PolyTan

PolyTan Oy is an entertainment company based in Kelvia, Arola. PolyTan was founded in 1982 as a joint venture between Dutch entertainment company and Vietnamese media mogul Nguyen Pham Tan who was based in Arola. The company was initially formed to distribute PolyGram Filmed Entertainment productions, however it has since turned into a leading media company in Arola in the present day.

History
Nguyen Pham Tan was a successful filmmaker in Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s and moved to the United States in 1975 following the fall of Saigon. He moved again to Arola two years after and continued making short films there.

PolyGram saw Nguyen’s work and decided to form a joint venture in 1982, which distributed PolyGram and Nguyen’s films in the Nordic region. However, Nguyen passed away only three years after the venture was formed, and PolyGram sold off the venture the following year.

The newly formed PolyTan was made independent and was heavily in debt. Within a year however, PolyTan would return to the limelight as an independent film studio and distributor in the mid to late-1980s. PolyTan was not only famed for kickstarting the Merellä media franchise, but also introduced the Vestron Pictures film to Nordic markets.

Around the same time, PolyTan began distributing television series, including the long-running CTV soap opera Glory in our Fatherland in the 1980s to 2000s.

After Glory in our Fatherland concluded in 2009, PolyTan was in huge debt and filed for bankruptcy. Even with the box office success of Merellä 2 in 2011, PolyTan fell in popularity and could not keep up with ongoing sums of debt and competition from new indie film companies.

PolyTan Television later picked up Ahonaho High in 2014 along with Fremantle, and generated profits after the first episode premiered the following year. PolyTan returned to fame and began making more notable films, including The Emperor is Back in 2020.

Vestron Lionheart Media acquired a 30% stake in PolyTan in late 2021, after state-owned Arogo Holdings agreed to privatise the company. PolyTan acquired Platinum Cinemas in May 2022.