Portfolio Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian production and distribution company based in Toronto, Ontario, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Tokyo, and Beijing. Founded in 1987 by former CEO Frank Agrama as Portfolio Advertising Studio, the company originally specialized in producing television commercials before expanding into television series and international film sales.
The company is active in both production and distribution, selling programming and feature films to more than 90 countries worldwide. Approximately two-fifths of its catalog consists of in-house productions including its three original animated features: The Christmas Dinosaur, Fixed, and KPop Demon Hunters. In 1997, marking its 10th anniversary, the company officially rebranded as Portfolio Entertainment Inc. The new branding was first used in promotional materials that same year, though an updated on-screen logo did not debut until 1998.
In 1998, Portfolio signed a landmark distribution agreement with The Walt Disney Company, allowing it to distribute Disney’s output — particularly animated feature films — in Canada and its territories, as well as handle certain non-U.S. international sales. In 2013, they bought the worldwide distribution rights to former indepedent film distributor Orion Pictures' animated features after Orion shut down earlier that year due to bankruptcy. Most films produced by WildBrain Entertainment (with some exceptions) are currently distributed by Portfolio inside of Canada, as well as those of fellow Canadian distributor Porchlight Entertainment ever since they got acquired by Portfolio in 2014.
Productions[]
Television shows[]
| Title | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Groundling Marsh | 1995–97 | co-production with YTV, Disney Channel, PBS Kids, J.A. Delmage Productions and Groundling Marsh Productions |
| Adventures with Kanga Roddy | 1998 | International Distributor |
| Toad Patrol | 1999–02 | International Distributor |
| The Living Century | 2000–03 | co-production with PBS |
| Animal Miracles | 2001–03 | International Distributor |
| Cyberchase | 2002–17 | International Distributor; produced by Thirteen New York and Nelvana |
| RoboRoach | 2002–04 | co-production with Helix Animation |
| Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | 2004–08 | co-production with Nelvana, Callaway Arts & Entertainment, AbsoluteDigital Pictures, Teletoon Productions and Nick Jr. Productions |
| Bump! | 2004–13 | International Distributor |
| Carl² | 2005–11 | co-production with PiP Animation Services |
| Heads Up! | 2005–08 | International Distributor |
| The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | 2010–18 | co-production with Collingwood & Co., Random House Children's Entertainment, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, KQED, Treehouse TV and PBS Kids |
| You Gotta Eat Here! | 2012–17 | International Distributor |
| Doki | 2013–present | co-production with Discovery Kids (Latin America) |
| Freaktown | 2016 | co-production with PIP Animation Services, Inc. |
| Bravest Warriors | 2017–present | animation production; Season 4 only |
| Hero Elementary | 2020–present | co-production with Twin Cities PBS and PBS Kids |
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| Active companies | 9 Story Media Group • a.k.a. Cartoon • Arcana Studio • Atomic Cartoons • Bardel Entertainment • Big Bad Boo • Breakthrough Entertainment • CinéGroupe • Cinesite Animation • Clyde Henry Productions • Cuppa Coffee Studios • Fresh TV • Frima Studio • Global Mechanic • Guru Studio • House of Cool • HOT Animation • Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment • Image Engine • Image Entertainment Corporation • Jam Filled Entertainment • Mercury Filmworks • MLDPS Canada • National Film Board of Canada • Nelvana • PiP Animation Services • Portfolio Entertainment • Rodeo FX • Skycron • Slap Happy Cartoons • Smiley Guy Studios • Snowball Studios Toronto • Sony Pictures Imageworks • ToonBox Entertainment • WildBrain (WildBrain Studios Vancouver) • Wow Unlimited Media (Rainmaker Studios/Mainframe Studios) • Yowza! Animation |
| Defunct companies | Arc Productions • Atkinson Film-Arts • C.O.R.E. • Collideascope • Cookie Jar Group • DIC Entertainment • Fatkat • Funbag Animation Studios • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Kennedy Cartoons • Krantz Films • Lacewood Productions • March Entertainment • Meteor Studios • MokkoStudio • Nitrogen Studios • Phoenix Animation Studios • Pixar Canada • Studio B Productions • The Embassy Visual Effects • Tooncan • WildBrain Entertainment |
| Related topics | Canadian comics • Quebec comics |
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