9 Story Media Group

9 Story Media Group Inc.
Formerly
 9 Story Entertainment (2002–2014)
Private Company
Industry Television Production, Distribution
Founded September 2002
Founders Vince Commisso
Steven Jarosz
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
 Vince Commisso (President and CEO)
Cathal Gaffney (COO)
Angela C. Santomero (CCO)
Neil Court (Executive Chairman)
Owners Zelnick Media Capital
Neil Court
Senior Management[1][2][3][4][5]
Number of employees
 600 (2017)[5]
Divisions 9 Story Distribution
Brown Bag Films
9 Story Brands
Subsidiaries 9 Story Interactive
9 Story USA
Colorforms
Website http://www.9story.com

9 Story Media Group Inc. is a Canadian entertainment company and an international marketer and distributor best known for producing animated series such as Top Wing, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Numb Chucks, Peep and the Big Wide World, Nature Cat and Peg + Cat. 9 Story Media Group's animation studio Brown Bag Films has produced animated children's series such as The Octonauts, Doc McStuffins, Bing Bunny, and Henry Hugglemonster.

History

9 Story Media Group was founded in September 2002 by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz. On June 11, 2006, 9 Story Entertainment, the division of the 9 Story Media Group, was officially launched. In September 2006, 9 Story launched an international distribution division headed by Natalie Osborne, known as 9 Story International Distribution. 9 Story Entertainment originally produced its first live-action series, Survive This, in 2009, which, from 2010 to 2012, was originally the first 9 Story production. On April 8, 2013, 9 Story Media Gtoup announced that it would acquire CCI Entertainment's kids and family library; the acquisition was completed on July 24.

In 2015, 9 Story Media Group acquired the animation studio Brown Bag Films,[6] which employs over 170 staff members across Dublin, Manchester, and Toronto. On October 6, 9 Story announced a long-term partnership with Mattel Creations to distribute pre-school series Barney & Friends and Angelina Ballerina. But the production for them got cancelled.

On May 25, 2016, 9 Story Media Group acquired the global distribution rights to Garfield and Friends.

On January 12, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Out of the Blue Enterprises in an effort to broaden 9 Story's development capabilities and bolster their consumer products division, which launched in May. Out of the Blue is now a wholly owned subsidiary renamed 9 Story USA.[7][8]

On July 10, 2018, 9 Story acquired Breakthrough Entertainment's kids and family library and development slate.[9]

Original productions

References

  1. ↑ "Portfolio - ZMC".
  2. ↑ "9 Story Media Group - ZMC".
  3. ↑ Littleton, Cynthia (10 November 2015). "Geraldine Laybourne Returns to Kids TV In 9 Story Media Group Pact".
  4. ↑ "Media entrepreneur Neil Court and ZM Capital make equity investment in 9 Story Limited". www.newswire.ca.
  5. 1 2 "Theinsidermedia.com". Theinsidermedia.com. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Irish Producer Brown Bag Acquired". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
  7. ↑ "9 Story bolsters US presence with Out of the Blue buy".
  8. ↑ "9 Story Appoints ANGELA C. SANTOMERO As Chief Creative Officer - 9 Story Media Group". 18 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "9 Story buys Breakthrough's kids library and slate".
  10. ↑ "9 Story becomes the Co-Producer and Distributor of new season of WGBH children's series ARTHUR®". 9story.com. September 20, 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (September 29, 2015). "Oasis Animation Tapped for New Seasons of 'Arthur'".
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