Endemol Australia

1985–1989	1989–2014	2014–2015

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

Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

1972–1983

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

Taft-Hardie Group Pty. Ltd.

1983–1984

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

Southern Star Productions

1984–1988

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

Southern Star Group

1988–2014

In 1988, Neil Balnaves led an A$11 million management buyout of Taft-Hardie, reorganizing the company as the Southern Star Group. The segmented star logo was introduced. The two texts "SOUTHERN" and "STAR" appear below it, with an underline coloured in grey.

Print variant

Southern Star Sullivan variant (1989-1994)

Southern Star Sales variant (1994-2005)

Southern Star Film Sales variant (1996)

Southern Star Concept variant (1993-2001)

Endemol Southern Star variant (2003-2010)

Logo with Endemol byline (2009-2013)

Symbol

Symbol print

Hal McElroy Southern Star variant

Endemol Australia

2014–2015

Alternate variant

On 11 December 2013, Endemol announced that Southern Star would be renamed Endemol Australia, thus ending the 41-year legacy of the Southern Star brand. The renaming took effect in February 2014. In 2015, the arm was merged into Endemol Shine Australia.