DHX Media
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DHX Media Ltd. is a Canadian
media production company formed in 2006 by the merger of Halifax Film Company and Decode Entertainment. The DHX name derives from the combination of Decode and Halifax. Studio B Productions
was acquired by DHX Media in December 2007. In March 2008 DHX Media acquired Bulldog Interactive Fitness.
DHX Media's content library now includes 28 titles produced over the last nine years. It has eight children's series currently in first window broadcast on several cable and broadcast networks in North America and internationally, including Lunar Jim
, Bo On The Go!
and Poko
. Bo On The Go! and other CG (computer) animations are produced by Halifax Film at Electropolis Studios - the children's productions facility near Halifax's Citadel Hill
; and Franny's Feet
, The Save-Ums
and Naturally, Sadie
are produced by Decode in Toronto
.
, Naturally Sadie, The Zack Files
, Angela Anaconda
, Undergrads
, The Hoobs
, Chop Socky Chooks
, Waybuloo
, Bromwell High
, Planet Sketch
, The Adrenaline Project
, Be the Creature
, The Blobheads, Grandpa in My Pocket
, How to Be Indie
, The Latest Buzz
, Our Hero
, That's So Weird
, Clang Invasion, Delilah and Julius
, Dudson's Modern Tales, Freaky Stories
, Girlstuff/Boystuff
, Kid vs. Kat
, King
, Martha Speaks
, Naughty Naughty Pets, Olliver's Adventures
, Rainbow Fish, The Side Show Christmas, Urban Vermin
, Watership Down
, What about Mimi?
, Animal Mechanicals
, Bo on the Go!
, Dirtgirlworld
, Franny's Feet
, The Mighty Jungle
, Poko
, Poppetstown, and The Save-Ums
. It currently co-produces Super WHY! with New York City-based Out of the Blue Enterprises
for PBS Kids
in the USA and Kids' CBC
in Canada.
executives Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop in 2005. The company has many former employees of Salter and produces television shows such as the satirical comedy This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(begun as a Salter Street production), children's stop-motion
series such as Poko
and Lunar Jim
as well as Computer Generated (CG) animation productions such as Bo On The Go!
, The Mighty Jungle
and Animal Mechanicals
, as well as the dramas The Guard and North/South.
, the PBS Kids
series Martha Speaks
and other shows that air on YTV in Canada and various networks in the USA.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
media production company formed in 2006 by the merger of Halifax Film Company and Decode Entertainment. The DHX name derives from the combination of Decode and Halifax. Studio B Productions
Studio B Productions
DHX Media Vancouver is a Canadian animation studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada.-Studio B Productions original shows:*The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers...
was acquired by DHX Media in December 2007. In March 2008 DHX Media acquired Bulldog Interactive Fitness.
DHX Media's content library now includes 28 titles produced over the last nine years. It has eight children's series currently in first window broadcast on several cable and broadcast networks in North America and internationally, including Lunar Jim
Lunar Jim
Lunar Jim is a preschool-oriented stop-motion television show produced in Canada by Halifax Film and Alliance Atlantis, and aired in the USA as well on Discovery Channel and V-Me. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar, and was script-edited in Season one by Peter Sauder....
, Bo On The Go!
Bo On The Go!
Bo on the Go! is a Canadian children's television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC Television.The show emphasizes the importance movement for children through a plot element called "Animoves," animations demonstrating specific body movements young viewers...
and Poko
Poko
Poko is a stop motion TV series about a young boy, his pet dog, and his toy monkey. Produced in Canada by , a DHX Media Company, Poko began production in 2003 and is now in its third season. Poko is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television in the Kids' CBC programming block, and in Australia by ABC...
. Bo On The Go! and other CG (computer) animations are produced by Halifax Film at Electropolis Studios - the children's productions facility near Halifax's Citadel Hill
Citadel Hill
Fort George is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was established during Father Le Loutre's War....
; and Franny's Feet
Franny's Feet
Franny's Feet is an animated series for children. It is produced by DHX Media/Halifax Film in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and created by Cathy Moss and Susan Nielsen. The show follows the adventures of four-year-old Frances "Franny" Fantootsie as she tries on various pairs of shoes and travels to...
