Tag: Portfolio Entertainment
Scholastic Makes $186M Investment in Kids’ Content Co. 9 Story
Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to invest in 9 Story Media Group....
9 Story Media Group Acquires Portfolio Ent. Library, Production & Development Slates
9 Story Media Group has acquired Portfolio Entertainment’s library, production slate and development projects. Portfolio Entertainment was founded in 1991 by Lisa Olfman and...
In Memoriam: Remembering the Animation & VFX Greats We Lost in 2023
Over the past 12 months, we lost many talented, brilliant women and men who devoted their lives to creating animated and VFX-driven projects through...
Portfolio Ent. Founder Joy Rosen Dies Age 65
Portfolio Entertainment shared the sad news today (Friday, June 9) that the studio's co-founding partner & CEO, Joy Rosen, has died. The warmly remembered...
Global TV & Streaming Bytes: New Series & MIPCOM Sales
SMF Studio (Soyuzmultfilm) will premiere a new animated series Coolics, based on the comic book by the Russian publisher Bubble Comics, during MIPCOM. Creative...
Children’s TV Veteran Linda Kahn Has Died
We're saddened by the recent passing of children’s TV veteran Linda Kahn. Kahn, who was the VP of acquisitions at Nickelodeon and Nick at...
Portfolio Introduces ‘Where Oliver Fits: A Christmas Eve Tale’ Special, Shorts
Portfolio Entertainment's award-winning animation studio, in partnership with the CMF/SRF Digital Animated Series Program and Corus Entertainment's Treehouse TV, has produced a brand-new family...
Oasis Animation Appoints Marianne Culbert Head of Production
Oasis Animation, a Montreal-based 2D animation studio part of the Sphere Media group, is pleased to welcome Marianne Culbert as Head of Production. In...
Portfolio Appoints Chelsea Reichert as Distribution Manager
Portfolio Entertainment is further expanding its distribution capabilities, adding Chelsea Reichert to its team of expert distribution executives. Reichert takes the newly created role...
Fresh Market Fare: New Toons Ready to Make a Virtual Splash at MIPTV
***This article originally appeared in the May '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 310)***
MIPTV may be online this year (April 12-16), but that hasn't...
Portfolio Taps Emmy-Winning EP Irene Weibel as LA Rep
Portfolio Entertainment continues to expand its senior creative team with Irene Weibel, Emmy Award-winning executive producer. In her consulting role, Weibel will be responsible...
Global TV & Streaming News Bytes
Portfolio Entertainment’s Distribution Division has secured a new round of global sales for its action-packed animated series Hero Elementary: Discovery Kids Latin America has...
Global TV & Streaming Roundup
Portfolio Entertainment's newest in-house production, Hero Elementary (40 x 22'), a co-production with Twin Cities PBS, has been acquired by Discovery Inc. for the...
PBS KIDS Suits Up with ‘Hero Elementary’ Premiering June 1
A new multiplatform animated PBS KIDS series, Hero Elementary (co-produced by Twin Cities PBS and Portfolio Entertainment), will help spark a love of science...
Meghan Sheridan Tapped as Exec Director Development, Portfolio LA
Portfolio Entertainment announces the appointment of seasoned development executive and producer Meghan Sheridan to the newly-created position of Executive Director of Development in Los...
Portfolio Packs ‘Hero Elementary,’ ‘Doomsday Brothers’ for MIP, Debuts Feature Slate
Global producer-distributor Portfolio Entertainment will be launching two distinctive animated properties at the upcoming MIP markets. Preschool series Hero Elementary will debut at MIP...
PBS KIDS to Premiere ‘Hero Elementary’ in Summer 2020
PBS KIDS is powering up a new animated series, Hero Elementary, to premiere in the summer of 2020. Set in a school for budding...
TV Bytes: New Series, Sales & Collabs Announced Ahead of MIP
Europena content powerhouse Rainbow is launching its new animated series 44 Cats (52 x 13’) in Canada with a multi-broadcaster approach. Corus Entertainment will...
Portfolio Secures Slate of Global Sales ahead of MIP
Canadian media company Portfolio Entertainment is bringing the summer to a close by announcing a raft of new sales that bring its content to...
YMA Awards of Excellence Nominees 2019
Canada’s Youth Media Alliance (YMA) has announced the nominees for English-language Awards of Excellence for television and digital. The winners will be revealed at...
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