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Heroic Film Company
Founded in 2000, Heroic Television is a television production and development company consisting of John May and Suzanne Bolch. The company produces children's television series for live action, animation and all the in between. Their shows have aired on YTV, Family Channel, ABC3, CBC, BBC Kids and the Disney Channel in Canada; and dozens of others around the world. This company was previously Heroic Film Company, in 2000, by John May, Karen Lee Hall and Suzanne Bolch. The first production was the award winning sitcom Our Hero. Since, "'Heroic Television'" has won numerous awards, from the Writers Guild of Canada, The Alliance for Children and Television, Gemini Awards, Kidscreen, Youth Media Alliance and the Directors Guild of Canada. Productions Cancelled {, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; background:#FFFFFF" , -style="color:black" ! style="background: #FFA500;", Title ! style="background: #FFA500;", Production Year(s) ! style="background: #FFA500; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Heroic may mean: *characteristic of a hero *typical of heroic poetry or of heroic verse *belonging to the Greek Heroic Age *Heroic (esports), a Danish esports organization *Heroic (horse) Heroic (1921–1939) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won 21 races from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 2 miles (3,200m) and was a leading sire in Australia. Breeding Heroic was sired by Valais (by the 1905 Epsom Derby winner, Cicero ..., a racehorse See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of Canada
The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assistant directors, location managers, production assistants and others. The "DGC" has district councils in the following provinces; British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Atlantic District Council (representing New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island). However, in Quebec certain positions are represented by other unions such as IATSE 514 and the Quebec union "AQTIS". Each district council has written its own specific Standard Agreement to represent its members. The National Office for the Directors Guild of Canada is located on Heward Street, Toronto, Ontario. Awards The Directors Guild of Canada hosts an annual awards ceremony recognizing achievement in directing, produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treehouse TV
Treehouse TV is a Canadian English-language specialty channel for preschoolers aged 2 to 5 that was launched in 1997. Its name comes from YTV's former preschool block, " The Treehouse". The channel is owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment. Development of a separate channel started when YTV aired preschool shows as part of its weekday morning lineup. This block of shows was given the name "The Treehouse" in 1994. On November 1, 1997, Treehouse TV launched as its own channel, airing preschool shows from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. daily. Like the block it was spun off from, commercials weren't broadcast when the Treehouse channel first launched. Instead, shorts hosted by humans and puppets were broadcast. As of 2011, Treehouse TV had been available to over 7.5 million homes across Canada. History The Treehouse block The Treehouse brand began as a daily programming block for preschoolers on YTV. The block was given the name "The Treehouse" in 1994. Commercials fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DHX Media
WildBrain Ltd. (formerly known as DHX Media, Ltd.) is a Canadian media, animation studio, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest library of children's television programming, which is distributed through its multi-channel network, WildBrain Spark, and a group of Canadian specialty television channels. DHX was founded in 2006 when the entertainment entrepreneurs Michael Donovan and Steven DeNure gained control of Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. History As DHX Media In 2006, the Toronto-based Decode Entertainment and Halifax-based Halifax Film Company merged so that the newly merged company would be named the ''Decode-Halifax Film Company''. The newly public company known as DHX Media, began trading in 2006, because the name, "DHX", is an acronym for the combination of the names ''Decode'' and ''Halifax''. A reverse merger deal with Entertainment One was consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakthrough Entertainment
Breakthrough Entertainment is a Canadian production company founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as ''Jimmy Two-Shoes'' and ''Atomic Betty''. History On July 10, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Breakthrough Entertainment's kids and family library and development slate. On February 1, 2022 Breakthrough Enterprises Inc. and certain related entities (collectively, “Breakthrough”) each filed an NOI on February 1. Breakthrough is a Toronto, Ontario-based television production company that produces and distributes television programming worldwide. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Breakthrough experienced interruptions in its audiovisual media productions. When shooting recommenced after the delay, Breakthrough incurred significant additional and duplicative costs that negatively impacted Breakthrough’s overall cash flow. Revenues were temporarily impacted as a result of the lack of new sales during the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakthrough Films & Television
Breakthrough Entertainment is a Canadian production company founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as ''Jimmy Two-Shoes'' and ''Atomic Betty''. History On July 10, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Breakthrough Entertainment's kids and family library and development slate. On February 1, 2022 Breakthrough Enterprises Inc. and certain related entities (collectively, “Breakthrough”) each filed an NOI on February 1. Breakthrough is a Toronto, Ontario-based television production company that produces and distributes television programming worldwide. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Breakthrough experienced interruptions in its audiovisual media productions. When shooting recommenced after the delay, Breakthrough incurred significant additional and duplicative costs that negatively impacted Breakthrough’s overall cash flow. Revenues were temporarily impacted as a result of the lack of new sales during the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Cartoons