, The Save-Ums
The Save-Ums
The Save-Ums is a Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media. It is broadcasted in the Kids' CBC programming block on CBC Television in Canada, in the Ready Set Learn block on Discovery Kids, and TLC in the United States, and Five in the United Kingdom.-Synopsis:The Save-Ums are a...
and Naturally, Sadie
Naturally, Sadie
Naturally, Sadie was a Canadian teen drama sitcom that ran for three seasons from June 24, 2005 to August 26, 2007. It was produced in Canada, set in Whitby, Ontario. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, most of the show was shot inside a former Catholic elementary school in Little Italy, including the...
are produced by Decode in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
Decode Entertainment
Decode Entertainment was established 1997 by Neil Court and Steven DeNure. On its own, Decode produced such shows as Radio Free RoscoeRadio Free Roscoe
Radio Free Roscoe was a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on 1 August 2003 on Family, in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French in the province of Quebec and aired on VRAK.TV...
, Naturally Sadie, The Zack Files
The Zack Files
The Zack Files is a science fiction television program that revolves around a young boy, played by Robert Clark, who is a magnet for paranormal activity and attends Horace White High School for Boys along with his three friends Cam, Gwen, and Spencer. Zack manages to get himself into trouble with...
, Angela Anaconda
Angela Anaconda
Angela Anaconda is a Canadian cutout animation television series that aired on the channels Teletoon and Fox Family. It centers on the adventures of an eight-year-old girl named Angela who lives in the fictional town of Tapwater Springs, has wacky brothers, weird friends, and hates a snobbish...
, Undergrads
Undergrads
Undergrads is an animated television series centered on the lives of four college undergraduate freshmen. Originally broadcast on MTV during 2001, only thirteen episodes were created. It has since been shown on Comedy Central in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, and Trouble in the United Kingdom...
, The Hoobs
The Hoobs
The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning children's television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company. It stars five creatures called Hoobs from the fictional Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race...
, Chop Socky Chooks
Chop Socky Chooks
Chop Socky Chooks is a British animated television series produced by Aardman Animations and DHX Media that debuted on 7 March 2008. It was created by animator Sergio Delfino, a prominent animator at Aardman. It currently airs only on Teletoon . For now, it airs on Cartoon Network, previously aired...
, Waybuloo
Waybuloo
Waybuloo is a pre-school British and Canadian children's television series originally created by Dan Good and Absolutely Cuckoo. It was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC, and first aired on CBeebies in May 2009. The 100-episode show is filmed by the Foundation in Glasgow and animated...
, Bromwell High
Bromwell High
Bromwell High is an animated series about a British high school in South London. It first aired on Teletoon in Canada and Channel 4 in the UK . It is a co-production between Hat Trick Productions in the UK and DHX Media in Canada. According to the Website , it was originally to be entitled...
, Planet Sketch
Planet Sketch
Planet Sketch is a 15-minute television show aimed at children, with each episode featuring an assortment of sketches. It is produced by Aardman Animations.- Sketches :...
, The Adrenaline Project
The Adrenaline Project
The Adrenaline Project is a Canadian extreme sports reality TV show. Season one premiered September 29, 2007 on YTV's Get Real! at 7:00 p.m. ET, and on FOX's 4Kids TV at 8:00 a.m. ET...
, Be the Creature
Be the Creature
Be the Creature is a creation of the Kratt Brothers . A wildlife series designed to immerse both the brothers and the viewers in the world of animals, Be the Creature features 13 episodes. Unlike other Kratt Brothers programs, Kratts' Creatures and Zoboomafoo, Be the Creature is oriented towards a...
, The Blobheads, Grandpa in My Pocket
Grandpa In My Pocket
Grandpa In My Pocket is a comedy drama series commissioned by Michael Carrington for CBeebies, the BBC's dedicated pre-school and nursery channel targeting children under the age of 6 years. The programme stars James Bolam, Jay Ruckley, Josie Cable, Zara Ramm and Sam Ellis...
, How to Be Indie
How to be Indie
How to Be Indie is a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13 year old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by Vera Santamaria, John May, and Suzanne Bolch.t of life...
