Tinopolis

This article is about the TV company. For the town with this nickname, see Llanelli.

The Tinopolis Group is an international TV production and distribution group with businesses based in the UK and US. It produces over 4,500 hours of television annually for more than 200 UK and foreign broadcasters.^[1]

Tinopolis

Company type	Private
Industry	Television production
Founded	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Headquarters	Llanelli, Wales
Number of locations	5 (2018)
Key people	Ron Jones (Executive chairman) Arwel Rees (CEO) Angharad Mair (Chairman, Wales) Jeff Foulser (Chairman, Sunset + Vine) John Willis (CEO, Mentorn)
Revenue	£236 million (2022)
Operating income	£16.23 million (2022)
Net income	£3.46 million (2022)
Number of employees	529 (2022)
Website	Official website

Operations

Company	Founded	Acquired	Ref.
A. Smith & Co.	2000	2011	[2]
Daybreak Pictures	2006	—	[3]
fFatti fFilms	2013	—	[4]
Fiction Factory Films	2002	—	[5]
Firecracker Films	2002	2012	[6]
Magical Elves	2001	2014	[7]
Mentorn	1985	2006	[8]
MSV Post	—	—
Passion Distribution	2008	2012	[9]
Pioneer Productions	1988	2009	[10]
Sunset+Vine	1976	2006	[8]
Thunderclap Media	2017	—	[11]
Tinint	1999	—
Tinopolis Cymru	—	—
Tinopolis Factual Group Scotland	2002	—
Video Arts	1972	2007	[12]

See also

• Media in Wales