The company also develops and supplies content for international television markets and provides multi-camera crew services, film production studios, control rooms, and broadcast trucks.
Klausner aimed to establish production studios in Israel to build a strong, independent film industry.
[5] The founding document was supported by Brandstatter and Herzliya council head Ben-Zion Michaeli and was signed by General Yitzhak Sadeh and actress Hanna Rovina.
[3] Congratulatory telegrams were sent by Italian director Roberto Rossellini, author Thomas Mann, and executives from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount Pictures.
[6] With an initial investment of $5,000 from Klausner's inheritance and funds raised from investors, the company imported expensive film equipment into Israel.
[2] During the construction of the studios, Klausner accumulated substantial debts and later admitted that she would have abandoned the project had she foreseen the difficulties.
[2] In 1951, the first phase of the studios' construction was completed, costing one hundred thousand Israeli shekels for the building and $150,000 for purchasing equipment from abroad.
[17] In the 1970s, they produced several films, including Tzelet Blaumilch, Konilmel, Hole in the White Stone, The Azulai Policeman, I Love You Rosa, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer, Peeping Toms, and The Band.
In the late 1980s, United Studios faced financial difficulties due to investments in equipment for Channel 2 (whose launch was delayed) and shareholder disputes.
[20] The company was sold to a group of investors, and subsequently, Menachem Golan signed a contract to purchase them, but the deal ultimately fell through at the last minute.
[24] In February 2008, "Africa Israel Housing" won the tender, offering to pay 43.5% of the sale price of the apartments in the complex.
[27] The new facility was approved for 25,000 square meters of space for television studios, production offices, and a media-related vocational school, with a total investment of approximately 150 million shekels.
[28] In July 2020, the deal for a residential neighborhood with 326 housing units on the Herzliya Studios site was finalized after receiving approval from the Israel Lands Authority.