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02/15/2025

Our VP of Distribution EMEA, Joss Duffield, spoke to Todotvnews about our content strategy and production approach 🎬

https://www.todotvnews.com/en/9-story-media-group-universal-stories-with-cross-platform-potential/

02/14/2025

Our Valentines are full of character this year ♥

02/12/2025

OMGG (Oh My Golly Gorillas) 🍌 - Let’s Go, Bananas! has won the Kidscreen Award for Best Inclusivity, Preschool Programming! Congratulations to creator Tim Bain, and our incredible Let’s Go, Bananas! team on this achievement.

Read more:
https://9story.com/lets-go-bananas-wins-at-2025-kidscreen-awards/

02/11/2025

From space 🚀 to the sea 🌊, these heroes made science history.

📸 (L-R) Mary Seacole, Zelia Nuttall, Maria Sibylla Merian, Eugenie Clark, Katherine Johnson, Caroline Herschel

02/11/2025

Seat belts, everyone! The classics are back!

9 Story’s digital team has unleashed 700+ half-hours of Scholastic Entertainment classics on Peacock, The Roku Channel, and Tubi—PLUS, rolled out four new YouTube channels packed with nostalgia! Time to revisit your favourites.

https://9story.com/9-story-expands-digital-footprint-with-over-700-half-hours-of-classic-scholastic-entertainment-content-across-peacock-the-roku-channel-tubi-and-youtube/

02/07/2025

Catch our 9 Story team at Kidscreen Summit next week! ☀

🎤 Elianne Friend, VP, Digital & Distribution, joins a panel on YouTube launches & digital-first projects.

⚡ Karen Fowler, VP, Development & Productions, is set to hear your pitch during Session 4 of Speed Pitching!

🔗 More information at https://summit.kidscreen.com/2025/

02/07/2025

Bug Boogie - anytime you want. Lu & the Bally Bunch is now streaming on Max Family 🐞

https://www.max.com/bb/en/shows/lu-the-bally-bunch/691b1de1-f689-498f-80c9-65410ddf6736

01/29/2025

🎉 Congratulations to our crew of talented writers nominated for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards! 🏆👏

CHILDREN’S CATEGORY
🌳 Open Season: Call of Nature
“Cash Camp Pt 1 & 2” | Written by Mike Girard
“Squirrel Down” | Written by Joel Buxton
“What a Chinook” | Written by Tom Berger

PRESCHOOL CATEGORY
🍌 Let’s Go, Bananas!
“Yelloween” | Written by Brandon Hackett
“Papa the Daddy” | Written By Aaron Eves

🐶 Dylan’s Playtime Adventures
“Dylan the Firefighter” | Written by Emer Connon

This year’s WGC winners will be announced April 28 at Koerner Hall, Toronto. 📅 Best of luck to this year’s list of incredible nominees!

01/28/2025

Vince Commisso, President & CEO of 9 Story Media Group, is set to deliver a keynote at the TV Kids Festival!

📅 When: February 5, 2025, 9am ET
🌍 Where: Virtual & Free Registration

This is your chance to hear from one of the leaders behind some of the world’s most beloved kids’ content like Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood, Blue’s Clues & You!, and The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Vince will share insights on building global brands and shaping the future of kids’ programming.

👉 Register here:
https://www.eventcreate.com/e/tv-kids-festival-2025

01/23/2025

Let’s Go, Bananas! has been nominated for Outstanding Children’s Programming at this year’s ! 🎉🍌

We’re so proud of this wild, zany, hilarious show. Created by Tim Bain, and directed by Brown Bag Films Toronto’s Matt Mitchell, Let’s Go, Bananas! celebrates the heartfelt moments and funny adventures that make every family unique.

Thank you to the entire Let’s Go, Bananas! team for all of your creativity and incredible work, and congratulations to all of the nominees!

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01/21/2025

Catch Vince Commisso, President & CEO of 9 Story Media Group, at Prime Time 2025!

🎤 Panel: Screen Time Savvy: Reaching Kids in the Digital Playground
📅 Date: Friday, January 31, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
📍 Location: Governor General's III, 4th Floor

Join Vince and other industry leaders as they explore cutting-edge strategies for connecting with kids in today’s dynamic digital world. Don’t miss this deep dive into the future of children’s programming!

Learn more:
https://primetime.app.swapcard.com/event/prime-time-2025/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfMjUxMjQyNg==

12/31/2024

Closing out 2024 with this edition of 9 Story highlights, hot off the press. Here's to making more headlines (and memories!) in 2025.

