Endemol Australia

Endemol Australia was Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group.

1972–1975


1972 was the beginning '''Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd. (Australia)''', an Australian division of Hanna-Barbera.

1983–1984
In 1983, James Hardie Industries and Hanna-Barbera corporate parent Taft Broadcasting reorganized the division as '''Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Ltd.'''

1984–1988


In 1984, the company established a division in Los Angeles known as Southern Star Productions, headed by Buzz Potamkin.

1988–2014


In 1988, Neil Balnaves led an A$11 million management buyout of Taft-Hardie, reorganizing the company as the Southern Star Group. In doing so, the company went from making cartoons to related Australian programming. The segmented star symbol was introduced with the two texts "SOUTHERN" and "STAR" appearing underneath it, and underneath the texts is an underline coloured in grey.

2014–2015


On 11 December 2013, it was announced that the Southern Star Group would be rebranded into a Dutch television production company under the name Endemol Australia, to end Southern Star's 41-year legacy. This would later take effect within 3 months later. On 26 July 2015, both Endemol Australia and Shine Australia merged into one entity by the name of Endemol Shine Australia.