9 Story Media Group

9 Story Media Group Inc.
 Type
 Industry
 Founded
 Founders
 Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 Key people
Cathal Gaffney (COO)
Angela C. Santomero (CCO)[2]
 Owners
Neil Court
 Number of employees
 Divisions
9 Story Creative Affairs
9 Story Distribution International
 Subsidiaries
9 Story USA
BASE
Brown Bag Films Dublin
Brown Bag Films Manchester
Brown Bag Films Toronto
 Website

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

## History[edit]

### As 9 Story Entertainment (2002–2013)[edit]

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.[7]

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 produce the series from its 16th season until its 19th season.[8][9]

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.[10][11]

### As 9 Story Media Group (2014–present)[edit]

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.[12][13]

On August 18, 2015, 9 Story Media Group acquired the Ireland-based animation studio Brown Bag Films.[14][15]

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*.[16][17]

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.[18]

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.[19][20]

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.[21][22]

On May 13, 2018, 9 Story unveiled an updated logo and announced the launch of 9 Story Brands, a consumer products division.[23]

On July 10, 2018, 9 Story acquired the children's and family distribution catalog and development slate of Breakthrough Entertainment.[24]

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.[25][26]

On April 1, 2019, 9 Story signed a deal with Scholastic Media to distribute 460 half hours of programming.[27] The deal brought its total content library to 4,000 half hours of programming.

## Original productions[edit]

* *3 Amigonauts*
* *Almost Naked Animals*
* *Arthur* (Seasons 16–19 only)
* *Best Ed*
* *Bing*
* *Blue's Clues & You!*
* *Camp Lakebottom*
* *Charlie's Colorforms City*
* *Clifford the Big Red Dog*
* *Creative Galaxy*
* Corn & Peg (by Nelvana)
* *Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood*
* *Fugget About It*
* *Furze World Wonders*
* *Futz!*
* Frosted Flakes: The Animated Series (seasons 18-onwards; by Nelvana)
* *Guess How Much I Love You*
* *Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars* (Movie)
* *If the World Were a Village*
* *Jacob Two-Two* (Season 5; distributed by Nelvana)
* *Let's Go Luna!*
* *The Magic School Bus Rides Again*
* *Max & Ruby* (Seasons 3–5; distributed by Nelvana)
* *Monkey See, Monkey Do* (Season 2)
* *Moon and Me*
* *Nature Cat*
* *Nella the Princess Knight*
* *Numb Chucks*
* *Peep and the Big Wide World*
* *Peg + Cat*
* *Pound Puppies* (Season 1, Episodes 1–7 only; owned by Allspark)
* *Postcards from Buster* (Season 2)
* *Powerbirds*
* *Skyland*
* *The Stinky & Dirty Show*
* *Survive This*
* *The World's Worst Children*
* *Top Wing*
* *Wibbly Pig*
* *Wild Kratts*
* *Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum*

## Distribution[28][edit]

* *Angelina Ballerina*
* *Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps*
* *Artzooka!*
* *Astroblast!*
* *The Baby-Sitters Club*
* *Barney & Friends*
* *Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks*
* *Book Hungry Bears*
* *Captain Flamingo*
* *Clifford the Big Red Dog*
* *Clifford's Puppy Days*
* *The Diary of Bita and Cora*
* *Dino Dan*
* *Dr. Panda*
* *Erky Perky*
* *Extreme Babysitting*
* *Finding Stuff Out*
* *Garfield and Friends*
* *Get Ace*
* *Ghost Trackers*
* *Give Up Yer Aul Sins*
* *Goosebumps*
* *Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs*
* *The Hollow*
* *I'm an Animal*
* *Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks*
* *Jerry and the Raiders*
* *Jimmy Two-Shoes*
* *Look Kool*
* *Luo Bao Bei* (worldwide distribution except China; Magic Mall Entertainment)
* *The Magic School Bus*
* *Maya & Miguel*
* *Monkey See, Monkey Do* (Season 1)
* *Monster by Mistake*
* *My Big Big Friend*
* *Nerds and Monsters*
* *Nilus the Sandman*
* *Pirate Express*
* *Ride*
* *Rocket Monkeys*
* *Ruby's Studio*
* *Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show*
* *Star Falls*
* *Think Big*
* *Those Scurvy Rascals*
* *Timeblazers*
* *Turbo Dogs*
* *Vivi*
* *WordGirl*
* *Zerby Derby*