Great Belize Productions
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Great Belize Productions is a Belize-based local production company and the parent company of Great Belize Television (Channel 5).
[edit] Founding
GBP was formed in 1982 as a video making company specialising in commercials for Belize's then-small television industry. It had a hand in the creation of several 1980's and 1990's motion pictures, including "Dogs of War" (1980), "Caribe" (1987) and "Heart of Darkness" (1993).
Great Belize Productions' first successful television series actually predates Channel 5. "Belize All Over", premiering in the late 1980's, featured stories on Belize told by local Belizean personalities. Clips from the show are still shown on Channel 5, particularly in the newscast.
In 1991, Great Belize received a license to broadcast on local television. Channel 5 began in December of that year and is Belize's most popular television station. With the rise of Channel 5, GBP has largely abandoned video production for outside sources, choosing instead to focus on building Channel 5 presentations.
For more, see Great Belize Television.
