[2] In 1976, Russell's son Richard Becker bought out Fremantle International's Australian unit, who was producing several game shows to the markets of Australia and New Zealand.
[2] In 1977, Richard Becker was joining the family business after four years with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department, and helped them expand the television division.
Richard Sheffield ran REP as a Becker employee until he left to establish the Australian office of PolyGram Pictures).
[5] Subsequently, Becker Entertainment purchased the Dendy Cinema chain and became Australia's largest exhibitor of art house or limited release theatrical films.
[9] A year later, the company decided to sell its stake in home video distributor Magna Pacific for $27 million.