9 Story Media Group

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9 Story Media Group Inc.
Formerly called
 9 Story Entertainment (2002–2014)
Private
Industry Television production
Founded September 2002; 21 years ago (2002-09)
Founders
  • Vince Commisso
  • Steven Jarosz
  • Blake Tohana
Headquarters 23 Fraser Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Key people
 Vince Commisso (President, CEO)
Cathal Gaffney (COO)
Angela C. Santomero (2019–2023) (CCO)[2]
Neil Court (Executive Chairman)
Owners Zelnick Media Capital
Neil Court[3][4][5][6]
Number of employees
 1,100 (2019)
Divisions
  • 9 Story Brands
  • 9 Story Creative Affairs
  • 9 Story Distribution International
  • Brown Bag Films
Subsidiaries
Website 9story.com

9 Story Media Group Inc. (formerly known as 9 Story Entertainment Inc.) is a Canadian media production, animation studio, and distribution company founded in September 2002 by Vince Commisso, Steve Jarosz, and Blake Tohana.

History

As 9 Story Entertainment

The company was founded in September 2002 as 9 Story Entertainment by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz so Vince could work on Peep and the Big Wide World On September 21, 2006, 9 Story launched an international distribution division headed by former Universal Studios executive, Natalie Osborne, known as 9 Story Enterprises.[8]

9 Story produced its first live-action series, Survive This, from 2008 to 2010.

On September 20, 2011, 9 Story Entertainment became the co-producer and distributor of the animated series Arthur. 9 Story would produce the series from seasons 16 to 19.[9][10]

On April 8, 2013, 9 Story announced that it would acquire the children's and family distribution library of CCI Entertainment;[11] the acquisition was completed on July 24.[12]

As 9 Story Media Group

On October 10, 2014, 9 Story Entertainment rebranded as 9 Story Media Group, following Neil Court and Zelnick Media Capital becoming majority owners a few months prior.[13][14]

On August 18, 2015, 9 Story Media Group acquired the Dublin-based animation studio Brown Bag Films.[15][16]

On October 6, 2015, 9 Story announced an agreement with American toy manufacturer Mattel to relaunch/reboot Barney & Friends and Angelina Ballerina under license from HIT Entertainment for planned releases in 2017, but nothing was heard from them in terms of either production or release since then.[17][18]

On May 25, 2016, 9 Story acquired the global distribution rights to Garfield and Friends.[19][20]

On October 21, 2016, 9 Story's distribution arm, 9 Story Enterprises, was rebranded as 9 Story Distribution International and relocated operations from Toronto to Dublin.[21]

On October 15, 2017, 9 Story rebranded its Toronto 2D animation studio after Brown Bag Films, with the Irish studio becoming 9 Story's production arm for both 2D and 3D animation across Dublin, Manchester, and Toronto. At the same time, Brown Bag Films became one of 9 Story's main divisions, alongside 9 Story Distribution International.[22][23]

On January 12, 2018, 9 Story announced that they had acquired production company, Out of the Blue Enterprises, for an undisclosed amount and rebranded them to 9 Story USA. 9 Story would also acquire the rights to the Colorforms brand.[24][25]

On May 13, 2018, 9 Story unveiled an updated logo and announced the launch of 9 Story Brands, a consumer products division.[26]

On July 10, 2018, 9 Story acquired the children's and family distribution catalog and development slate of Breakthrough Entertainment.[27] On February 4, 2019, 9 Story announced that they had acquired Bali-based animation studio BASE for an undisclosed amount, and rebranded it after Brown Bag Films.[28][29]

On April 1, 2019, 9 Story signed a deal with Scholastic Corporation to distribute 230 half hours of programming, which would bring 9 Story's overall content library at the time to 4,000 half hours of programming.[30] In 2022, Vince Commisso was named alongside John Galway as a winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's Board of Directors Tribute Award at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards.[31]

On February 5, 2024, 9 Story acquired fellow Canadian company Portfolio Entertainment, including it’s distribution catalogue, development slates, and production.[32]

Programming

References

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