The company was founded by producers Carmel Travers, Iain Finlay and Chris Ardill-Guinness, as well as consultant Phil Gerlach and accountant Mikael Borglund, briefly titled CIC Productions, initially with the intention of making only one program,
Beyond 2000 after which the company took its name. The company took responsibility for distributing the series, finding success in selling the program overseas, including to
Discovery Channel in America and an American adaptation for
Fox. In 2013, Beyond formed a
joint venture with
Seven West Media called 7Beyond to produce programs in North America. 7Beyond shows include
My Lottery Dream Home and
My Kitchen Rules. In July 2020, Beyond International purchased Seven West Media's shareholding. In 2020, Beyond acquired TCB Media Rights from receivership, following the collapse of Kew Media Group, valuing TCB at around $2.5 million. TCB Media Rights invests and distributes factual series including
Abandoned Engineering and
Extreme Ice Machines. In October 2022, it was announced that
Banijay would acquire Beyond. The acquisition was completed on December 30, 2022, and Beyond was delisted from the
Australian Securities Exchange on January 3, 2023. At the end of February 2023, most of the company's employees at the company's distribution and sales arm (Beyond Rights) were let go. Beyond Rights was eventually folded into Banijay's own distribution and sales arm, Banijay Rights. The former company's site was moved to the latter company on August 24, 2023. On 11 January 2024, it was announced that Mikael Borglund had purchased back Beyond Productions from both companies, including all content produced by them under Banijay ownership. Banijay retained all of Beyond's pre-2022 back catalog, and secured a five-year first-look distribution deal for all new Beyond productions.
Ownership The company was listed on the ASX from 1987 until 2023. In 2008,
FremantleMedia purchased just under 20% of shares in the company, making it the largest shareholder. ==Television series==