Creative development & business strategy
Shaping distinctive ideas into ambitious, audience-ready content by packaging in the right creative talent and developing the right business strategy for your IP.
INDEPENDENT GLOBAL PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION
Stories with vision.
Partners with reach.
Raydar Studios is an independent global production and distribution specialist representing IP from creators, literary estates, publishers and producers.
London · Worldwide
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About Raydar
TRUE TO THE STORY
Creative vision.
Global opportunity.
We are driven by a genuine passion for helping our partners bring their stories to the world.
We work with creators and rights holders in a way that stays true to their creative vision and values, combining production, finance, distribution and rights expertise under one roof.
CONTENT & PROJECTS
Children's, Drama and Factual content for audiences worldwide.
Raydar Studios works with creators, producers, financiers, broadcasters and platforms around distinctive IP with international potential.
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What we do
FROM FIRST THOUGHT TO GLOBAL MARKET
One joined-up view
of the opportunity.
Finance & co-production
Building finance strategies and international partnerships that help projects move forward.
International funding & distribution
Positioning content for the global market and connecting it with broadcasters, streamers, online platforms and the content investment community.
Rights & IP management
Finding long-term value across licensing, formats, consumer products, home entertainment and ancillary rights.
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Experience
EXPERIENCE THAT TRAVELS
Experience across the full commercial life of an idea.
Raydar brings together deep experience across production, distribution, finance, licensing and home entertainment. That perspective spans the full commercial life of a property, from the first creative conversation and business strategy to audiences around the world.
years in international content and rights
markets reached through internationally distributed content
experience across production, distribution and licensing
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The team
PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE WHOLE PICTURE
Meet Alison & Chris.
CO-FOUNDER, RAYDAR MEDIA · DIRECTOR
Alison Rayson
Alison's passion is championing unique stories regardless of genre, often from underserved communities or talent. Combining this with a keen interest in how IP can be funded and monetised for new or established creative talent has underpinned her career, from founding top-ten distributor Target Entertainment in the late 1990s to IP studio Raydar in the 2000s. Alison brings a producer's understanding of the creative process together with deep knowledge of the global content market.
CO-FOUNDER, RAYDAR MEDIA · DIRECTOR
Chris Rayson
Chris came to the global TV industry from a background in character design and brand licensing. Capitalizing on this to help launch Target Entertainment's DVD and licensing divisions in the 2000s, collaborating with domestic and global partners. Chris then went on to launch Raydar with Alison and to discover a true passion for creative marketing and design. In addition to supporting the operational side of Raydar's business, he leads the creative design process across all of Raydar's IP slate.