2. StudioCanal UK (formerly Optimum
Releasing/Home Entertainment/Classics) is the
UK and Ireland branch of the french film
distributor company, StudioCanal.
StudioCanal UK is owned by 50% Vivendi, a
french international distribution giant and
50% NBCUniversal (who own Universal Studios).
StudioCanal is the only studio operating
simultaneously in three main territories across
Europe: France, the United Kingdom and
Germany. The company distributes a total of
more than 50 films a year throughout Europe.
3. British films that are currently being
cinematically distributed: Cuban
Fury, Inside Llewin Davis
7. • StudioCanal will take all rights in the two
territories except terrestrial television in
the U.K.
• There the project's co-financier and codeveloper Film4, retains British TV rights.
• The deal was negotiated between Alison
Meese and Berenice Fugard for
Studiocanal and Ben Roberts of
Protagonist Pictures in 2012, before the
production in UK began. Studio Canal
along with film4 and the BFI funded the
production