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Breakthrough Entertainment is a Canadian
production company A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and v ...
founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as ''
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 Animatio ...
'' and ''
Atomic Betty ''Atomic Betty'' (retitled ''Atomic Betty: Mission Earth'' for its third and final season) is a Canadian-French Flash animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids, along with the Mar ...
''.


History

On July 10, 2018,
9 Story Media Group 9 Story Media Group Inc. (formerly known as 9 Story Entertainment) is a Canadian children's media production company and international distributor founded by Vincent "Vince" Commisso, Steve Jarosz, and Blake Tohana on September 1, 2002, and head ...
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 first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the cost and challenges of implementing and maintaining safety measures on ongoing productions had a negative impact on cash flow and the overall profitability of productions generally. As a result, Breakthrough was forced to lay off and terminate a number of its employees. It sought and was granted approval of a sale of certain development assets to a corporation controlled by Ira Levy, a minority shareholder of Breakthrough Enterprises Inc. The purchased assets consist of concepts that have not yet commenced production, and that Levy was responsible for as Executive Producer. Dodick is the proposal trustee. Counsel is Weisz Fell Kour for Breakthrough. -- This update is written by By Dina Milivojevic from insolvency insider.


Information

Based in
Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Canada, Breakthrough Entertainment produces a variety of programming, including primetime comedy and drama series, factual entertainment, documentaries,
television movies 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, e ...
, feature films, family entertainment and children's animation. The company has licensed programs to major broadcasters in over 200 territories, handling worldwide pre-sales, co-productions, and third-party acquisitions.


