Type Private Founder Patricia Llewellyn Parent organization All3Media | Website www.optomen.com Founded 1988 | |
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Industry Television production
Mass media Key people Patricia Llewellyn
(CEO, Optomen UK)
Maria Silver
(President, Optomen USA) Headquarters New York City, New York, United States | ||
Optomen is an independent television production company, with Optomen Television Ltd. for the United Kingdom and Optomen Productions Inc. (launched in 2002) for the United States.
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United Kingdom and the United States
Optomen produces a variety of television shows for many UK broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky1, Good Food and Discovery. Meanwhile in the US, Optomen has produced directly for, or co-produced with, Fox, HBO, A&E, Discovery, TLC, PBS and Food Network with many more to come.
International
Optomen International is its distribution arm which sells its completed programmes worldwide, the most popular being The F Word, Kitchen Nightmares, Great British Menu and Police Camera Action!.
Publications
Optomen has also published books to accompany the following programmes: The F Word, Great British Menu, Kitchen Nightmares, Two Fat Ladies and The Naked Chef.
Awards
The company has won many awards over the years, including an International Emmy, three BAFTAs, three Royal Television Society awards, three Indie awards and two Glenfiddich awards.
Sale to All3Media
On 13 August 2010, it was announced that Optomen had been acquired by All3Media in a £40 million takeover. The agreement saw All3Media take control of Optomen along with its New York-based subsidiary Optomen Productions Inc and One Potato Two Potato, which was established as a joint venture with Gordon Ramsay.