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producer of digital

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entertainment for

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and the

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. The company's properties include the television series '' Chilly Beach'', '' Maple Shorts'', ''

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'', and '' Dex Hamilton''. Founded in 1996 as a producer of

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, March Entertainment's '' Chilly Beach''

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animation series would be broadcast on CBC Television starting in 2003. The property also yielded two movies, '' The World is Hot Enough'' and ''

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''. In 2007, the company co-produced the series '' Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist''. The company also co-produced '' G2G'', which aired on Australia's Nine Network in September 2008 and is currently airing on Canada's CBC-TV. In 2009, March produced its first and only 3D

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movie for toymaker

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, entitled ''The Secret of Pirate Island''. The company was in production for a second DVD movie, which has since been scrapped. March animated season 1 of ''

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'', an international co-production with Rainbow S.p.A., broadcaster

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and Lucky Punch. The show, which mixes live action and CGI animation, was the most requested program at 2010s MIPJunior conference. The company's head office was in

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and it had an animation studio located in Sudbury. March Entertainment was also responsible for the websites iLaugh and Edge of Toon. The company went defunct in the early 2010s and was succeeded by Toonrush.

Works

*'' Chilly Beach'' (2003) *'' Maple Shorts!'' (2005) *'' The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom'' (2006) *''Uncle Joe's Cartoon Playhouse'' (2006) *'' Chilly Beach: The World Is Hot Enough'' (2008) *''G2G: Got to Go!'' (2008) *''Pet Squad'' (2010) *'' Chilly Beach: The Canadian President'' (2008) *'' Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist'' (2009) *'' Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island'' (2009) *''

'' (2011–12) (season 1 only)

References

External links

Toonrush official website
Canadian animation studios Television production companies of Canada Mass media companies established in 1996 Companies based in Toronto Companies based in Greater Sudbury {{animation-studio-stub