HiT Entertainment

HiT Entertainment is the current owner of Thomas and Friends.

HiT was originally formed as Henson International Television (hit!) in 1983 as a branch of the Jim Henson Company in order to coordinate the co-production of Fraggle Rock in London. This subsidiary was later sold and retains none of the original Henson company architecture except for the name. It later re-branded itself as "HiT Entertainment".

They later purchased Gullane Entertainment in 2003 and have since produced the new series format of Thomas episodes and merchandise. HiT acquired the television rights for Thomas and Friends in 2002, during the airing of the sixth season and the filming of the seventh.

On 1 February 2012, it was announced that Mattel purchased HiT Entertainment from Apax Partners for $680 million.

Staff
Micaela Winter produces the series for HiT, while Christopher Keenan acts as executive producer.

Jocelyn Stevenson, Lenora Hume, Christopher Skala, Karen Barnes, Marion Edwards, Michael Carrington and Edward Catchpole formerly acted as executive producers.

Ian McCue produced the series for HiT from the sixteenth to twentieth seasons. He also worked as line producer for the fifteenth season.

Sharon Miller and Jo Jordan served as creative producers. The later also served as post-production producer for Hero of the Rails.

Denise Green served as line producer for Hero of the Rails, Misty Island Rescue, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth seasons. Winter also served as line producer for The Great Race and the twentieth season.

Claire Waxler and Sam Barlow served as supervising producers.

Karen Davidsen served as head/director of production from the nineteenth and twentieth seasons, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure and The Great Race.

Karen Davies is the director of content services.

External link

 * HiT's website