distributor founded 1999 headquarters london england products feature films owner canal group 100 % parent studiocanal website studiocanal.co.uk studiocanal uk formerly optimum releasing 1 is the official branch of studiocanal in both the united kingdom and ireland . the company releases many films including foreign studio ghibli independent art house british irish and american films in the united kingdom and sometimes ireland . contents 1 history 1.1 optimum releasing 1999 2011 1.2 studiocanal uk 2011 present 2 references 3 external links history edit optimum releasing 1999 2011 edit when named optimum the company s image was that of a modern and independent distributor of new releases and back catalogues . films were released under four strands optimum releasing new theatrical releases optimum home entertainment new dvd and blu ray releases optimum classic dvd re releases of back catalogue films and optimum world new and back catalogue world cinema releases . the latter three appear to be still be in use despite the company s name change . optimum released over 200 films a year and were one of the most prominent distributors in the uk independent film and world cinema market since the closure of tartan films in 2008 . kill list the guard and a re release of whisky galore were the last titles released under the optimum releasing banner . 2 studiocanal uk 2011 present edit in 2006 optimum releasing was acquired by french film producer & distributor studiocanal a subsidiary of vivendi s canal group thus marking studiocanal s 1st entry into an international market . 3 since then studiocanal now distributes their back classic british film catalogue which includes many from their carolco pictures and emi films libraries through optimum releasing under the optimum classic strand . in september 2011 optimum releasing was renamed studiocanal . tinker tailor soldier spy tyrannosaur don t be afraid of the dark the awakening and w.e. were among the first films released under the new name . 4 references edit hopewell john 2011 06 30 . studiocanal rebrands optimum kinowelt . variety . retrieved 2011 09 04 . http www.studiocanal.co.uk incinemas james alison ; dawtrey adam 2006 05 07 . studio canal moves into blighty . variety . retrieved 2011 09 04 . http www.studiocanal.co.uk incinemas external links edit official website list of film credits from internet movie database v t e vivendi network information and ownership history list of owned assets directors vincent bollor arnaud de puyfontaine pierre rodocanachi universal music group capitol music group astralwerks apple records blue note records capitol records mau5trap motown virgin records decca label group decca records deutsche grammophon interscope geffen a & m records a & m records dgc records geffen records interscope records polydor records island records mercury records roc nation starroc takeover roc nation republic records cash money records big machine label group universal music enterprises hip o records universal music group universal music distribution universal music group nashville mca nashville mercury nashville records lost highway records capitol records nashville emi records nashville universal music latin entertainment capitol latin disa records fonovisa records machete music verve records grp records impulse records verve forecast records virgin emi capitol uk emi records virgin records capitol christian music group motown gospel sparrow records tooth & nail records other umg assets def jam recordings show dog universal music vevo eagle rock universal music publishing group universal music tv canal group canal canalsat afrique cal donie cara bes d8 mediaset premium studiocanal uk other assets dailymotion 90 % ubisoft 22.8 % gameloft 96 % telecom italia 20.03 % this article about a film production company or film distributor is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title studiocanal uk & oldid 742415546 categories film distributors of the united kingdomvivendi subsidiariescompanies established in 1999media companies of the united kingdomfilm company stubsunited kingdom company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aistagalog edit links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 15 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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