MK Kingdom

**MK Kingdom** is a major Sillan media conglomerate. Currently, its revenue surpasses Burst Media by revenue (though the SesimoBurst merger will make it the largest Sillan media company), due to its large variety of assets and subsidiaries. To challenge SGWHMedia it will merge with the major radio company 24Radio to form MATVE, standing for "Movie and Television Enterprises". Currently, it is in a deal to buy mini-major film studio Ellsbury Entertainment.

## History

### Beginnings and cartoons

James Martin and Delos Kalson left the Ceary Entertainment cartoon company after Ceary struck a deal with 20th Century-Fox to distribute their cartoons. This frustration with independent companies resulted in them founding the Martin Kalson Entertainment Company, or MK for short. Due to the theater monopoly at this time, their films were distributed by United Artists and screened in their, as well as independent Sillan, theaters. Their first short film, Adrian Abras, was screened in the same theater as the famous Sillan film Jazz Man and was the first of many shorts to come.

### How Kingdom, or rather, DGS Cartoons, came to be

By the 60s, MK produced 34 shorts under chairman Anthony Hogs. June Mikos, a director in her early-20s, sought to enter the growing Sillan cartoon market. She named her cartoon company DGS after "Digital Geode Systems", as well as their films being distributed by startup Geode Pictures. Their first short was Ellies, screened alongside Gong Films' High School Date. The company was created as DGS Cartoons.

### The Three Blind Mice and MK's early success

The movie Three Blind Mice was released in 1971 as MK's first film project, to positive reviews and was the first Sillan major box-office success since Racecars in the 50s. This film was distributed by Laney Studios' parent company LED Movies and co-produced alongside MK. This set up Laney and MK as major film companies in the future.

### Struggles and debt

A year later, MK recently acquired company Juneau, adding more cartoons to their library. DGS struck a deal with Opal Studios, as Geode was struggling. MK then began to struggle with debt, with box-office bombs such as 100 Billion Dollars being set up during this time. The live-action adaptation of the comic strip Peanuts was released as Charlie Brown in 1975, as another box-office bomb. Laney broke the deal with MK, with Extreme Digital sending LED to success with Me vs. Rival.

DGS recently opened DGS Television Productions, creating its first television series Barcode People, a hit. While MK was struggling, DGS was expanding. This will eventually mark a rise in the 80s.

### Martin and Kalson lose control, DGS spins off short film cartoons

The failure of MK was blamed on the CEO and COO, James Martin and Delos Kalson respectively. Hogs fired both and made the company public on the stock exchange under ticker MK. Meanwhile, Mikos was further expanding into television and film. The releases of Asra and Nicole and Wocky were critically acclaimed and successful, making Opal a mini-major studio. DGS also made a network, previously called DGS Network but later simply called DGS. Mikos later spun off DGS' cartoon division as it was losing money, focusing more on television and feature-length films.

### What happened to DGS Cartoons?

Anthony Hogs appointed Charles Jones as CEO. During 1989, when DGS spun off their unprofitable short film cartoon division, MK proceeded to acquire it, rebranding it to Kingdom Cartoons. MK later expanded by acquiring television production company Tora Productions and acquiring a stake in Max Media, both in 1990. This will eventually evolve into a full acquisition in 1992.

### Sillan competition in the 90s, peak

MK later changed their name to MKK in 1995, and a month later, EN1 opened its first station in Sillak. Later, MK became unprofitable again, but after Hogs resigned and was replaced by Jones, who resigned from CEO position and appointed Urban Sir as CEO. Sir was unsuccessful and was fired a year later, being replaced by Maldron Greens. Greens expanded more into syndication, with Jinx being a notable show, premiering on Drone in 1997. Eventually, this strategy resulted in a peak watch time for MK.

### Continued success, acquiring companies

MK expanded through the internet by acquiring hit Newgrounds animation studio Double, consisting of two independent animators, Hover Wensley and Nick Jake. They got rights to start their own broadcast network to challenge EN1, MKNetwork, with Republic Channel following a year later. Wensley then created a short film called Expiry Date on Newgrounds, becoming a huge success. After that, MK greenlit a future show also called Expiry Date, with the short film as a pilot. It would premiere on Firey Network, as Double reached an agreement with their shows predating their acquisition, lasting until 2016.