Atomic Cartoons is a Canadian animation studio founded in 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller, Adam Ronald, and Rob Davies. Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, it produces service animation for a wide variety of clients, as well as creating its own properties. Since 2015, the company has been owned by Thunderbird Entertainment. History The studio was founded in March 1999 by Trevor Bentley, Mauro Casalese, Olaf Miller and Rob Davies. Sent back to Vancouver after losing his job at Warner Bros. Animation following the cancellation of ''Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain'', Davies received a phone call from Sunwoo Entertainment's Jae Moh to help produce . Together with former Studio B Productions colleagues Miller and Bentley, as well as animator/character designer Casalese, the four launched Atomic Cartoons to assist in creating the series. Between 2004 and 2008, the company produced ''Atomic Betty'' for Teletoon in association with Breakthrough Entertainment and Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Flamingo
''Captain Flamingo'' is an animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of ''Milo Powell'', whose alter-ego is ''Captain Flamingo''. The television series was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Heroic Film Company and PASI Animation, and premiered on YTV on February 7, 2006 and ended on April 17, 2008. The titular character is of unspecified young age. He has no real super-powers of note, just a desire to help "li'l kids" in trouble. His "superpowers" take the form of novelty items, such as a whoopee cushion, among other things. Plot Milo Powell is an ordinary young Japanese-Canadian boy, living in Halverston-in-Area (a fictional neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario), until a kid is in trouble. Any time a kid yells "Uh-oh! Flamingo!", Milo transforms into Captain Flamingo, whose mission is to help little kids who need assistance. Captain Flamingo is aided in his missions by his best friend Lizbeth Amanda Zaragoza, who apparently has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How To Be Indie
''How to Be Indie'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on YTV from 2009 to 2011 and Disney Channel until 2012. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian-Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by Vera Santamaria, John May, and Suzanne Bolch. The series ran for two seasons with 52 episodes and aired its final episode on October 24, 2011 on YTV in Canada and May 26, 2012 on Disney Channel in the United Kingdom. Plot The program follows Indie's journey as she tries to get the most out of life despite the travails of junior high school and the expectations of her Indian parents. She is joined by her two best friends, Marlon Parks and Abigail "Abi" Flores. She often falls into the trap of caring more about what her peers think of her than who she wants to be herself, and consequently spends a lot of time trying to impress her classmates. When not focusing on Indie, the sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaftesbury Films
Shaftesbury Films is a film, television and digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Background Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and digital platforms. Shaftesbury's slate includes 11 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for CBC, UKTV, and ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; detective drama Frankie Drake for CBC; Houdini & Doyle for Sony Pictures Television, Corus Entertainment, ITV, and Fox; thriller series '' Slasher'' for NBCUniversal's Chiller and now available on Netflix; and CBC Kids series The Moblees. Shaftesbury's digital arm, Smokebomb Entertainment, produces original digital, convergent, and branded entertainment projects including the YouTube series and upcoming movie Carmilla; mystery series V Morgan Is Dead; fashion comedy series MsLabelled, produced in partnership with Shaw Media and Tetley Tea; supernatural drama Inhuman Condition; and the ''Slasher'' VR app for iO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Undercover
''Connor Undercover'' is a Canadian Teen action comedy TV series airing on Canadian specialty channel Family Channel. It stars Max Morrow as the title character Connor Heath. It is co-produced by Heroic Films Company and Shaftesbury Films. In early 2010, Family Channel renewed the series for a second season. Overview Season one Connor Heath is an ordinary 15-year-old. He extremely over imagines things and is always looking for adventure however he never finds any, that is until the Cordoban president's daughter is sent to live with him and his family. After numerous attempts on Gisela's life, Ed, a body-guard for the Cordoban secret service joins them. The main antagonist is former friend of Gisela, now double agent Zatari, whose mission is to capture Gisela. Season two Zatari, an ex-agent has re-appeared on a mission to capture DNA from Gisela to use in illegal human cloning, causing Ed to place Gisela in a safe house, away from school and the outside world. After Connor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centropolis Entertainment
Centropolis Entertainment is a German-American film production company founded in 1985 as Centropolis Film Productions by German film director Roland Emmerich and American film producer Dean Devlin. As of 2001, the company is a subsidiary of Das Werk AG. History In 1996, Emmerich launched his special effects studio Centropolis Effects to provide VFX effects for its motion pictures. It was shut down in 2001. In 1997, the studio launched its television division Centropolis Television. Its first production was '' The Visitor'', a show that was aired on Fox. In 1998, Centropolis stuck a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce motion pictures for its studio. Dean Devlin, however ultimately left in 2001 in order to form Electric Entertainment. Electric has inherited and finished development on the films he's developing, including ''Eight Legged Freaks ''Eight Legged Freaks'' (originally titled ''Arach Attack'', under which it was released in some parts of Europe and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
