MTM Enterprises
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MTM Enterprises (also known as MTM Productions) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Mary Tyler Moore's initials.[1]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Television and film production |
Founded | 1969; 55 years ago (1969) |
Founders | Mary Tyler Moore Grant Tinker |
Defunct | May 19, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-05-19) |
Fate | Acquired by News Corporation; library assets were folded into 20th Century Fox Television |
Successor | 20th Television |
Parent | TVS Entertainment (Television South plc) (1988–1993) International Family Entertainment (1993–1997) News Corporation (1997–1998) |
Divisions | MTM Television Distribution MTM International MTM Home Video MTM Records |
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With MTM, Mary Tyler Moore would become one of the first women to own a television production company. MTM became very successful, producing a number of successful television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. The Walt Disney Company through its subsidiary, 20th Television owns all of its programs.