9 Story Media Group

9 Story Media Group Inc.
Formerly called	9 Story Entertainment (2002–2014)
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television Production, Distribution
Founded	September 2002, 16 years ago
Founder(s)	Vince Commisso Steven Jarosz
Headquarters	23 Fraser Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Owner	Scholastic Corporation (2024-present)
Number of employees	1,100 (2019)
Divisions	9 Story Brands 9 Story Creative Affairs 9 Story Distribution International Brown Bag Films
Subsidiaries	9 Story Interactive 9 Story USA Brown Bag Films Bali Brown Bag Films Dublin Brown Bag Films Manchester Brown Bag Films Toronto Portfolio Entertainment Colorforms
Website	http://www.9story.com/

9 Story Media Group Inc. is a Canadian production company and international distributor headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

History

As 9 Story Entertainment (2002–2013)

The company was founded in September 2002 as 9 Story Entertainment by Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz. On September 21, 2006, 9 Story launched an international distribution division headed by Natalie Osborne, known as 9 Story Enterprises.

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 WGBH children's series Arthur. 9 Story would prouced the series from its 16th season until its 19th season.

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

As 9 Story Media Group (2014–present)

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.

On August 18, 2015, 9 Story Media Group acquired the England-based animation studio Brown Bag Films.

In late 2015, 9 Story became the international distributor of Barney & Friends and Angelina Ballerina under license from HIT Entertainment.^{[citation needed]}

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

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, Ireland.

On October 15, 2017, 9 Story Media Group rebranded its Toronto 2D animation studio under the Brown Bag brand, with Brown Bag Films 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.

On January 12, 2018, 9 Story Media Group announced that they had acquired Out of the Blue Enterprises (now known as 9 Story USA) for an undisclosed amount. Out of the Blue became a wholly owned subsidiary of 9 Story, and the company would also acquire the rights to the Colorforms brand.

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

On July 10, 2018, 9 Story acquired the children's and family distribution catalog and development slate of Breakthrough Entertainment.

On February 4, 2019, 9 Story Media Group announced that they had acquired the Indonesian animation studio BASE for an undisclosed amount, with the studio becoming a wholly owned subsidiary.

On April 1, 2019, 9 Story signed a deal with Scholastic Media to distribute 460 half hours of programming. The deal bring its total content library to 4,000 half hours of programming. 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.

On February 5, 2024, 9 Story acquired the library of Canadian company Portfolio Entertainment.

On March 12, 2024, Scholastic Corporation announced that they would acquire 100% of the economic interest, but only minority voting rights of 9 Story for $186 million, the deal will close on June 21st of that year.

Original productions

• 3 Amigonauts
• Almost Naked Animals
• Arthur (Seasons 16-19 only)
• Best Ed
• Bing
• Blue's Clues & You!
• Camp Lakebottom
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019 Reboot)
• Creative Galaxy
• Chloe Cat
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
• Dee & Friends in Oz
• Fugget About It
• Furze World Wonders
• Futz!
• Guess How Much I Love You
• Give Up Yer Aul Sins
• Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (Movie)
• I'm an Animal
• If the World Were a Village
• Jacob Two-Two (Season 5; owned by Nelvana)
• Let's Go Luna!
• Luo Bao Bei (worldwide distribution except China; Magic Mall Entertainment)
• Max & Ruby (Seasons 3-5; owned by Nelvana)
• Nature Cat
• Nella the Princess Knight
• Numb Chucks
• Open Season: Call of Nature
• Peep and the Big Wide World
• Peg + Cat
• Postcards from Buster (Season 2 only)
• Pound Puppies (2010 TV series) (Season 1, Episodes 1-7 only; owned by Allspark)
• Rosie's Rules
• Skyland
• Survive This
• The Hollow
• The Magic School Bus Rides Again
• The Stanley Dynamic
• The Stinky & Dirty Show
• The World's Worst Children
• Top Wing
• Wibbly Pig
• Wild Kratts
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

External links

• Official website
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