indie|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/outlines-lloyd-to-head-up-new-uk-indie/|website=C21Media|date=January 21, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canada's Cineflix opens London office|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/canadas-cineflix-opens-london-office/1018939.article|website=Broadcast Now|date=January 27, 2005}}</ref>
In October 2006, Cineflix established its dedicated international co-production division that would co-produce television series with international production companies and would handle partnership with international production companies to produce programming to other countries as Isabelle Bourduas would head up Cineflix's new international co-production division.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix unwraps copro division|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/cineflix-unwraps-copro-division/|website=C21Media|date=October 2, 2006}}</ref>
In April 2012, American film producer [[Participant (company)|Participant Media]] acquired a equity minority investment stake in Cineflix Media with the two companies working together on Participant Media's television productions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Participant buys into Cineflix|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/participant-buys-into-cineflix/|website=C21Media|first=Jonathan|last=Webdale|date=April 24, 2012}}</ref>
In September 2014, Cineflix Media announced the departure of executives of Cineflix's British production arm Cineflix Productions UK, Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey, with them completing a management buyout of Cineflix's British production arm Cineflix Productions UK and launched an factual independent production company called Curve Media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Cineflix execs Carey, Lewis launch UK indie|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2014/09/11/cineflix-execs-agree-mbo-launch-uk-indie/|website=Playback|date=September 11, 2014}}</ref> As part of the deal, Curve Media took over Cineflix's UK operations and acquired a state of Cineflix's British production catalogue including ''[[Salvage Hunters]]'' as Cineflix Media's distribution arm Cineflix Rights retained distribution to Cineflix Productions UK catalogue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Cineflix Productions Execs Launch U.K. TV Shingle|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cineflix-productions-execs-launch-uk-732181/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=September 11, 2014}}</ref>
In May 2017, Cineflix Media expanded its British production output and had partnered with former executive producer of American talk-show ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'', Duncan Grey, and his Gateshead-based studio Twenty Six 03 Content & had jointly established a joint-venture British non-scripter production company based in London, called Twenty Six 03 Entertainment that would co-produce unscripted entertainment series with Cineflix would co-produce & handle distribution via Cineflix Rights to the programming produced by the new studio Twenty Six 03 Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix Media and Duncan Gray Announce Twenty Six 03 Joint Venture|url=https://cineflix.com/news/cineflix-media-and-duncan-gray-announce-twenty-six-03-joint-venture/|website=Cineflix|date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> Two years later in September 2019, Twenty Six 03 Entertainment's co-founder & Twenty Six 03's parent & owner Duncan Gray had taken control of the joint-venture production company Twenty Six 03 Entertainment.<ref>https://deadline.com/2019/09/former-abc-exec-jimmy-kimmel-live-ep-duncan-gray-takes-control-twenty-six-03-1202745242/</ref>
On November 30 2017, Cineflix Media teamed up with Pablo Salzman to launch a new production subsidiary called Connect3 Productions with the new subsidiary aiming to co-produce scripted and factual series for North American and international markets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix Media Launches Canadian Production Firm|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/cineflix-canadian-firm-1202217224/|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>
In May 2019, Cineflix Media whom produced the home-renovating series ''[[Property Brothers]]'' expanded its partnership with American international entertainment company [[Scott Brothers Global]] by selling the brand and related IP rights to the presenters [[Drew Scott|Drew]] and [[Jonathan Scott (television personality)|Jonathan Scott]] through the latter company who will produce all future ''Property Brothers'' projects via [[Scott Brothers Entertainment]]. As part of the deal, Cineflix's distribution arm Cineflix Rights retained all worldwide distribution rights excluding North America to all current and future Scott Brothers' programmes with Cineflix became a financial and distribution participation to all future ''Property Brothers'' projects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=Drew and Jonathan Scott Buy Rights to HGTV's 'Property Brothers' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/property-brothers-drew-jonathan-scott-buy-back-rights-hgtv-show-1210143 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=May 30, 2019 |date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>
In April 2021, Cineflix Media partnered with former president of its Cineflix Productions division, Charles Tremayne, to launch an American production company based in New York named First Story Productions which will focus on scripted and factual development and production work with Cineflix co-producing First Story's programmes whilst its distribution unit Cineflix Rights handling distribution to the latter's productions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Tremayne partners with Cineflix Media to launch First Story Productions|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2021/04/20/charles-tremayne-partners-with-cineflix-media-to-launch-first-story-productions/|website=Playback|first=Kelly|last=Townsend |date=April 20, 2021}}</ref>
At the end of March 2022, Cineflix Media acquired Toronto-based production company and ''Coroner'' co-producer Back Alley Film Productions alongside its programming library and a stake in the crime drama ''Coroner'' with Cineflix absorbing Back Alley Film Productions' production operations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Media Release: Cineflix Media acquires Back Alley Films and its library of content IP|url=https://cineflix.com/news/media-release-cineflix-media-acquires-back-alley-films-and-its-library-of-content-ip/|website=Cineflix|date=March 31, 2022}}</ref>
