MTM Films

MTM Filmsis a Canadian film studio. Based in Vancouver, BC, the studio was founded in 1979 as a division of SFM Entertainment. Since 1999, the studio has been owned by Canadian multimedia conglomerate, Corus Entertainment.

History
In 1979, SFM Film Corporation was formed as a division of SFM Entertainment. At first, it produced made-for-TV movies.

In 1984, the division, along with SFM Television Animation, was sold to MTM Enterprises, and renamed to MTM Films. Around this point, they started making theatrical films, under MTM’s feature animation division’s existing deal with Orion.

In 1987, MTM acquired the US film and television assets of the Rank Organization, including their North American film distribution unit. MTM terminated their deal with Orion, as they could now distribute their own films.

Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, MTM ended up owned by Pat Robertson’s International Family Entertainment. In 1996, International Family Entertainment sold much of the MTM assets, including the MTM trademarks, MTM Films, MTM Animation, MTM Television Animation, MTM Home Video, and MTM International, to Canadian telecom company Shaw Communications. IFE retained the original MTM Enterprises studio, as well as MTM Television Distribution and the US rights to the pre-1996 MTM Enterprises live-action TV library, and licensed the MTM name from Shaw until its sale to News Corporation in 1998.

In 1998, Shaw Communications spun off its media assets as Corus Entertainment.