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Shaw Rocket Fund
The Shaw Rocket Fund is a non-profit organization that funds both English and French Canadian children's television and digital programs. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it is the largest private funder for Canadian kids' media for independent producers, and is one of Shaw Communications' key programs. History The Shaw Rocket Fund was created in 1998 (known then as the Shaw Television Broadcast Fund) by Shaw Communications as a private funder of Canadian kids' TV production. In 2004, Agnes Augustin became President & CEO of the Fund. Agnes was previously a Manager and Vice President of Business Affairs for production and distribution companies, Head of Production for CMT, and an independent producer. Shaw Communications continues to contribute to the Shaw Rocket Fund (over $200 million as of 2019), and the Shaw Rocket Fund has invested over $245 million into 1,003 programs of Canadian kids' content. The Shaw Rocket Fund is listed as a Certified Independent Production Fund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Shaw may refer to: Places Australia *Shaw, Queensland Canada *Shaw Street, a street in Toronto England *Shaw, Berkshire, a village * Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton * Shaw, Swindon, a suburb of Swindon *Shaw, Wiltshire, a village near Melksham Philippines *Shaw Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila **Shaw Boulevard station, a station of the MRT-3 United States * Shaw, Kansas, an unincorporated community *Shaw, Mississippi, a city *Mount Shaw, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire *Shaw Creek (Ohio), a stream in Ohio *Shaw, Tennessee, now known as Burwood, Tennessee * Shaw, West Virginia, a ghost town *Shaw, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood *Shaw, St. Louis, Missouri, a neighborhood *Shaw Air Force Base, US Air Force base in South Carolina People *Shaw (name), people with "Shaw" as given name or surname *Shao, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" *Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan Education *Shaw Academy, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll Play
''Roll Play'' is a Canadian interactive children's television series produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment for Treehouse TV. The series tells viewers to copy the actions shown on screen. Puppets are featured, and are played by the Famous People Players. In the United States a Spanish-language version aires on V-me V-me (, a pun on ''veme'', "watch me") is an American Spanish-language television network, formerly carried as an over-the-air public broadcasting network in association with public television stations created for the United States Hispanic marke ... during the commercials. It ran from May 13, 2006 until June 16, 2012. Characters Season 1 #Chloe the Chicken #Frank the Crab #Chuck the Shark #Audrey the Octopus #Maurice the Monkey #Ruckus the Dog #Rosa the Rabbit #Felix the Frog #Big Henry #Alice the Elephant #Stanley the Giraffe #Egbert the Lovebird #Bear #Snake #Charlotte the Squirrel #Oscar the Owl #Strummer the Raccoon #George the Mouse #Giga the Giganotosaurus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Babysitter's A Vampire (TV Series)
''My Babysitter's a Vampire'' ( fra-que, Ma gardienne est un vampire) is a 2011 Canadian television series, based on the television film of the same name. In Canada, the series premiered in French on Télétoon on February 28, 2011, in English on Teletoon on March 14, 2011, and on Disney Channel in the United States on June 27, 2011, and finished airing October 5, 2012, on Disney and April 11, 2013, on Télétoon. The show was created by Fresh TV, creators of ''6teen'', ''Total Drama'', and '' Stoked''. The show follows Ethan Morgan ( Matthew Knight), who, in the television film, learns that his babysitter Sarah (Vanessa Morgan) is a vampire. In the film, he learns he is able to have visions and his best friend Benny Weir (Atticus Mitchell) is a spellmaster. The series follows the three as they take on supernatural forces and have adventures, with occasional help from fellow vampires Rory (Cameron Kennedy) and Erica (Kate Todd), while dealing with the troubles of regular high s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wibbly Pig
Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for young children, written and illustrated by English author and illustrator Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as ''Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas'' () and ''Is It Bedtime Wibbly Pig?''. Like Inkpen's Kipper the Dog for slightly older readers, Wibbly Pig has been published internationally and has sold millions of copies worldwide. The series are generally published as " board books", books with thick cardboard pages which are easier for very young children to turn and also more durable and easier to clean than normal books. Some of the Wibbly Pig books also have activity features such as flaps which can be lifted to reveal additional art. Wibbly Pig is a favourite of pre-school children and an ideal introduction to simple ideas through intelligent yet basic text and questions. Wibbly Pig is often accompanied by his favourite toys Pigley, Flop and Dimple. He carries a bunch of his friends he calls the "Fligley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survive This
''Survive This'' is a Canadian reality television show in which eight teenagers with limited survival skills training are taken into a forest and confronted with a number of survival challenges to test their skills and perseverance. The series aired on YTV in Canada and Cartoon Network in the United States.Shields, Mike. "Upfront '09: Cartoon Net Changes Its Voice." ''.'' March 25, 2009. The show is hosted by , who narrates each episode, provides the teens with survival challenges, and assesses their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Babysitter's A Vampire
