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The Finish Line Media

A TPN-certified London post-production house specialising in picture finishing, colour, HDR and delivery for television and film.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

The Finish Line Media Ltd is a British post-production company specialising in picture finishing and delivery. Operating from an installation in Shoreditch, London, the company describes itself as a TPN-certified, full-service post house that works from its own facilities, fully remotely, or embedded inside a client's production office. Its core services span editorial, conform, colour, finishing and delivery, and it markets itself on having the UK's most experienced team of Dolby Vision certified talent and the highest capacity for HDR delivery in the country. The company positions itself as a trusted partner to both production and post-production companies, building bespoke solutions around editorial, finishing and delivery needs. Its client roster includes major UK and international producers and broadcasters such as 72 Films, Nutopia, October Films, Minnow Films, Longwave Studios, Atlantic Productions, BBC Studios, Channel 4, ITV, Netflix, the BBC and Disney+. Its delivery team is noted for passing QC first time for Netflix, the BBC and Disney+. Notable credits include Best of the World with Antoni Porowski (Twofour for National Geographic), World War II with Tom Hanks (Nutopia for The HISTORY Channel), The Elon Musk Show: The Next Chapter (72 Films for BBC), AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About (72 Films and Windfall Films, premiering at the 2026 Tribeca Festival), Children of the Blitz (Minnow Films for BBC), Chasing Utopia (Atlantic Studios), The Bodies on the Bridge (Longwave Studios for Hearst Networks), This Land (October Films for CNN), The Neighbourhood (Lifted Entertainment and The Garden for ITV), HumanLike: The Chimps of Fongoli (Passion Planet for Love Nature, PBS and Sky Nature), Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy (72 Films for BBC) and Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing (72 Films for Channel 4). The Finish Line has been recognised as a non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, reflecting its stated focus on nurturing and supporting its people. The company operates dozens of finishing suites across the UK, with edit systems that can travel to client offices, and describes itself as London based but never limited to it.

History

The Finish Line Media Ltd is a British post-production company specialising in picture finishing and delivery. It operates from an installation in Shoreditch, London, and describes itself as a TPN-certified, full-service post house. The company works in three modes: from its own facilities, fully remotely, or embedded inside a client's production office. Its service range covers editorial, conform, colour, finishing and delivery, with a particular emphasis on high-end picture finishing. The company states that it is backed by the UK's most experienced team of Dolby Vision certified talent and has the highest capacity for HDR delivery in the country. It also provides digital dailies, including ingest, colour management and TPN-certified storage. The Finish Line positions itself as a trusted partner to production and post-production companies, building bespoke solutions around editorial, finishing and delivery needs. Its client list includes 72 Films, Acme TV, Ad Hoc Films, Argonon, Arrow Media, Atlantic Productions, Azimuth, BBC Studios, Big Deal Films, Bladesman Productions, Brinkworth, Bumblebee Post Production, Channel 4, Colourspace Post, Discovery, Dorothy Street Pictures, Double Act, Emporium Productions, Endemol Shine Group, Firecracker Films, FremantleMedia, Flying Fox, Fulwell 73, Grant Wardrop Productions, Great Scott Media, Hat Trick Productions, ITN Productions, Knickerbockerglory, Lightbox, Like A Shot Entertainment, Longwave Studios, Manor Post, Maverick TV, Mentorn Media, Mercury Studios, Milk & Honey Productions, Minnow Films, MSV Post, NHK CosmoMedia Europe, North One Television, Nutopia, October Films and Optomen Television, among others. Notable credits include Best of the World with Antoni Porowski (Twofour for National Geographic), World War II with Tom Hanks (Nutopia for The HISTORY Channel), The Elon Musk Show: The Next Chapter (72 Films for BBC), AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About (72 Films and Windfall Films, premiering at the 2026 Tribeca Festival), Children of the Blitz (Minnow Films for BBC), Chasing Utopia (Atlantic Studios for theatrical release), The Bodies on the Bridge (Longwave Studios for Hearst Networks), This Land (October Films for CNN), The Neighbourhood (Lifted Entertainment and The Garden for ITV), HumanLike: The Chimps of Fongoli (Passion Planet for Love Nature, PBS and Sky Nature), Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy (72 Films for BBC) and Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing (72 Films for Channel 4). The company has been recognised as a non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. It operates dozens of finishing suites across the UK, with edit systems that can travel to client offices, and a delivery team that passes QC first time for Netflix, the BBC and Disney+. The company describes itself as London based but never limited to it.

  • Recognised as non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV 2023

  • Recognised as non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV 2024

  • Recognised as non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV 2025

  • Recognised as non-Indie 'Gold Winner' for Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV 2026

  • AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About premieres at the 2026 Tribeca Festival

Products and positioning

A TPN-certified, full-service post house offering end-to-end post production for television and film, with the UK's most experienced Dolby Vision certified team and highest HDR delivery capacity.

  • End-to-end post production for television and film

  • Editorial

  • Conform

  • Colour grading

  • Finishing

  • Delivery

  • Digital dailies

  • Dolby Vision finishing

  • HDR delivery

  • Embedded post production

  • Remote post production

Recent events

  • Unconfirmed

    The Finish Line launches Production Buddy remote media platform[5]

    Reported:

    Post house The Finish Line launched Production Buddy, a remote media platform that lets production teams work with media from the shoot and hand it to editors without drives leaving the building. It is free for Finish Line customers when the facility handles ingest and media processing, and processing runs in house on The Finish Line's own hardware by default.

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