U.M. & M. TV Corporation
Defunct American television syndicator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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U.M. & M. TV Corporation was an American media company best known as the original purchaser of the pre-October 1950 short films and cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures, excluding Popeye and Superman. The initials stand for United Film Service (which once employed Walt Disney and other animators many years earlier), MTA TV (Motion Picture Advertising Service) of New Orleans, and Minot T.V.
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Company type | Film distributor |
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Industry | Television |
Founded | 1954; 70 years ago (1954) |
Defunct | 1957; 67 years ago (1957) |
Fate | Acquired by National Telefilm Associates |
Successor | National Telefilm Associates |
Operations of the three above-mentioned companies were consolidated into a new company, U.M. & M., in October 1954. The companies were previously producing TV commercials. Matty Fox, head of Motion Pictures for Television, signed a ten-year agreement with U.M. & M. to handle sub-distribution of its TV series.[1]
U.M. & M. handled the physical distribution of the television series Paris Precinct and Sherlock Holmes, and others. It did not market the shows, leaving the actual syndication to Guild Films.