Portfolio Entertainment Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1991; 31 years ago (1991)
FounderLisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Key people
Lisa Oldman (CEO)
Joy Rosen (CEO)
Trent Locke
(Vice President/COO)
Sonya Roberts (Director)
DivisionsPortfolio Animation
Websiteportfolioentertainment.com

Portfolio Entertainment is a Canadian television production and distribution company.[1] It was founded in 1991 by Lisa Olfman and Joy Rosen with a focus on children's programming, later expanding into primetime production.[2] The company distributes television programming internationally to more than 90 countries.[3][4] About four-fifths of its catalogue consists of in-house productions.[5]

Productions

Television shows

Title Years Notes
Groundling Marsh 1995–1997 Co-production with YTV, Disney Channel, PBS Kids, J.A. Delmage Productions, and Groundling Marsh Productions
Adventures with Kanga Roddy 1998 International distributor
Toad Patrol 1999–2002 International distributor
The Living Century 2000–2003 Co-production with PBS
Animal Miracles 2001–03 International distributor
Cyberchase 2002–2017 International distributor; produced by Thirteen New York and Nelvana
RoboRoach 2002–2004 Co-production with Helix Animation
The Wiggles Space Dancing 2003–2005 Co-production with Taffy Entertainment, Mike Young Productions, Sesame Workshop, HOT Animation, HIT Entertainment, Cuppa Coffee Studios, C.O.R.E.Toons, 9 Story Entertainment, Amberwood Entertainment, Eggbox LLC, Alliance Atlantis, Southern Star Entertainment, Plastic Wax Animation, DQ Entertainment, Crest Animation Studios, Telegael Teoranta, TG4, Star Utsav, ABC Kids Australia, CBC Television, CBeebies, and Nick Jr. (block)
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends 2004–2008 Co-production with Nelvana, Callaway Arts & Entertainment, and AbsoluteDigital Pictures
Bump! 2004–2013 International distributor
Carl² 2005–2011 Co-production with PiP Animation Services
Heads Up! 2005–2008 International distributor
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 2010–2018 Co-production with Collingwood & Co., Random House Children's Entertainment, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, KQED, Treehouse TV, and PBS Kids
You Gotta Eat Here! 2012–2017 International distributor
Doki 2013–2019 Co-production with Discovery Kids
Freaktown 2016 Co-production with PiP Animation Services
Bravest Warriors 2017–2018 Animation production; season 4 only
Hero Elementary 2020–present Co-production with Twin Cities PBS and PBS Kids
Doomsday Brothers 2020–present Co-production with Niveau 12 Media

References

  1. ^ "Portfolio Entertainment". Portfolioentertainment.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  2. ^ Joy Rosen (2002-09-30). "Switching gears to succeed » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  3. ^ Susanne Baillie || December 10, 2003 (2003-12-10). "Secrets of an entertainment exporter". PROFITguide.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ EDC webmaster (2004-06-20). "Export Development Canada (EDC) - ExportWise (Spring 2004) - From Roaches to Riches". Archived from the original on June 20, 2004. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". www.worldscreen.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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