Portfolio Entertainment

Portfolio Entertainment, Inc.
Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded 1991
Founder Lisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Key people
Lisa Oldman (CEO)
Joy Rosen (CEO)
Trent Locke
(Vice President/COO)
Sonya Roberts (Director)
Products Live action and animated shows
Divisions Portfolio Animation
Website www.portfolioentertainment.com

Portfolio Entertainment is an 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 1995-97 co-production with YTV, Disney Channel, PBS Kids, J.A. Delmage Productions and Groundling Marsh Productions
Animal Miracles 2001-03
RoboRoach 2002-04 co-production with Helix Animation
Carl² 2005-11
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! 2010-15 co-production with Collingwood & Co., Random House Children's Entertainment, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, KQED, Treehouse TV and PBS Kids
You Gotta Eat Here! 2012–present
Doki 2013–present
Freaktown 2016–present co-production with PIP Animation Services, Inc.

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.
  4. EDC webmaster (2004-06-20). "Export Development Canada (EDC) - ExportWise (Spring 2004) - From Roaches to Riches". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on June 20, 2004. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085132/http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/50446


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