Canadian animation studio
Jam Filled Entertainment
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Formerly
| Jam Filled Toronto:
- Dan Krech Productions (1985?2000)
- DKP Effects (2000?2004)
- DKP Studios (2004?2006)
- Starz Animation (2006?2011)
- Arc Productions (2011?2016)
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Company type
| Subsidiary
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Industry
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Founded
| 2007
; 17 years ago
(
2007
)
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Headquarters
| 65 Auriga Drive,
,
Canada
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Parent
| Boat Rocker Media
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Divisions
| Jam Filled Toronto
Jam Filled Halifax
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Website
| www
.jamfilled
.com
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Jam Filled Entertainment
is a Canadian
animation studio
based in
Ottawa
,
Ontario
(with additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax), and a division of
Boat Rocker Media
. The company is best known for animating
Thomas & Friends
(starting with season 17) and
Nicktoons
(such as
The Loud House
and its spinoff
The Casagrandes
).
History
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Jam Filled Entertainment was founded in
Manotick
in 2007 by Kyle MacDougall, Phil Lafrance, and Jamie Leclaire. In January 2011, Jam Filled moved to a new location in Ottawa. On August 3, 2016,
Boat Rocker Media
acquired Jam Filled Entertainment.
[1]
On August 22, Jam Filled purchased the assets of Arc Productions, allowing them to expand into creating CGI animation in Toronto. Jam Filled opened a 10,000 square feet studio in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
in the fall of 2019 to work on more 2D animation projects.
[2]
Jam Filled Toronto
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The Toronto branch of Jam Filled Entertainment was originally established as
Dan Krech Productions
on June 24, 1985, as one of the first visual effects companies in Toronto. In 1987, DKP became the first company in Canada to have an in-house digital suite. DKP had produced visual effects and animation for over 2,000 commercials and long-form projects by 2000, many of them for U.S. companies. DKP moved to a new facility on Queen Street East in March 2001. American
telecommunications company
IDT Corporation
acquired DKP Effects on March 16, 2004,
[3]
leading to the company being renamed
DKP Studios
.
On 26 May 2006,
Liberty Media
bought
IDT Entertainment
from IDT, including Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman, and merged it with the
Starz
cable network to form
Starz Media
.
[4]
Under its new management in 2007, the studio began a "Starz Shortz" program which has produced
Bundle of Joy
,
Enter the Sandbox
,
Ormie
and
Lovebirds
.
[5]
In 2007,
Starz Animation
took over animating
Shane Acker
's feature
9
from Attitude Studio, Luxembourg.
[6]
In 2010, the studio opened a major VFX wing to create all the effects for the new Starz Channel/Graham King Productions miniseries,
Camelot
, Alcon Entertainment's
Dolphin Tale
, and producer Avi Arad's family feature,
Robosapien: Rebooted
.
In April 2011, Liberty Starz sold Starz Animation to a Canadian consortium, and it was renamed Arc Productions. Under the new owner, the studio was planning to do more proprietary production.
[7]
[8]
[9]
[10]
On August 1, 2016, Arc Productions announced that they were closing down the studio because they were filing for bankruptcy and locked out over 500 employees after telling them there was a payroll glitch and no one had been paid.
[11]
On August 10, 2016, following Arc's closure, Jam Filled Entertainment entered an agreement to acquire Arc Productions' assets in which they call "substantially all of the business".
[12]
Jam Filled Entertainment also acquired 248 of Arc's former employees. Later on August 22, 2016, Arc Productions was reopened as Jam Filled Entertainment's Toronto facility.
[13]
In 2020, Jam Filled announced that they would no longer animate episodes of the original
Thomas & Friends
series after the 24th and final series, with
Nelvana
taking over for the 2D-animated reboot series,
Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
.
Productions
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Jam Filled Entertainment
[
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Jam Filled Toronto
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Formerly known as Dan Krech Productions, DKP Effects, DKP Studios (IDT Entertainment), Starz Animation, and Arc Productions.
Dan Krech Productions
DKP Effects
DKP Studios
Starz Animation
Arc Productions
References
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- ^
"Boat Rocker Media Acquires Jam Filled Entertainment"
. Boat Rocker Media. August 3, 2016.
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"JAM FILLED IS DROPPING ANCHOR IN HALIFAX!"
. Jam Filled Entertainment. September 23, 2019.
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"DKP acquired by U.S. animator"
.
Playback Magazine
. 29 March 2004
. Retrieved
27 August
2011
.
- ^
"Liberty Media to acquire IDT Entertainment"
.
IDT
. May 16, 2006. Archived from
the original
on 23 July 2011
. Retrieved
August 27,
2011
.
- ^
Lacey, Liam (March 24, 2011).
"Animation company aims for 3D without nausea and headaches"
.
The Globe and Mail
. Retrieved
August 27,
2011
.
- ^
"New Starz studio busy on Burton's 9"
. Playback Magazine
. Retrieved
2007-09-17
.
- ^
Vlessing, Etan (April 13, 2011).
"Starz Animation Studio Renamed Arc Productions"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
August 27,
2011
.
- ^
DeMott, Rick (13 April 2011).
"Starz Animation Toronto Rebrands as Arc Productions"
.
Animation World Network
. Retrieved
2 February
2022
.
- ^
Arrant, Chris (13 April 2011).
"Starz Animation Toronto rebrands as Arc Productions Animation & Visual Effects"
.
Cartoon Brew
. Retrieved
2 February
2022
.
- ^
Vlessing, Etan (14 April 2011).
"Starz Animation Toronto rebrands as Arc Productions"
.
Kidscreen
.
Brunico Communications
. Retrieved
2 February
2022
.
- ^
Valiquette, Mike (August 1, 2016).
"BREAKING NEWS: Arc Productions Files for Bankruptcy"
. Retrieved
August 2,
2016
.
- ^
"Jam Filled looks to acquire Arc Productions assets"
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
Wolfe, Jennifer (August 22, 2016).
"Jam Filled Entertainment Acquires Arc Productions"
. Animation World Network
. Retrieved
September 11,
2016
.
- ^
White, Peter (2021-12-09).
"Annie Murphy, John Cho & Christine Baranski Star In Animated Series 'Praise Petey' From Anna Drezen For Freeform As Network Takes Another Crack At Genre"
.
Deadline
. Retrieved
2023-07-29
.
- ^
Vlessing, Etan (June 6, 2011).
"Arc To Animate 3D TV For Platinum and Endemol"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Retrieved
January 20,
2013
.
- ^
"Arc to Provide Visual Effects for 'Halo 4'
"
.
Animation World Network
.
- ^
"Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload"
.
IMDb
.
- ^
a
b
Zahed, Ramin (February 6, 2012).
"Arc is on Board HIT's 'Thomas & Friends'
"
.
Animation Magazine
. Retrieved
February 8,
2012
.
- ^
"King of the Railway (Thomas and Friends)"
. Barnes & Noble
. Retrieved
December 16,
2012
.
- ^
Strom, Marc (November 12, 2015).
"TV ULTRON CRASHES THE PARTY IN FIRST 'LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES: AVENGERS REASSEMBLED!' CLIP"
. Marvel. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2017
. Retrieved
January 7,
2017
.
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