PorchLight Entertainment
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| Industry | Film production Animation Television production Live-action |
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| Founded | February 20, 1995 |
| Founders | Bruce D. Johnson William T. Baumann |
| Defunct | 2018 |
| Fate | Acquired by Trilogy Animation Group |
| Successor | Foxfield Entertainment |
| Headquarters | 578 Washington Blvd. Suite 214, Marina del Rey, Ca. 90292 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 10 |
| Parent | PorchLight Worldwide, Inc. |
| Divisions | PorchLight Pictures PorchLight Home Entertainment |
PorchLight Entertainment, Inc. was an American animation and live-action production company founded in 1995 by Bruce D. Johnson and William T. Baumann. It focused on the development & production of television series in both live action and animation formats, as well as content for film and home video.
History
PorchLight Entertainment began operations on February 20, 1995. The company was founded by Bruce D. Johnson, a former employee of Hanna-Barbera, and former Taft Broadcasting employee William T. Baumann. One of its major projects was acquiring the rights to adapt Adventures from the Book of Virtues for television.[1] The project was later picked up by PBS, which ordered it to series.[2]
In 1997, while on the virtue of its own successful programming, it would spend $10 million on expanding its own programming activity and planning on to do made-for-TV movies.[3] In 1998, it launched a motion picture division, PorchLight Pictures, which specialized on having motion picture distribution.[4]
In 2000, it bought the international film, TV and distribution rights to the motion picture, Heartwood.[5] In 2001, it signed a deal with Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment to distribute titles based on Jay Jay the Jet Plane.[6] In 2004, it was acquired by their senior management and Beringea through Global Rights II, through its parent company, PorchLight Worldwide, Inc.[7]
In 2011, Bruce D. Johnson, one of PorchLight's co-founders, started Foxfield Entertainment.[8]
In 2018, PorchLight Entertainment was acquired by Trilogy Animation Group.[9]
Filmography
- Animation
- 64 Zoo Lane
- A Martian Christmas
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues
- Animalia
- Cedric
- The Eggs[10]
- Four Eyes!
- Gofrette
- Jay Jay the Jet Plane (CGI)
- JetCat
- Kid Paddle
- LeapFrog
- Mr. Frog & Mrs. Frog's Big Day Out
- The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow
- The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale[11]
- The Secret Saturdays
- Tutenstein
- Live-action
Porchlight Home Entertainment
| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 26, 2007 |
| Defunct | March 15, 2010 |
| Fate | Dormancy |
| Successor | E1 Entertainment |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Home video |
| Parent | PorchLight Entertainment |
| Divisions | PorchLight INSPIRE Ocean Park Home Entertainment |
PorchLight Home Entertainment was a home video distributor and subsidiary of PorchLight Entertainment which released content on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States.
History
PorchLight Entertainment announced the formation of PorchLight Home entertainment on June 26, 2007, announcing that their first two planned releases would be A Tad of Christmas Cheer and A Christmas Carol for Annie.[12]
On April 24, 2008, PorchLight launched a Christian content sub-label called PorchLight INSPIRE.[13] On May 5, the company announced to enter the Blu-ray market.[14] The company launched another label later on in the year – Ocean Park Home Entertainment – for independent film acquisitions.[15]
In August 2009, PorchLight appointed Canada-based E1 Entertainment as the distributor for their products.[16] Following this deal, PorchLight Home Entertainment went dormant, with their last planned release, Broken Hill, planned originally for a Summer 2010 release, instead being released by Entertainment One in 2011.[17]
Releases
Products released by the subsidiary were either existing content from PorchLight's content library or third-party acquisitions.
Acquired
- 64 Zoo Lane[18]
- Animalia[14]
- Boowa & Kwala[19]
- FARMKIDS[20]
- Funky Valley[21]
- Funky Town[21]
- Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids[21]
- The Lampies[22]
- Little Leaders[23]
- Loopdidoo[24]
- Zakland[25]
Film Acquisitions
See also
References
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- Mass media companies established in 1995
- Mass media companies disestablished in 2011
- Defunct American animation studios
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Television production companies based in California
- Defunct film and television production companies of the United States
- Entertainment companies established in 1995
- Entertainment companies disestablished in 2011