''My Babysitter's a Vampire'' (released as ''My Babysitter's a Vampire: The Movie'' in some regions) is a 2010 Canadian comedy horror television film directed by Bruce McDonald. It stars Vanessa Morgan and Matthew Knight. The film's plot centers on a group of teenagers, one of them a vampire unwittingly hired by a couple to babysit their daughter in lieu of their somewhat untrustworthy son, and their efforts to foil a plot to resurrect a cult group of dead vampires. The movie aired on October 9, 2010, on the Canadian television channel Teletoon. The French version of the film aired on Teletoon's French-Canadian counterpart, Télétoon, on October 16, 2010. It premiered in the United States on Disney Channel June 10, 2011. Plot Ethan Morgan is a geeky high school freshman, not trusted by his parents to take care of his little sister Jane on his own. They hire Erica, a teenage girl from Ethan's school who is a huge fan of ''Dusk ''(a parody of ''Twilight''), as a babysitter. Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirtgirlworld
''Dirtgirlworld'', stylized as ''dirtgirlworld'', is a children's television series, created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions.Dirtgirlworld becomes international series (''TV Tonight'', 5 June 2008) Visually designed by Jean Camden, James Hackett and Cate McQuillen, it was animated by Hackett Films in Australia and Spin Productions in Canada. The show was co-produced by Mememe Productions (Australia) and (Canada). The show has 52 eleven-minute episodes commissioned by , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingin' It
''Wingin' It'' (originally titled ''Angel on Campus'' prior to its debut) is a Canadian teen sitcom which aired on Family. The series was produced by Temple Street Productions in association with Family. It stars Demetrius Joyette and Dylan Everett. This show included guest-stars from other Family Channel shows such as ''The Latest Buzz''. It was announced that the series was renewed for a third season on June 13, 2011. Family announced that the series is not planned for a fourth season. Plot ''Wingin' It'' is a family series about a friendship. One half of the friendship is Porter Jackson, a centuries-old angel-in-training (AIT) who has been sent to Earth to get his angel wings posing as a carefree sixteen-year-old student. The other half is Carl Montclaire, a fifteen-year-old typical high school kid who has been going through a run of bad luck. Little things seem to always be going wrong in Carl's life. For Porter to get his angel wings, he's been given the assignment of makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Super Evil
''League of Super Evil'' (initialized as ''L.O.S.E.'' or ''LOSE'') is a Canadian animated comedy television series inspired by the sketch "Once Were Heroes" by Ryan Harper-Brown, co-created by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee, Davila LeBlanc and Peter Ricq and developed by Asaph Fipke. The series was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment in association with YTV. The series aired for 52 episodes from March 7, 2009 to August 25, 2012. Reruns ended on YTV on September 2, 2014, when Teletoon picked up for additional reruns; the series also aired in the UK on CBBC and internationally on Cartoon Network, on Disney XD and on Nickelodeon. Plot The League of Super Evil (or "L.O.S.E.") is a group of so-called "supervillains" who are plotting to take over their neighborhood in Metrotown and the world ultimately but their plans usually involve pranks such as gluing a penny to a chair. While all the other citizens in the neighborhood live in suburban houses, The League has a "secret evil lair". Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Two Shoes
''Jimmy Two-Shoes'' (also known as ''JTS''; or as ''Jimmy Cool'' in most parts of Europe) is a Canadian animated children's television series produced by Canadian-based companies Breakthrough Entertainment, Mercury Filmworks and Elliott Animation that aired on Disney XD in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Jetix (later Disney Channel) in Europe. The series centers on the exploits of the happy-go-lucky title character, who lives in Miseryville, a miserable town filled with monsters and demon-like creatures. The series was created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott. The series originally premiered in the United States on February 13, 2009, and in Canada on March 21, 2009. The final episode aired on July 15, 2011 in the United States and April 5, 2012 in Canada, with reruns continuing until December 2017. Premise The series follows the adventures of Jimmy, a happy-go-lucky boy who makes it his mission to find fun everywhere he goes. This is a challenge because Jimmy lives in Misery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Real Life (TV Series)
''In Real Life'' (formerly known as ''In the Real World'') is a Canadian reality show where eighteen young contestants aged 12–14 race across North America and compete in a series of real-life tasks, aimed to "discover the skills, strength, and stamina it takes to make it in real life." The show is developed and produced by Apartment 11 Productions. The show is hosted by Canadian comedian and actress, Sabrina Jalees. The first season of ''In Real Life'' was nominated for the Shaw Rocket Prize in 2010. Sabrina Jalees was nominated as "Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series" in the 2009 Gemini Awards. The show was nominated for "Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series" in the 2011 Gemini Awards. In 2011, Mark Lawrence, the director of ''In Real Life'' was nominated for a Leo Award The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ... [...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] |
