9 Story Media Group
Private Company | |
Industry | Television Production, Distribution |
Founded |
2002 (as 9 Story Entertainment) 2015 (as 9 Story Media Group) |
Founder |
Vince Commisso Steven Jarosz |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Key people | Vince Commisso (CEO) |
Products | Consisting mainly of children's animation |
Owners |
Zelnick Media Capital (50%) Neil Court (25%) Senior Management (25%)[1][2][3][4][5] |
Number of employees | Est. 600 (2017)[6] |
Subsidiaries |
Brown Bag Films 9 Story Distribution International 9 Story Interactive |
Website | http://www.9story.com |
9 Story Media Group Inc. is a Canadian entertainment company and an international marketer and distributor best remembered for producing animated series such as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Numb Chucks, and Peg + Cat. The company has employed over 250 creative and production staff in its Toronto facility and has produced over 900 half hours of award-winning children’s content. 9 Story recently acquired the animation studio Brown Bag Films,[7] which employs over 170 staff members across Dublin, Manchester and Los Angeles. Brown Bag has been producing animated children’s series such as The Octonauts, Doc McStuffins, Bing Bunny, and Henry Hugglemonster.
On October 6, 2015, 9 Story announced a new long-term partnership with Hit Entertainment to relaunch iconic pre-school brands ‘Barney & Friends’ and ‘Angelina Ballerina’.[8]
In February 2016, 9 Story announced that it has joined forces with Netflix and Scholastic as a producer on the rebooted version of the 1990s animated children’s series The Magic School Bus, which is scheduled to premiere on the SVOD as a Netflix Original Series in the Autumn of 2017.[9] 9 Story Media Group's idents have a hand drawing a 9. They mostly produce films for the Public Broadcasting Service.
Original productions
- 3 Amigonauts
- Almost Naked Animals
- Arthur (seasons 16 – 19)[10][11]
- Best Ed
- Cache Craze
- Camp Lakebottom
- Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
- Fugget About It
- Futz!
- If the World Were a Village
- Jacob Two-Two (season 5)
- Luna Around the World
- Making Stuff
- Max & Ruby
- Nature Cat
- Numb Chucks
- Peep and the Big Wide World
- Peg + Cat
- Pound Puppies (2010 TV series) (season 1 episodes 1–7)
- Skyland
- Survive This
- Sweet Tweets
- Top Wing
- Wibbly Pig
- Wild Kratts
Original films
- Kiss and Cry
- Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars
9 Story Distribution International
- Alice Upside Down
- Alice, I Think
- Angelina Ballerina
- Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
- Anything But Christmas
- Arthur[12] (Seasons 16-19)
- Artzooka!
- Barney & Friends
- Christopher the Christmas Tree
- Eckhart
- Emma's Wings: A Bella Sara Tale
- Erky Perky
- Extreme Babysitting
- Fast Food High
- Frankenstein’s Cat
- Finding Stuff Out
- Garfield and Friends
- Geofreakz
- Get Ace
- Ghost Trackers
- The Greats
- Guess How Much I Love You[13]
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs[14]
- Haunted Tales
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
- Jerry and the Raiders
- Joe & Jack
- The Longhouse Tales (co-distributed with Zodiak Media)
- Look Kool
- Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas
- Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
- Monica Chef
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Monster by Mistake
- My Friend Bubbles
- Nerds and Monsters
- Nilus the Sandman
- The Ripping Friends
- Ruby's Studio
- Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show
- Timeblazers
- Turbo Dogs
- Virtual Mom
- Vivi
- Wanna Play?
- What Katy Did
9 Story Interactive
- CLB: Protect The Flag
- Monsters Everywhere
- Numb Chucks: Chuck Fu
References
- ↑ http://zmclp.com/portfolio/
- ↑ http://zmclp.com/portfolio/9-story-limited/
- ↑ http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/geraldine-laybourne-nickelodeon-9-story-media-group-1201637332/
- ↑ http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/media-entrepreneur-neil-court-and-zm-capital-make-equity-investment-in-9-story-limited-515056681.html
- ↑ http://theinsidermedia.com/2017/05/17/13-instant-lessons-to-learn-from-9-story-media-groups-president-and-ceo/
- ↑ http://theinsidermedia.com/2017/05/17/13-instant-lessons-to-learn-from-9-story-media-groups-president-and-ceo/
- ↑ "Irish Producer Brown Bag Acquired". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ↑ "MIPCOM: 'Barney & Friends' Set for Relaunch by Mattel, 9 Story". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
- ↑ Getzler, Wendy Goldman. "9 Story boards Netflix’s Magic School Bus reboot". Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ↑ "9 Story Entertainment becomes the Co-Producer and Distributor of new season of internationally popular WGBH children’s series ARTHUR®". 9story.com. September 20, 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (September 29, 2015). "Oasis Animation Tapped for New Seasons of ‘Arthur’".
- ↑ Cinar
- ↑ Questions
- ↑ Collingwood O'