, The Latest Buzz
The Latest Buzz
The Latest Buzz is a Canadian teen sitcom from Decode Entertainment aired on the Family Channel, the series ran from September 1, 2007 to April 19, 2010. This is Family Channel's first original multi-camera sitcom....
, Our Hero
Our Hero
Our Hero is a critically acclaimed television show on the CBC from 2000 to 2002. It ran for 26 episodes over two seasons, and was syndicated in the U.S. and U.K....
, That's So Weird
That's So Weird (TV series)
That's So Weird is a Canadian sketch comedy television show owned by the Halifax Film Company and is broadcast exclusively on YTV. The premise of the show is a documentation of a group of teenagers who work at a fictional television station called So Weird TV...
, Clang Invasion, Delilah and Julius
Delilah and Julius
Delilah and Julius is a Canadian animated series which is targeted at children and young teens and is animated using Macromedia Flash technology...
, Dudson's Modern Tales, Freaky Stories
Freaky Stories
Freaky Stories is a Canadian television series, which was originally broadcasted by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French...
, Girlstuff/Boystuff
Girlstuff/Boystuff
Girlstuff/Boystuff is a Canadian animated television series that first aired on BKN in 2002. It currently airs on the Australian free-to-air digital television channel ABC2 as part of the ABC Rollercoaster lineup...
, Kid vs. Kat
Kid vs. Kat
Kid vs. Kat is a Canadian animated television series developed and produced at Studio B Productions. The show is created and co-directed by Rob Boutilier. The feature revolves around a 10-year-old boy's constant battle with his sister's Sphinx cat which, in reality, is a cybernetic alien. The...
, King
King (TV series)
King is a Canadian television series on Family, also aired on Nicktoons TV in the UK from 4 March 2006, and showing on POP! on March 12, 2007.-Plot:...
, Martha Speaks
Martha Speaks (TV series)
Martha Speaks is an animated children's television sitcom based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh about a talking dog named Martha , who is owned by ten-year-old Helen Lorraine...
, Naughty Naughty Pets, Olliver's Adventures
Olliver's Adventures
Olliver's Adventures is an animated television show that aired on Teletoon and with a variety of foreign broadcasters, including ABC in Australia...
, Rainbow Fish, The Side Show Christmas, Urban Vermin
Urban Vermin
Urban Vermin is a Canadian animated television series produced by YTV and Decode Entertainment Inc.-Plot:Urban Vermin is a story about two racoon brothers that were once best friends until Ken decided to assemble an army of rats to help him seize control of all the garbage on their block...
, Watership Down
Watership Down (TV series)
Watership Down is an animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film...
, What about Mimi?
What about Mimi?
What about Mimi? is a Canadian animated series. Its main character is Mimi Mortin, a clever, red-headed girl in the sixth grade who lives in the town of Starfish Bay. The series was produced by Studio B Productions Inc. It debuted on January 1, 2001 and was co-directed by Josh Mepham and Colleen...
, Animal Mechanicals
Animal Mechanicals
Animal Mechanicals is a Canadian children’s television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC.Animal Mechanicals Rex, Unicorn, Komodo, Mouse, and Sasquatch, live and play in a place unlike any other: a colorful "snap-together-take-apart" world which can also...
, Bo on the Go!
Bo On The Go!
Bo on the Go! is a Canadian children's television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC Television.The show emphasizes the importance movement for children through a plot element called "Animoves," animations demonstrating specific body movements young viewers...
, Dirtgirlworld
Dirtgirlworld
dirtgirlworld is a Canadian and Australian children's television series created by Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace of Mememe Productions. Visually designed by Jean Camden, James Hackett and Cate McQuillen, it was animated by Hackett Films in Australia and Spin Productions in Canada. The show is...
, Franny's Feet
Franny's Feet
Franny's Feet is an animated series for children. It is produced by DHX Media/Halifax Film in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and created by Cathy Moss and Susan Nielsen. The show follows the adventures of four-year-old Frances "Franny" Fantootsie as she tries on various pairs of shoes and travels to...
