Becker Entertainment

Becker Entertainment is an Australian production company.

History

The company was founded in 1965 by Russell Becker, one of the pioneers of commercial television in Australia.[1]

Becker Entertainment was sold to Prime Television in 2007.[2][3]

After stepping down from Becker Entertainment[4] in 2007, Richard Becker went on to establish a new company, Becker Film Group in 2008[5][6]

With the remaining assets owned by Prime Television Limited, the company was eventually delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange, and remaining rights absorbed into Prime Television Limited. Prime went on to rename the company WASTAR ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 073 853 371.[7]

Relaunch

On 22 September 2016, Daniel Becker and RJ Brent successfully lobbied ASIC to register a new trading entity of Becker Entertainment Pty Ltd ACN 614 954 157[8]

This company was established as a Film and TV Production Company, and started focusing on projects in 2017 with My Day Job[9] and Ravenswood.[10]

See also

References
  1. Boland, Michaela (25 June 2007). "Becker family sells 43% of business". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "Prime buys Becker stake in film biz". Encore Magazine. 1 July 2007.
  3. "Prime gains control of Becker Group". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  4. "Becker chief to step down". The Hollywood Reporter. 11 April 2006.
  5. Boland, Michaela (15 July 2008). "Becker returning with new shingle". Daily Variety.
  6. George, Sandy (14 July 2008). "Richard Becker leaps back into Australian distribution". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. "WASTAR ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 073 853 371". Asic Connect. ASIC. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  8. "BECKER ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD ACN 614 954 157". Asic Connect. ASIC. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. "My Day Job". IMDB. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. "Ravenswood (2017)". IMDB. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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