Secret Location was a multi-Emmy and Cannes Lion Award winning content studio across web, mobile, tablet and platforms such as Virtual and Augmented Reality, based in

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and LA.

Background

Launched in 2009, Secret Location has content studios in Canada and has now expanded into the US. Secret Location staff have worked and collaborated with clients including:

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, Red Bull Canada,

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, Cadbury,

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, Mitsubishi,

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, Stanfields, War Child, Focus Features,

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, BET, PBS/Frontline, Nickelodeon/Teen Nick, Family Channel, CBC, MTV UK, YTV, CTV
TELETOON
City TV,

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, MGM, Endemol, Sony Pictures / Television,

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, Shaftesbury Films, and Temple Street. In 2014, eOne made an equity investment in the studio. They have partnered with VRSE and LA talent agency UTA.

Awards

The company is a three-time

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and four-time SXSW interactive Award Nominee, and a Canadian Screen/Gemini, AToMiC, Creativity International, CASSIES, Marketing Awards, and

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winner. This past year, the company won a

Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award The Creative Arts Emmys are a class of Emmy Awards presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming. They are commonly awarded to behind-the-scenes personnel such as production designers, set ...

in the category of User Experience and Visual Design for a tie-in to the drama series Sleepy Hollow. This marks the first time a virtual reality project has ever been awarded an Emmy.

References

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