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Radical Sheep Productions
Radical Sheep Productions was a Canadian television production company known for producing series including '' The Next Step'', ''Stella and Sam'', and ''The Big Comfy Couch'', the latter a Gemini Award-winning series for preschoolers which produced seven seasons and aired for over ten years on YTV and Treehouse TV in Canada and public television stations in the United States. Among its early work, Radical Sheep made puppets used in the early 1990s educational video series ''The Adventures of Ruffus & Andy'', which marked early appearances of Ruffus the Dog. Founded in 1985 by Robert Mills, the company also once housed the Sheep Shop, which provided puppet construction and design services until 2002 when it closed its doors and Mills stepped aside from running the company. As president, John Leitch managed the business of Radical Sheep, acting as executive producer for all of Radical Sheep's productions and also overseeing the management and sales of Radical Sheep's properties, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella And Sam
''Stella and Sam'' is a Canadian children's television series based on the Canada, Canadian book series "Stella" and "Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay and published by Groundwood Books Inc. The series was developed for television by Radical Sheep Productions. This series no longer airs on Family Jr. in Canada as of September 1, 2016. The French-language version of this show, ''Stella et Sacha'', premiered on Disney Junior Télé on Sunday, October 3, 2010. The English-language version of the series premiered on the former Disney Junior channel on Sunday, January 9, 2011. The show's theme music is performed by singer Emilie Mover. The show premiered in the United States on April 2, 2018, the show started airing on the CBC Kids block. The TV show is flash-animated, but it is made with Toon Boom Animation, Toon Boom Harmony. Synopsis In Manitoba, a nine-year-old girl named Stella guides her four-year-old brother, Sam, through the wild spaces beyond their back porch. For her, the great outd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney XD
Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Branded Television and Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution units of The Walt Disney Company. The channel is aimed primarily at older children ages six to eleven years old. Disney XD's programming consists of original first-run television series, current and former original series and made-for-TV films inherited from sister network Disney Channel, theatrically released films, and acquired programs from other distributors, along with a primetime block of programming involving competitive gaming. The channel offers an alternate Spanish-language audio feed, either via a separate channel with the English track removed as part of a package of Spanish-language television networks sold by subscription providers or a separate audio track accessible through the SAP option, depending on the provider. As of January 2016, Disney XD is available to 77.5 million households in the United States. History Disney XD w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrainTV
WildBrainTV is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. WildBrainTV broadcasts live-action and animated children's programming aimed towards audiences ages 6–15. The channel first launched on June 1, 2011, under the ownership of Astral Media. It initially operated as a localized version of Disney XD, under license from Disney Channels Worldwide, as a sister network to Family Channel. Following the acquisition of Astral Media by Bell Media, Disney XD was divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2014. In 2015, Corus Entertainment acquired the rights to programming from Disney Channel and its siblings (later launching a new Canadian Disney XD channel), resulting in DHX's existing Disney XD channel being rebranded as Family Chrgd—a brand extension of Family Channel with a similar positioning—in October 2015. The channel adopted its current branding in March 2022. History As Disney XD In April 2009, Astral Media, via its subsidiary The Family Channe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangbone!
''Fangbone!'' is a Canadian animated children's television series developed by Simon Racioppa & Richard Elliott, very loosely based on the books by Michael Rex and produced by Radical Sheep Productions and Pipeline Studios in association with DHX Media. The series first aired in May 2014 on Family Chrgd, and concluded on January 24, 2017. Plot Fangbone is a nine-year-old barbarian warrior from Skullbania who has landed in Eastwood Elementary's third grade class to save his native land from the vile villain, Venomous Drool. With the help of his new sidekick Bill, a lovable, normal, goofy kid, Fangbone outwits his enemies while discovering the modern world, and the realities of his own world. Characters Main *Fangbone (voiced by Taylor Abrahamse) – Fangbone is a 9-year-old barbarian from Skullbania who travels through a magical portal into the suburbs of Earth on a dangerous mission. Taylor/Nathan also plays Fangbone's occasional preppy alter-ego, Fred Bone. *Bill Goodwin (voiced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Kids
Universal Kids is an American children's television Specialty channel, channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented channel jointly operated by PBS, Comcast, Sesame Workshop, and HIT Entertainment, as an offshoot of the PBS Kids brand. After the acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast in 2011, the company began to buy out the remaining owners' shares in the network. NBCUniversal became the sole owner of the network in 2013, after which it was renamed Sprout. Under NBCUniversal ownership, the channel increased its investments into original programming. In 2017, the network relaunched as Universal Kids, adding an evening and primetime lineup targeting a wider youth audience—including DreamWorks Animation content, non-scripted programming (including game shows, and youth Spin-off (media), spin-offs of reality series from its NBCUniversal sister networks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Street Productions
Temple Street Productions is a Canadian television, film, and digital media production company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, owned by Boat Rocker Studios, a division of Boat Rocker Media. Past and present Temple Street projects include ''Orphan Black'', ''The Next Step (2013 TV series), The Next Step'', ''Being Erica'', ''Wingin' It'', ''Billable Hours'', ''Queer as Folk (2000 TV series), Queer as Folk'', ''Darcy's Wild Life'', ''Canada's Next Top Model'', ''How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (Canada TV show), How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'', ''Style Her Famous'', ''Spoiled Rotten'', ''Mr. Friday'', ''Recipe to Riches'', ''Cover Me Canada'', ''Over the Rainbow (Canadian TV series), Over the Rainbow'', ''Gavin Crawford's Wild West'', ''Blueprint for Disaster'' and ''Killjoys (TV series), Killjoys''. History Temple Street Productions was founded in 1996 by Patrick Whitley and Sheila Hockin. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Jr
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary locus of attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), conjugal (a wife, her husband, and children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or extended (in addition to parents and children, may include grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. The family is also an important economic unit studied in family economics. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Channel (Canadian TV Channel)
Family Channel (commonly known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain. The network primarily airs children's television series, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audience. Family Channel is headquartered in the Brookfield Place office complex, near the Financial District of Downtown Toronto. It has transmitted from Corus Quay since at least 2014. Launched on September 1, 1988, it was originally a joint venture between the owners of the premium television services First Choice and Superchannel; due to the breakup of Western International Communications, the network became a joint venture between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. Astral later acquired full ownership of the network; after the 2013 acquisition of Astral by Bell Media, the network and its sister channels were divested to DHX Media (now WildBrain) in 2014. Family was originally licensed as a premium specialty service, which necessitated that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Louise Gay
Marie-Louise Gay (born June 17, 1952) is a Canadian children's writer and illustrator. She has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple Governor General's Awards, and multiple Janet Savage Blachford Prizes, among others. Biography Gay was born in Quebec City and lived in Montreal and Vancouver as a child. Gay lives in Montreal. Gay co-wrote two longer books with her husband, Montreal novelist and translator David Homel, which included her black-and-white illustrations: ''Travels With My Family'' (2006) and ''On the Road Again!'' (2008). At the time, she said, "For the last twenty-five years, I have mainly been writing, illustrating and creating only for children." Awards and honours In 2013, Canada Post released a series of stamps featuring Gay's character Stella. Publications ''Stella'' and ''Sam'' series Gay's ''Stella'' and ''Sam'' books have been published in more t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
