Private company

TIS Productions

Colombian television production company

TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS (abbreviation for The Independent Studios) and formerly known as Estudios TeleMéxico, Fox TeleColombia and TeleColombia, is a Colombian television production company owned by the Paramount Networks Americas division of Skydance Corporation.2 It was founded by Bernardo Romero Pereiro.1 It is part of The Walt Disney Company Latin America.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1

TIS Productions, commonly known as just TIS (abbreviation for The Independent Studios) and formerly known as Estudios TeleMéxico, Fox TeleColombia and TeleColombia, is a Colombian television production company owned by the Paramount Networks Americas division of Skydance Corporation.2

Corporate structure

TIS Productions is part of a group headed by The Walt Disney Company. 348 entities, 34 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Bernardo Romero Pereiro in 1996.1

Programmes

Founded in 1996 by Samuel Duque, René Gómez and Bernardo Romero Pereiro as a production company owned by the latter, who is also a claimed librettist of Colombian dramatizations and soap operas, the company is known for supplying programming to Telemundo, Telefutura, RCN Televisión and the channels of the defunct former national broadcaster, Inravisión.

In 2007, the Fox International Channels (later the Fox Networks Group) division of the Fox Entertainment Group bought a 51% share in the company, thus renaming it as Fox Telecolombia.

In 2009, Fox produced filmed Mental, the first television series produced in Latin America for its eponymous American and international channels, at the Fox Telecolombia complex in Bogotá, but it only lasted for a season.

Disney era (2019-2021)

Following the completed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company on 20 March 2019, Fox TeleColombia was placed under the direct supervision of The Walt Disney Company Latin America alongside Disney Channel. On 18 January 2021, Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the company's name, hence renaming it to just TeleColombia, in line with the acquisition terms which required phasing out the "Fox" brand to avoid confusion with the spun-out Fox Corporation, however around 2021, Disney prepared the sales because it clashed Disney's business goals.

Paramount era (2021-present)

On 28 October 2021, ViacomCBS (later Paramount Global; which owned KCAL-TV and Miramax, which were formerly owned by Disney, but now under their library) announced its acquisition of a majority stake in the company from Disney, which closed on 23 November that year, thus changing sister stations to Nickelodeon, while keeping the company's founders on board with their roles from a creative and advisory point of view. Paramount then merged Estudios TeleMexico and TeleColombia under the name TIS on 22 October 2022.

From Wikipedia’s article on TIS Productions, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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Sources

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