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MTM Enterprises (later known as MTM Enterprises, Inc.) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Moore's initials. MTM produced a number of successful television programs during the 1970s and 1980s. Its recognizable logo, shown briefly at the end of their programs, was a meowing Mimsie the Cat in a pose reminiscent of the MGM Lion. There have been many different variants of this logo. All of MTM's shows are now owned by 21st Century Fox through subsidiary 20th Century Fox Television. ==History== For many years MTM, with CBS, co-owned the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California, where a majority of their programs were filmed and videotaped. Most of MTM's series aired on CBS. MTM Enterprises acquired Jim Victory Television in 1986, taking the MTM library with it. Victory was later reincorporated as MTM Television Distribution, which was folded into 20th Television after News Corporation bought MTM. Tinker oversaw MTM's operation until leaving the company in 1981 and becoming chairman of NBC. Lawyers backing NBC's then-owner RCA convinced Tinker to sell his remaining shares of MTM. Tinker later regretted leaving MTM, believing that the company started to decline without him.〔 After being an independent production company for many years, MTM was sold in 1988 to UK broadcaster TVS Entertainment for $320 million.〔Carter, Bill. ("THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Tinker Looks Beyond 'USA Today on TV'" ). ''The New York Times'' (November 27, 1989)〕 After losing its franchise to broadcast on the ITV network, TVS was acquired by Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment in late 1992.〔(COMPANY NEWS; Pat Robertson Buys Parent Of MTM for $68.5 Million. ) ''The New York Times'' (September 23, 1992).〕 IFE along with MTM was sold to Fox Family Worldwide in 1997. MTM ceased operations in 1998 and its library assets were folded into 20th Century Fox Television. MTM Enterprises also included a record label, MTM Records - distributed by Capitol Records - which was in existence from 1984 to 1988. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MTM Enterprises」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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