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09/13/2024

✨ Extraordinary news! ✨ Two Royal Television Society, Northern Ireland (RTS NI) Awards nominations for A Kind of Spark (Season 2). The series was selected as a finalist in the Children’s / Animation category and congrats to Ella Maisy Purvis, who is nominated for the 'Breakthrough Award’ for her work on this season.

A huge congratulations to all of this year's nominees!

🔗 Read more at the link below:
https://rts.org.uk/award/finalists-revealed-2024-rts-northern-ireland-television-awards

Royal Television Society A Kind of Spark TV

09/12/2024

It’s the perfect day to get crafty with Rosie’s Robot Planter Maker game 🤖 Choose your recycled container, pick your plant, decorate, and watch it bloom in this creative game from Rosie’s Rules! 💐

🎮Play at the link below:
https://pbskids.org/rosiesrules/games/rosie-robot-planter-maker

08/30/2024

Lu & The Bally Bunch has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Japan Prize! Congratulations to the entire Ballybug team! 👏 And a round of applause for all of the nominees! 🎉

Commencing Bug Boogie now! 🐞🎶

Read more: https://bit.ly/3ATCAay

The animated preschool series Lu & The Bally Bunch, from 9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Films, has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 Japan Prize in...

08/30/2024

Lu & The Bally Bunch has been selected as a finalist for this year’s Japan Prize! 🎉

Congratulations to the entire Ballybug team! 👏 And a round of applause for all of the nominees!

Commencing Bug Boogie now! 🐞🎶

08/24/2024

Have you checked out the wowmazing new collection featuring products from our adorable hit series Rosie’s Rules? 9 Story Brands has partnered with Worldwide Buddies to release this adorable line that includes picture books, e-books, flashcards, activity books, and plush toys.

https://9story.com/new-brand-extensions-for-9-storys-animated-childrens-series-rosies-rules-now-available/

Worldwide Buddies Rosie's Rules

9 Story Announces New Brand Extensions for Animated Children’s Series ROSIE’S RULES with Worldwide Buddies Partnership There are some ‘wowmazing’ new developments at play in the world of Rosie’s Rules....

08/23/2024

The Secret Museum is geared up and ready to send Xavier and friends back through time to meet some AHH-MAZING heroes this September!

Read more about the new adventures dropping on PBS KIDS next month via Animation Magazine.

Children and families can celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month alongside some of their favorite PBS KIDS characters, with standout episodes from two animated hits

08/15/2024

Congrats to everyone on this year's The Hollywood Reporter Power List, including 9 Story's very own President & CEO Vince Commisso!

Read the full article:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/most-powerful-players-kids-entertainment/rachel-griffin-accurso-aron-accurso-ms-rachel/

08/12/2024

New songs, new stories, and even a lil' something new about the trolley… 👀 The all brand new season 7 of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is now streaming on PBS KIDS!

https://pbskids.org/videos/watch/something-new-about-trolley/1697764

08/09/2024

Read with Rosie on with this Fuentastic brand new book from Worldwide Buddies!

Follow along with Rosie in both English and Spanish. An endearing introduction to the supertastical world of Rosie Fuentes, her bilingual family and all her discoveries, one preschool catastrophe at a time!

Get your paws on it... before Gatita does! 🐱
https://worldwidebuddies.com/products/rosies-rules-meet-rosie-fuentes-conoce-a-rosie-fuentes

08/08/2024

Which Gatita moment gets YOUR highest rating? 🐱

08/08/2024

Which Gatita moment gets YOUR highest rating? 🐱

08/08/2024

08/03/2024

Blue’s Clues & You! has been nominated for the 2024 Astra TV Awards in the category of ‘Best Children or Family Series.' Massive shout out to our Blue’s Clues crew and partners at Nickelodeon. And congrats to all this year’s nominees. Winners will be announced via live stream this August 18.

