for other uses see uip disambiguation . not to be confused with united plankton pictures . united international pictures type 50 50 joint venture industry film founded london 1970 as cinema international corporation headquarters london united kingdom products motion pictures owner viacom national amusements nbcuniversal comcast parent paramount pictures universal studios website uip.com united international pictures or uip is a joint venture of paramount pictures owned by viacom and universal studios owned by nbcuniversal comcast to distribute some of the two studios films theatrically outside the united states and canada . uip also had international theatrical distribution rights to films by metro goldwyn mayer which included metro goldwyn mayer and united artists when mgm was part of the venture . in 2001 as mgm left uip 1 they made a distribution deal with 20th century fox s overseas arm an agreement that continues to this day . the company formerly distributed dreamworks releases internationally as well before the deals with touchstone pictures mister smith entertainment and universal went into effect . contents 1 overview 1.1 cinema international corporation 1.2 united international pictures 1.3 2007 reorganization 1.4 past organization 2 see also 3 references 4 external links overview edit cinema international corporation edit paramount s early history with mca dates back to the 1950s when part of its talent pool worked for paramount pictures notably alfred hitchcock . in 1957 mca purchased the pre 1950 paramount sound feature film library . in 1962 mca purchased universal studios . in 1966 gulf western purchased paramount . in a cost cutting move in 1970 as a result of american anti trust laws and due to declining movie going audiences both paramount and universal agreed to merge their international operations into a new company cinema international corporation registered in england and wales . it even operated in canada and the caribbean until the late 70s when those territories were considered part of the domestic north american market . in 1973 metro goldwyn mayer closed down its distribution offices and became a partner in cic which took over international distribution for mgm s films ; however united artists took over the us canadian and caribbean distribution for mgm s films that time . cic also entered the home video market by forming cic video which distributed paramount and universal titles on video worldwide . mgm however had its own video unit which later became a joint venture with cbs as mgm cbs home video later known as mgm ua home video which was later renamed to mgm home entertainment . united international pictures edit in 1981 mgm merged with united artists which had its own international distribution unit . cic refused to let mgm drop out of the venture at the time but let the latter merge ua s overseas arm into cic which led to the reorganization of the company as united international pictures . mgm eventually left the venture in 2001 when it moved its international distribution to 20th century fox . the last mgm film to be released through uip was hannibal . in 1986 ted turner purchased mgm ua but later resold the company except for its film library which included the pre may 1986 mgm film and television library and the pre 1950 warner bros. film library which the latter was sold to associated artists productions in 1956 and got acquired by united artists in 1958 . after that library was acquired by turner uip through mgm ua signed a deal to continue distributing the pre may 1986 mgm and pre 1950 warner bros. film libraries for theatrical release . cic s name lived on in its video division which became directly managed as a joint venture of paramount home video and mca videocassette inc. later mca home video and mca universal home video . cic video survived until the late 1990s early 2000s in 1999 when universal purchased polygram filmed entertainment and reorganized its video division which was a joint venture with what is now sony pictures home entertainment and remains so to this day under the universal name while paramount took over full ownership of cic video and merged it under its own video division . uip also had a subscription television arm uip pay tv which distributed paramount mgm ua and universal releases to pay tv broadcasters outside the united states canada puerto rico and the anglophone caribbean . uip pay tv was broken up in 1997 after a 4 year investigation by the european union as it accused uip as a cartel like organisation . the pay tv rights for the films were eventually transferred to paramount international television later renamed cbs paramount international television and currently known as cbs studios international ; today the paramount films are distributed by trifecta entertainment & media universal worldwide television currently known as nbcuniversal international television distribution and mgm worldwide television 2007 reorganization edit starting in 2007 united international pictures considerably reduced its international operations . at least 15 key countries are now directly managed separately by universal pictures taking over operations in austria belgium germany italy netherlands russia south korea spain and switzerland 1 and paramount pictures taking over operations in australia brazil france ireland mexico new zealand russia and the united kingdom . 1 as universal pictures takes over south korean operations cj entertainment has become the new south korean distributor k1 . though their japanese operations were initially planned to be kept intact united international pictures withdrew from the japanese market in late 2007 ; 2 and as a result paramount pictures started taking their japanese distribution operations in house until january 31 2016 when they formed distribution alliances with towa pictures company ltd. for japanese theatrical distribution of their filmsstarting with the big short on march 4 2016 3 and universal pictures japan also formed distribution alliances with toho towa company limited for theatrical distribution 4 and geneon entertainment now nbcuniversal entertainment japan for home entertainment distribution . 5 in 2002 united international pictures withdrew from the finnish market . as a result their releases in that country later started being handled by walt disney studios motion pictures then in 2006 distribution passed on to national cinema operator finnkino . past organization edit the company is based in london united kingdom though their operations in that country are currently being taken over by paramount pictures . however as of 2010 they continues to directly distribute films in 19 countries argentina chile colombia denmark greece hungary india israel malaysia norway panama peru the philippines through sony pictures international since june 2014 poland singapore south africa sweden taiwan thailand and turkey . in addition the company has distribution agreements with locally owned distribution companies in a further 43 countries . 6 one such example is bontonfilm in the czech republic who previously distributed material from cic & uip in both the czech and the slovak markets . see also edit paramount pictures universal studios metro goldwyn mayer cic video references edit a b c paramount pictures and universal pictures to begin self distribution of films in 15 key countries beginning in january 2007 . independentfilm.com . retrieved 18 july 2013 . foreign film distributor closing down the japan times online . search.japantimes.co.jp . 2007 08 12 . retrieved 2012 03 04 . variety asia online archived august 9 2009 at the wayback machine . show biz japan 7 jetro usa japan external trade organization . jetro.org . retrieved 2012 03 04 . geneon to merge with universal pictures japan news . anime news network . retrieved 2012 03 04 . uip website who we are retrieved 2012 09 10 external links edit official website united international pictures at the 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