PorchLight Entertainment
American animation and live-action studio
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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.
William T. Baumann
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| Industry | Film production Animation Television production Live-action |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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]