Associated British Picture Corporation

Associated British Picture Corporation

Industry	Film, television
Founded	1927
Defunct	1970
Fate	Folded into EMI-Elstree
Successor	EMI-Elstree
Headquarters	England
Subsidiaries	Associated British Cinemas Ltd. Associated British Pathé Ltd. Associated British Cinemas (Television) Ltd. Associated British Productions Ltd.

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), originally British International Pictures (BIP), was a British film production, distribution and exhibition company active from 1927 until 1970 when it was absorbed into EMI. ABPC also owned approximately 500 cinemas in Britain by 1943,^[1] and in the 1950s and 60s owned a station on the ITV television network. The studio was partly owned by Warner Bros. from about 1940 until 1969; the American company also owned a stake in ABPC's distribution arm, Warner-Pathé, from 1958. It formed one half of a vertically integrated film industry duopoly in Britain with the Rank Organisation.