, The Mighty Jungle
The Mighty Jungle
The Mighty Jungle is a puppet series for preschoolers in which the narrative of the story is largely crafted by a group of preschoolers who appear in live-action segments interspersed between puppet-acted scenes. It is co-produced by Halifax Film and Decode Entertainment, both DHX Media Companies;...
, Poko
Poko
Poko is a stop motion TV series about a young boy, his pet dog, and his toy monkey. Produced in Canada by , a DHX Media Company, Poko began production in 2003 and is now in its third season. Poko is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television in the Kids' CBC programming block, and in Australia by ABC...
, Poppetstown, and The Save-Ums
The Save-Ums
The Save-Ums is a Canadian animated television series produced by DHX Media. It is broadcasted in the Kids' CBC programming block on CBC Television in Canada, in the Ready Set Learn block on Discovery Kids, and TLC in the United States, and Five in the United Kingdom.-Synopsis:The Save-Ums are a...
. It currently co-produces Super WHY! with New York City-based Out of the Blue Enterprises
Out of the Blue Enterprises
Out of the Blue Enterprises is an American children's television company founded by the co-creator of the Nickelodeon pre-school animated/live action series Blue's Clues Angela C. Santomero and fellow ex-Nick executive Samantha Freeman Alpert...
for PBS Kids
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
in the USA and Kids' CBC
Kids' CBC
Kids' CBC is a preschool commercial-free programming block aired weekday mornings on CBC Television.Currently, the hosts of the block are Patty Sullivan and Sid Bobb.-History:...
in Canada.
Halifax Film
Halifax Film was established by former Salter Street FilmsSalter Street Films
Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.- History :The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film School; Michael graduated from Dalhousie University’s...
executives Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop in 2005. The company has many former employees of Salter and produces television shows such as the satirical comedy This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
(begun as a Salter Street production), children's stop-motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
series such as Poko
Poko
Poko is a stop motion TV series about a young boy, his pet dog, and his toy monkey. Produced in Canada by , a DHX Media Company, Poko began production in 2003 and is now in its third season. Poko is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television in the Kids' CBC programming block, and in Australia by ABC...
and Lunar Jim
Lunar Jim
Lunar Jim is a preschool-oriented stop-motion television show produced in Canada by Halifax Film and Alliance Atlantis, and aired in the USA as well on Discovery Channel and V-Me. The show is based on an original concept created by Alexander Bar, and was script-edited in Season one by Peter Sauder....
as well as Computer Generated (CG) animation productions such as Bo On The Go!
Bo On The Go!
Bo on the Go! is a Canadian children's television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC Television.The show emphasizes the importance movement for children through a plot element called "Animoves," animations demonstrating specific body movements young viewers...
, The Mighty Jungle
The Mighty Jungle
The Mighty Jungle is a puppet series for preschoolers in which the narrative of the story is largely crafted by a group of preschoolers who appear in live-action segments interspersed between puppet-acted scenes. It is co-produced by Halifax Film and Decode Entertainment, both DHX Media Companies;...
and Animal Mechanicals
Animal Mechanicals
Animal Mechanicals is a Canadian children’s television show produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media Company, in association with CBC.Animal Mechanicals Rex, Unicorn, Komodo, Mouse, and Sasquatch, live and play in a place unlike any other: a colorful "snap-together-take-apart" world which can also...
, as well as the dramas The Guard and North/South.
Studio B Productions
Founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Studio B Productions animation studio is behind the 2007 remake of the 1960s animated series George of the JungleGeorge of the Jungle (2007 TV series)
George of the Jungle is a Canadian television series. It is the remake of the 1967 animated series of the same name, using Adobe Flash animation. It is produced in Canada , and more recently in the USA on Cartoon Network, premiering with the Christmas special. In Latin America, it is airing on...
, the PBS Kids
PBS Kids
PBS Kids is the brand for children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States founded in 1993. As with all PBS programming, PBS Kids programming is non-commercial. It is aimed at children ages 2 to 10...
series Martha Speaks
Martha Speaks (TV series)
Martha Speaks is an animated children's television sitcom based on the 1992 children's book of the same name by Susan Meddaugh about a talking dog named Martha , who is owned by ten-year-old Helen Lorraine...
and other shows that air on YTV in Canada and various networks in the USA.