More details via the link below.
https://9story.com/blues-clues-you-nominated-for-the-2024-astra-tv-awards/

07/26/2024

9 Story SVP of Distribution & Acquisitions Alix Wiseman shares her expert perspectives on the business of animation via the FSTVS Podcast. 🎧

Discussion highlights:
📣 Best practices for crafting winning pitches
🗒️ The ins and outs of development, acquisition and distribution
📊 Innovative financing models designed for today’s evolving content landscape

And of course, the importance of coffee! ☕😉
Tune in below.
https://shows.podcastle.ai/fstvs-the-executive-sessions-x7xBZK08/fstvs-the-executive-sessions-alix-wiseman-g1cQwR69

07/26/2024

Celebrate the Summer Games with some inspiration from our Olympian Heroes! 🏅

07/21/2024

Scoops of happiness at our Toronto studio! 🍦🍧🍨 We do fire drills in style with an ice cream truck visit and lots of tasty treats - safety first, then sweets second. 🍦

07/19/2024

Don’t miss Elianne Friend, VP, Digital & Distribution on the FAST Kids panel at FAST Fest! The panel will delve into the opportunities for IP owners in the kids’ FAST space.

📆 Thursday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. EDT

07/18/2024

to our team’s celebratory toast to mark the recent announcement of 9 Story Media Group officially joining the Scholastic family 🥂

07/15/2024

📢 Who is ready to THINK BIG! Dylan’s Playtime Adventures is now streaming in the UK on BBC iPlayer and airing weekdays on CBeebies! Catch new episodes on channel, Monday – Friday, at 9:25am GMT. 🐶😺🐤🦦

07/15/2024

📢 Who is ready to THINK BIG! Dylan’s Playtime Adventures is now streaming in the UK on BBC iPlayer and airing weekdays on CBeebies! Catch new episodes on channel, Monday – Friday, at 9:25am GMT. 🐶😺🐤🦦

CBeebies

07/13/2024

Every day is a good day for more ! Check out these moments from A Kind of Spark Season 2.

A Kind of Spark TV

07/12/2024

Flashback to this week’s full house at the ‘International Co-productions’ panel at the Children’s Media Conference, moderated by 9 Story’s Alix Wiseman. This unique session—best described as a real-time simulation of industry pros at work—offered both a fun and invaluable view on how to navigate the intricate world of International Co-Productions in children’s media.

Session info and takeaway slides can be found via the CMC blog:
https://www.thechildrensmediaconference.com/blog/2024/07/11/cmc-2024-international-co-productions-collaborative-routes-to-market/

07/10/2024

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

07/08/2024

🎮 Happy ! 🎮 We’re celebrating with 4 of DanTDM's best gaming challenges, streaming now on KidoodleTV!

07/07/2024

Watch ‘Let’s Go, Bananas!’ Creator Tim Bain, along with a team of talented industry panelists on the ‘Family Matters’ webinar. Part of the CMC’s ‘Inclusivity Now’ content series, this panel explores how a range of industry practitioners have achieved success in inclusive portrayal and asks what and how much more can be done.

Watch here:

Recent ONS statistics on ‘Families and households in the UK: 2022′ reveal a significant change in the diversity of family backgrounds and makeups over the last 10 years. Why then does very little of this diversity get translated onto the screen, into books or games? In this video for the CMC Inc...

07/04/2024

Our 9 Story team is gearing up for next week’s Children’s Media Conference! Here is where you’ll find us:

📣 See Alix Wiseman, SVP of Distribution & Acquisitions, on the International Co-productions: Collaborative Routes to Market session. July 10, 5pm - 6pm BST, Showroom Cinema 4.

🍌 Find Tim Bain, Creator of ‘Let’s Go, Bananas!’ on the must-see panel, ‘Inclusivity Now: Beyond Box Ticking.’ July 11, 2024, 2pm - 3pm BST, Showroom Cinema 2.

👋 Catch our VP of Distribution, EMEA Joss Duffield at the International Exchange.

If you are involved in content for kids, you won’t want to miss out. CMC runs from July 9-11.

See full details here:
https://www.thechildrensmediaconference.com/

06/29/2024

Flashback to our Pride celebration in our Toronto Studio this week! Our social committee did a fantastic job curating a lovely event filled with rainbow cake, bubbly and Pride themed beats! 🥂

06/28/2024

Our FAST channel universe continues to expand… this time with 100% more lasagna! 😺

We’re delighted to share that the ‘9 Story Presents: Garfield and Friends Channel’ is now live on Sling Freestream. The new FAST channel consists of all seven seasons of ‘Garfield and Friends.’

Details:

We’re delighted to share that the 9 Story Presents: Garfield and Friends Channel is now live on Sling Freestream. Announced this week by our partners at Cineverse, the innovative streaming technology and entertainment...