12/25/2024

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season from everyone at 9 Story! 💙❄

12/21/2024

Our favourite thing about the holidays is all of the wintery specials 📺⛄

Join Lu & The Bally Bunch as they celebrate Bug Nollig! 🐞🎄 🐛Now airing on BBC in the UK, Cartoonito in the UK and the US, CBC Kids in Canada and ABC Kids in Australia, and more. Check your local listing to see if Lu & the Bally Bunch is streaming on a platform near you.

12/20/2024

The festive fun was overflowing at our Toronto studio this year! We had such a great time complete with trivia, delicious food, and a holiday photobooth 📸

Big shoutouts to our social committee for all of their incredible work bringing it all together, and to our amazing party vendors: The Food Dudes, Quiz Coconut TO, and Photohaus TO!

12/18/2024

Tis the season… for festive gift tags! 💙🎄 Dress up your presents with some of your favourite characters.

🔗 Print your own at the link below:
https://9story.com/gift-tags/

12/13/2024

✨ 16 Emmy Nominations?! Somebody pinch us! ✨ We are so proud to share that the Scholastic Entertainment and 9 Story family have been recognized with a total of 16 nominations at the Children's & Family Emmy Awards! 🏆

In addition, we want to give a special shoutout to the Goosebumps teams for their frightfully fantastic 9 nominations, and to our partners at Fred Rogers Productions for earning 2 nominations for their inspiring work. 👏

Congratulations to all of the nominees. 👏 This recognition is a true testament to the hard work, creativity, and passion of everyone involved with these amazing shows. Here’s to bringing more amazing stories to life!

12/13/2024

Congratulations to everyone on Playback's “Best of the Year” list, including our very own President and CEO, Vince Commisso, selected as ‘Dealmaker of the Year’! 👏
https://playbackonline.ca/2024/12/11/playback-presents-its-2024-best-of-the-year/

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Bug Boogie - anytime you want. Lu & the Bally Bunch is now streaming on Max Family 🐞 https://www.max.com/bb/en/shows/lu-the-bally-bunch/691b1de1-f689-498f-80c9-65410ddf6736

Our favourite thing about the holidays is all of the wintery specials 📺⛄ Join Lu & The Bally Bunch as they celebrate Bug Nollig! 🐞🎄 🐛Now airing on BBC in the UK, Cartoonito in the UK and the US, CBC Kids in Canada and ABC Kids in Australia, and more. Check your local listing to see if Lu & the Bally Bunch is streaming on a platform near you.

Snack or Scare! So who else dressed up like a banana? Time to celebrate the 'snack-iest' of holidays with our friends from Let's Go, Bananas! #HappyHalloween #LetsGoBananas

Throwback to this year’s Annecy Festival… which was literally pouring creativity and outstanding kids content! 🌧☔ #Annecy #Animation

We can't wait to bring the adorable and inspiring stories of the Hilton pets to life in Paris & Pups! 🐾 #LicensingExpo Paris Hilton

🐢 It’s #TurtleDay, and we’re celebrating with our favourite time-travelling turtle, Dr. Zoom! 🐢 #XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum

Let’s hear it! “To the….” 🏛 #InternationalMuseumDay

We love our tree friends 🌳❤ #LoveATreeDay #XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum

✨ Addie’s story continues… 💜 New adventures await in Juniper. Watch Season 2 of A Kind of Spark now on BYUtv and the BYUtv App! 📺 Watch now: https://www.byutv.org/a-kind-of-spark

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✨ Happy Spark Day! ✨ A Kind of Spark Season 2 is officially out NOW on BBC iPlayer! 📺 🔗 Watch now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0f7q3rv/a-kind-of-spark?seriesId=m001yjsw CBBC A Kind of Spark TV #AKindOfSpark

Let's Go, Bananas!

🍌 Get ready for a wild ride with "Let's Go, Bananas!" 🍌🎬 Premiering TODAY on CBC TV and CBC Gem! Join our animal families - the Bananas, the Crockers, and the Tiger-Zelles - as they navigate the ups and downs of family life - the good, the bad, and the hilarious. 🌳💗 #LetsGoBananas #CBC #CBCGem

AKOS S2

We’re heading back to Juniper! ✨ A Kind of Spark Season 2 is coming to #BBCiPlayer on April 26, and BYUtv on April 28th! #AKindOfSpark A Kind of Spark TV Read more: https://9story.com/a-kind-of-spark-series-two-premiere-dates-announced/