On November 3 2023, Cineflix expanded its operation by launching an production office in Vancouver called Cineflix Studios Vancouver with industry veteran Mark Miller leading the Vancouver office as their president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cineflix Launches Vancouver Studios Led by Industry Vet Mark Miller (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/cineflix-studios-vancouver-mark-miller-reginald-the-vampire-1235779107/|website=Variety|date=November 3, 2023}}</ref>
== Productions == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Title ! Years ! Network ! Notes |- | ''[[Mayday (Canadian TV series)|Mayday]]''<ref>{{cite press release |title = New Cineflix science series Mayday starts production |publisher = Cineflix |date = 13 August 2002 |url = http://www.cineflixinternational.com/home/article/61 |access-date = 8 November 2010 |archive-date = 26 March 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326030627/http://www.cineflixinternational.com/home/article/61 |url-status = live }}</ref> || 2003–present || [[USA Network (Canadian TV channel)|USA Network Canada]]<br>[[National Geographic Channel]]<ref>{{cite press release |title = Cineflix International strikes NATGEO deal for new popular science series Mayday |publisher = Cineflix |date = 22 October 2003 |url = http://www.cineflixproductions.com/news/show/26-Cineflix-International-strikes-NATGEO-deal-for-new-popular-science-series-Mayday |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101027150119/http://cineflixproductions.com/news/show/26-Cineflix-International-strikes-NATGEO-deal-for-new-popular-science-series-Mayday |archive-date = 27 October 2010 }}</ref> (International) || Also known as Air Crash Investigation, Air Crash: Disaster Revealed, Air Emergency, Air Disasters, and Mayday: Air Disaster. |- | ''[[Human Prey]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Human Prey|url=https://www.cineflixrights.com/our-catalogue/program/human-prey|website=Cineflix Rights}}</ref> || 2009 || Discovery Channel Canada, [[CTV Wild Channel|Animal Planet Canada]] and [[Canal D]] || co-production with Nextfilm Productions |- | ''[[American Pickers]]'' || 2010–present || [[History Channel]] (United States) || |- | ''[[Canadian Pickers]]'' || 2011–2013 || [[History (Canadian TV channel)|History Canada]] || |- | ''[[My House, Your Money]]'' || 2011–2012 || [[W Network]] |- | ''[[Copper (TV series)|Copper]]'' || 2012–2013 || [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]]<br>[[BBC America]] (United States) || via Cineflix and Cineflix Studios<br>co-production with The Levinson/Fontana Company |- | ''[[Food Factory]]'' || 2012–present || [[Flavour Network]] |- | ''[[House Hazards]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=HGTV Canada Is The Hottest Address For New And Returning Series This Fall|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/hgtv-canada-is-the-hottest-address-for-new-and-returning-series-this-fall-510500381.html|website=Newswire|date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> || 2012 || [[Home Network|HGTV Canada]] |- | ''[[Pet School]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pet School|url=https://www.cineflixrights.com/our-catalogue/program/pet-school|website=Cineflix Rights}}</ref> || 2012–2013 || [[CBBC]] (United Kingdom) || via Cineflix Productions UK |- | ''[[Wynonna Earp (TV series)|Wynonna Earp]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=SyFy, Space, IDW Entertainment and Seven24 Films Announce Return To Production For Wynonna Earp|url=https://www.idwpublishing.com/syfy-space-idw-entertainment-and-seven24-films-announce-return-to-production-for-wynonna-earp/|website=[[IDW Publishing]]|date=July 2, 2019|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703103022/https://www.idwpublishing.com/syfy-space-idw-entertainment-and-seven24-films-announce-return-to-production-for-wynonna-earp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> || 2016–2021 || [[CHCH-DT]]/[[CTV Sci-Fi Channel]]<br>[[Syfy]] (United States) || co-production with [[SEVEN24 Films]] and [[IDW Entertainment]] |- | ''[[Coroner (TV series)|Coroner]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=David |first1=Greg |title=CBC announces new and returning programming slate for 2018-19 season |url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2018/05/24/cbc-announces-new-and-returning-programming-slate-for-2018-19-season/ |website=TV, eh? |date=May 24, 2018 |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> || 2019–2022 || [[CBC Television|CBC]] || co-production with Back Alley Film Productions and [[Muse Entertainment]] |- | ''[[The Doll Factory (TV series)|The Doll Factory]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/paramount-plus-the-doll-factory-adaptation-buccaneer-media-sbs-tvnz-historical-thriller-1235073484/|title=Paramount+ Orders 'The Doll Factory' Adaptation With 'Marcella' Indie Buccaneer Media Attached; Australia's SBS And New Zealand's TVNZ Board Historical Thriller|journal=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=21 July 2022|accessdate=30 January 2023}}</ref> || 2023 || [[Paramount+]] || via Cineflix Rights<ref>{{cite web|title=The Doll Factory|url=https://www.cineflixrights.com/our-catalogue/program/the-doll-factory|website=Cineflix Rights}}</ref><br>co-production with Buccaneer Media and [[Shinawil]] |}
{{colbegin|colwidth=15em}} * ''Animal House: A Dog's Life'' * ''Battle Factory'' * ''[[Cash and Cari]]'' * ''[[Copper (TV series)|Copper]]'' * ''Crash of the Century'' * ''[[The Deed]]'' * ''The Deed: Chicago'' * ''The Detectives Club: New Orleans'' * ''[[Dogs with Jobs]]'' * ''The Filthy Rich Guide'' * ''[[Final 24]]'' * ''Flipping Virgins'' * ''[[Food Factory USA]]'' * ''[[Gangland Undercover]]'' * ''Home Factory'' * ''[[How It's Made]]'' * ''[[Into the Unknown (TV series)|Into the Unknown]]'' * ''[[Marcella (TV series)|Marcella]]'' * ''Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case'' * ''[[My Teenage Wedding]]'' * ''[[Property Brothers]]'' * ''Property Brothers: Buying + Selling'' * ''[[Property Virgins]]'' * ''[[Pure (Canadian TV series)|Pure]]'' * ''Style Factory'' * ''Surviving Evil'' * ''[[Trapped (2007 TV series)|Trapped]]'' * ''[[Urban Legends (TV series)|Urban Legends]]'' * ''[[Weird or What?]]'' * ''[[Zero Hour (2004 TV series)|Zero Hour]]'' {{colend}}
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