founded 1990 headquarters llanelli wales key people ron jones executive chairman arwel rees ceo angharad mair chairman wales jeff foulser chairman sunset vine john willis ceo mentorn toby wyles ben johnson revenue 66 million 2007 operating income 5.67 million 2007 net income 2.18 million 2007 number of employees 404 2007 website www.tinopolis.com tinopolis plc is a welsh independent television production company owned by its senior management and private equity company vitruvian partners . tinopolis produces over 2 500 hours of television annually for more than 200 uk and foreign broadcasters . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the parent company tinopolis was established in llanelli wales in 1990 . 2 it was one of the few television production companies to be publicly listed and its acquisition of major uk competitors contributed to its growth in the early 21st century . tinopolis purchased the television corporation the parent company of sunset vine and mentorn in 2006 . 3 the tinopolis division based in llanelli has been a mainstay of welsh language television for many years and specialises in live programmes . the sport division sunset vine was founded in 1983 and won several bafta awards for its horse racing coverage and its cricket coverage for channel 4 . they also provide a large amount of coverage of american sports for five including mlb coverage from launch in 1997 until 2008 . mentorn and folio the main factual brands are amongst the longest established and respected independent producers in the uk . video arts the training media company was founded in 1972 by comic john cleese and since trained about 100 000 organisations in approximately 50 countries . 2 video arts was purchased by tinoplis in 2007 . 2 in 1988 writer and director ed thomas founded fiction factory a company now part of tinopolis . shares of tinopolis plc were listed on london s alternative investment market in 2005 . 3 it was widely held by major institutions and purchased in 2008 for 44.7 million by management and private equity company vitruvian partners taking the company private again . 3 4 5 in late 2009 tinopolis acquired pioneer productions the leading factual producer . 6 during 2011 tinopolis expanded its operations overseas through the acquisition of a smith & co productions in june 2011 and base productions in august 2011 7 operations edit tinopolis has production centres in llanelli london glasgow and cardiff . operating subsidiaries company genre annual output h major titles notes tinopolis cymru welsh language programmes prynhawn da heno and y stiwdio gefn daybreak pictures drama david aukin and hal vogel deem animation animator dave edwards fiction factory drama caerdydd y pris gwaith cartref pen talar y gwyll hinterland ed thomas folio documentary traffic cops mentorn miscellaneous question time pop 1 documentary sport children sunset vine sport 2000 mlb on five 1997 2008 nfl on five 1997 2010 nba on five 1997 2008 nhl on five 1998 2006 cricket on five 2006 present football on 5 uefa cup & europa league 1997 2012 football league tonight 2015 present bt sport football coverage including premier league fa cup and european football 2013 present bt sport rugby coverage including premiership rugby & european rugby 2013 present bbc sport horse racing coverage including derby & royal ascot 2004 2012 bbc sport the grand national steeplechase 2008 2012 bbc sport women s football including fa women s cup final euro 2013 & world cup 2015 2012 present bbc sport cricket coverage including world twenty20 & cricket world cup 2009 2011 bbc sport host broadcaster for glasgow commonwealth games 2014 bbc sport 2012 london olympics sailing coverage 2012 bbc sport nfl 2007 2012 bbc scotland produced all bbc sport scotland coverage including football rugby shinty curling & bowls 2006 present channel 4 uk world athletics championships 2011 channel 4 uk cricket coverage including live test and county matches and one day highlights 1999 2005 channel 4 uk paralympic coverage including london 2012 sochi 2014 & rio 2016 2012 present channel 4 uk crufts 2010 present channel 4 uk nfl coverage 2010 2015 espn uk premiership rugby coverage 2010 2012 itv sport tour de france 2002 2009 dubai world cup 1998 present fifa world cup volvo ocean race european poker tour gillette world sport eurovision dance contest pakistan super league 8 tinopolis interactive combined media and internet for corporate clients video arts training see also edit media in wales references edit the group . retrieved 2008 07 13 . a b c about . video arts . archived from the original on 2008 06 29 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . a b c blake aled 2008 07 01 . tinopolis profits surge in last results before delisting . western mail . media wales . retrieved 2008 07 13 . barry sion 2008 05 09 . tinopolis in 44m acquisition deal . media wales . retrieved 2008 05 09 . thomson financial 2008 06 30 . tinopolis fy pretax profit 1.9 mln pounds vs 0.96 mln . hemscott . retrieved 2008 07 13 . http www.4rfv.co.uk industrynews.asp id 101949 kelsey chris 29 june 2011 . tinopolis buys us maker of gordon ramsay s kitchen nightmares . walesonline . profile . sunset vine . retrieved 2008 07 13 . external links edit tinopolis group website daybreak pictures sunset vine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tinopolis & oldid 737180059 categories tinopolismedia companies of walestelevision in walestelevision production companies of the united kingdomcompanies listed on the alternative investment marketcompanies established in 1983privately held companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in carmarthenshire navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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