Films and series

* ''
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon'' is a Canadian children's television series which aired on YTV in Canada and on public television stations (through Tampa, Florida PBS member station WEDU) in the United States. It aired from 1993 to 1997 ...
'' (1993-1997) * ''
The Adventures of Napkin Man! ''The Adventures of Napkin Man!'' is a children's television series created by Tone Thyne and Josh Selig. It premiered in 2013 on CBC Television, as part of the '' Kids' CBC'' block. Mixing live action with animation, the series stars Yannick Bis ...
'' (2015-2017) * ''
Atomic Betty ''Atomic Betty'' (retitled ''Atomic Betty: Mission Earth'' for its third and final season) is a Canadian-French Flash animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids, along with the Mar ...
'' (2004-2007) * ''Battlefields Mysteries'' (2013) * ''Between The Sheets With Rebecca Rosenblat!'' (2017-present) * ''
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'' (2013) * '' Blood and Water'' (2014-2016) * '' Bruno & Boots'' (2016-present) * ''
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 Hero ...
'' (2006-2007) * ''Children of Chelm'' (2011-2012) * ''
Class Act ''Class Act'' is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's ''The Prince and the Pauper'', the film was written by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a s ...
'' (2016) * ''
Crash Canyon ''Crash Canyon'' is a Canadian adult animated sitcom which premiered on Teletoon at Night in Canada and was distributed globally by MTV. The show was first premiered on September 18, 2011 with the final episode aired on March 3, 2013. Plot It told ...
'' (2011-2012) * ''Design Match'' (2013) * ''The Edge of Extinction'' (2013) * ''Exchanging Vows'' (2013) * '' Face to Face'' (2014) * ''
Faking a Murderer ''Faking a Murderer'' is a Canadians, Canadian mockumentary film, directed by Stuart Stone and released in 2020.Bobby LePire"Faking a Murderer" ''Film Threat'', August 2, 2021. An affectionate parody of the true crime genre, the film stars Stone an ...
'' (2020) * ''The Family Dance'' (2014) * ''Femme Fatale'' (2015) * ''For King and Country'' (Dec 20, 2015) * ''For King and Empire'' (Dec 26, 2015) * ''
I Love Mummy ''I Love Mummy'' was a fantasy sitcom that ran for one season in 2002. It is composed of 26 episodes. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher; and produced by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher, Mark Iddon, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson. The ...
'' (2014-present) * ''In Korea With Norm Christie'' (2016) * ''Inside the Parole Board'' (2015) * '' It Seems Like Yesterday'' (2014) * ''Jenny and the Queen of Light'' (2016) * ''
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 Animatio ...
'' (2009-2012) * '' Kenny vs. Spenny'' (2003-2010) * ''
KidsWorld Sports ''KidsWorld Sports'' is a 26-episode television series for young teens. Each episode features two children from around the globe, who strive for greatness in their chosen sport. The show profiles kids who have the potential to become tomorrow's spo ...
'' (2005) * ''
Less Than Kind ''Less Than Kind'' is a 2008–2013 Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chayki ...
'' (2011-2013) * '' Life's Little Miracles'' (1999) * '' L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables'' * ''Lost Battlefields'' (2016) * ''The Manic Organic'' (2017) * ''Med Students'' (2015) * ''Medical Maverick'' (2013) * ''
Miss BG ''Miss BG'' (short for Big Girl) is a 3D animated series based on the French children's book series " Gudule" authored by Fanny Joly, illustrated by Roser Capdevila and published by Hachette-Jeunesse. The original English version was later du ...
'' (2005) * ''
Mr. Men ''Mr. Men'' is a British series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author (but with female characters) was published. ...
'' (1995-1997) * ''
Max & Shred ''Max & Shred'' is a comedy television series produced by Breakthrough Entertainment in Canada, with Nickelodeon and YTV involvement throughout the production process. It was created by Josh Greenbaum and Ben McMillan. The series aired on YTV in ...
'' (2014-2016) * ''
My Big Big Friend ''My Big Big Friend'' (pt: Meu Amigãozão) is a Brazilian-Canadian flash-animated children's television series created by Andrés Lieban and Claudia Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough A ...
'' (2009-2014) * '' My Big Big Friend: The Movie'' (2022) * ''Out in Black'' (2015) * ''
Paradise Falls ''Paradise Falls'' is a weekly soap opera television series which aired nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It was filmed in the summer cottage community of Muskoka, Ontario. Like many major soap operas, sex is a do ...
'' (2015) * ''Patient Files'' (2015-present) * '' Please Kill Mr. Know It All'' (2010) * ''
Producing Parker ''Producing Parker'' is an adult animated television sitcom that debuted May 4, 2009 on TVtropolis. Episodes began airing on Global in fall 2009. The plot revolves around the behind-the-scenes antics of a female-targeted daytime television talk s ...
'' (2008-2011) * ''Real Men'' (2012) * ''
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'' (2016-Apr 14, 2017) * ''The Riot At Christie Pitz!'' (2016) * ''
Rocket Monkeys ''Rocket Monkeys'' is a Canadian animated television series created by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson for Teletoon. It premiered in Canada on January 10, 2013, and aired its last new episode on November 23, 2016, before entering reruns. The series ...
'' (2012-2016) * ''The Secret Liberators'' (2017) * ''Shadow Lake'' (2016) * '' Shaye: This Is It'' (2016) * ''Situation Critical'' (2016) * '' Skooled'' (2016) * '' Star Falls'' (2018) * ''Stories of Mothers & Daughters'' (2017) * ''Streets of the World!'' (2012) * ''Striking Back!'' (2013) * ''Swap TV'' (2014) * ''Tooned!'' (2008-2009) * ''
The Toronto Show ''The Toronto Show was a Canadian television variety show, which aired from 2003 to 2005 on Toronto's independent station Toronto 1. The show was hosted by Enis Esmer, except for a series of specials hosted by Alan Park, Sean Cullen Sean, also ...
'' (2016-present) * ''
Vandits ''Vandits'' is a Canadians, Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Stuart Stone and released in 2022.Chris Knight"Film review: Vandits is Groundhog Day on Christmas Eve" ''National Post'', November 4, 2022. The film stars Tony Nappo as Sheldon, th ...
'' (2022) * '' Wandering Wenda!'' (2017) * ''War of the Wheels'' (2015) * ''
Zerby Derby ''Zerby Derby'' is a Canadian preschool television series that was created by Phil McCordic. It aired on Sprout in the US. Its French version (shown on Mini TFO) is called Zoubi Doubi; the same title is used in the Spanish dub. Plot The series ...
'' (2018)


References


External links


Official website
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