Toronto, Canada– 9 Story Media Group announced that it has licensed a raft of kids and family content to Blim, Televisa’s new over-the-top subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service. Televisa has acquired over 800 episodes of animated and live action children’s programming, including Almost Naked Animals (Seasons 1-3), Finding Stuff Out (Seasons 1-3) and Monkey See Monkey Do (Season 1). … [Read more...] about 9 Story deals with BLIM
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9 Story licenses with DHX
Toronto, Canada– 9 Story Media Group announced that it has licensed the animated series Nature Cat (40x22’) to DHX Television’s kids channel Family CHRGD in Canada. The series premiered in November 2015 on PBS KIDS in the U.S. and is expected to premiere on Family CHRGD this summer. 9 Story handles international distribution and consumer products outside of the U.S. while HiHat Media handles brand licensing within the U.S. … [Read more...] about 9 Story licenses with DHX
9 Story partners Netflix and Scholastic
9 Story Media Group has partnered with Netflix and Scholastic to produce a new version of the Emmy® award winning 1990s animated children’s series THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS®. The new series will launch in the fall 2017 as a global Netflix Original Series. “The original Magic School Bus® series was one of the first series that I produced, 20 years ago,” said Vince Commisso, President & CEO of 9 Story Media … [Read more...] about 9 Story partners Netflix and Scholastic
Multiple sales for MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO
Toronto, Canada – 9 Story Media Group is pleased to announce that it has secured multiple licenses of the animated and live action preschool series Monkey See Monkey Do. The second season (26 x 11’) has been sold to Turner Broadcasting System’s Cartoonito U.K., AMC Networks in Central Europe and HOP! in Israel. The first and second seasons were also sold to Pixel TV in the Ukraine. Monkey See Monkey Do has been previously licensed to British Telecommunications, S4C, Tiny Pop, … [Read more...] about Multiple sales for MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO
9 Story sells to LATAM
Toronto, Canada– 9 Story Media Group announced that it has licensed season three of award-winning animated preschool series Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood (170x11’) to Disney Junior in Latin America. The first season had premiered on the Latin American network in 2013, followed by season two in June 2015. Offering engaging storylines that model the core skills that form the foundation of early childhood development and school readiness, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood is … [Read more...] about 9 Story sells to LATAM
Laybourne joins 9 Story
Toronto, Canada– 9 Story Media Group has announced the appointment of Geraldine Laybourne to its board of directors. Widely recognised as one of the most powerful women in television, Laybourne was a cable programming pioneer in the 80’s and 90’s, leading the team that created Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. She then went on to serve as president of Disney/ABC Cable Networks and later founded Oxygen Media, where she served as Chairman and CEO until she sold the company to NBC … [Read more...] about Laybourne joins 9 Story