Jam Filled Entertainment

Jam Filled Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario with additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax and is a division of Boat Rocker Media. It is best known for animating Thomas & Friends between 2013 and 2021 and Nicktoons such as The Loud House, and its spinoff The Casagrandes.

Jam Filled Entertainment
FormerlyJam Filled Toronto:
  • Dan Krech Productions (1985–2000)
  • DKP Effects (2000–2004)
  • DKP Studios (2004–2006)
  • Starz Animation (2006–2011)
  • Arc Productions (2011–2016)
Industry
Founded2007 (2007)
Headquarters65 Auriga Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
OwnerBoat Rocker Media
DivisionsJam Filled Toronto
Jam Filled Halifax
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Jam Filled Entertainment was founded in Manotick in 2007 by Kyle MacDougall, Phil Lafrance, and Jamie Leclaire. In January 2011, Jam Filled moved to a new location in Ottawa. On August 3, 2016, Boat Rocker Media acquired Jam Filled Entertainment.[1] On August 22, Jam Filled purchased the assets of Arc Productions, allowing them to expand into creating CGI animation in Toronto. Jam Filled opened a 10,000 square feet studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the fall of 2019 to work on more 2D animation projects.[2]

Jam Filled Toronto

The Toronto branch of Jam Filled Entertainment was originally established as Dan Krech Productions on June 24, 1985, as one of the first visual effects companies in Toronto. In 1987, DKP became the first company in Canada to have an in-house digital suite. DKP had produced visual effects and animation for over 2,000 commercials and long-form projects by 2000, many of them for U.S. companies. DKP moved to a new facility on Queen Street East in March 2001. American telecommunications company IDT Corporation acquired DKP Effects on March 16, 2004,[3] leading to the company being renamed DKP Studios.

On 26 May 2006, Liberty Media bought IDT Entertainment from IDT, including Anchor Bay Entertainment and Film Roman, and merged it with the Starz cable network to form Starz Media.[4] Under its new management in 2007, the studio began a "Starz Shortz" program which has produced Bundle of Joy, Enter the Sandbox, Ormie and Lovebirds.[5] In 2007, Starz Animation took over animating Shane Acker's feature 9 from Attitude Studio, Luxembourg.[6] In 2010, the studio opened a major VFX wing to create all the effects for the new Starz Channel/Graham King Productions miniseries, Camelot, Alcon Entertainment's Dolphin Tale, and producer Avi Arad's family feature, Robosapien: Rebooted.

In April 2011, Liberty Starz sold Starz Animation to a Canadian consortium, and it was renamed Arc Productions. Under the new owner, the studio was planning to do more proprietary production.[7][8][9][10]

On August 1, 2016, Arc Productions announced that they were closing down the studio because they were filing for bankruptcy and locked out over 500 employees after telling them there was a payroll glitch and no one had been paid.[11] On August 10, 2016, following Arc's closure, Jam Filled Entertainment entered an agreement to acquire Arc Productions' assets in which they call "substantially all of the business".[12] Jam Filled Entertainment also acquired 248 of Arc's former employees. Later on August 22, 2016, Arc Productions was reopened as Jam Filled Entertainment's Toronto facility.[13]

In 2020, Jam Filled announced that they would no longer animate episodes of the original Thomas & Friends series after the 24th and final series, with Nelvana taking over for the 2D-animated reboot series, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Productions

Jam Filled Entertainment
Title Year(s) Notes Client
Almost Naked Animals2011–139 Story Entertainment
Crash CanyonBreakthrough Entertainment
Camp Lakebottom2013–14Season 19 Story Entertainment
The Day My Butt Went Psycho!2014–15Season 1 Episode 20; Season 2Nelvana
Studio Moshi
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program2013–18"The Loud House", "Off the Shelf", "My Friend Pancake", "Robo Wonder Kid", and "Fur-Ever Family"Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Numb Chucks2014–169 Story Media Group
The Loud House2016–presentAnimation servicesNickelodeon Animation Studio
Thomas & Friends2016–21Series 20–24; continued from Arc ProductionsHiT Entertainment
The Bagel and Becky Show2016–17Radical Sheep Productions
Rusty Rivets2016–20continued from Arc ProductionsSpin Master Entertainment
WellieWishers2017Season 2Mattel Creations
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
Kody KapowZodiak Kids
The Great Northern Candy DropBoat Rocker Media
Final Space2018–21Animation services; seasons 1–3ShadowMachine
Pinky Malinky2019Nickelodeon Animation Studio
DC Super Hero Girls2019–20season 1 and shortsWarner Bros. Animation
The Polos2019Boat Rocker Media
Bubble Guppies2019–23seasons 5–6Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Casagrandes2019–22Animation services
Kingdom Force2019–20Boat Rocker Media
Dino Ranch2021–present
The Snow Ball2021short film
A Tale Dark & GrimmBoat Rocker Media
Netflix Animation
Inside Job2021–22Animation servicesNetflix Animation
Nickelodeon Intergalactic Shorts Program2022"Rock Paper Scissors"Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Reindeer in Here2022CBS Eye Animation Productions
We Lost Our Human2023Netflix Animation
Rubble & Crew2023–presentSpin Master Entertainment
Clone HighAnimation services; season 2 and onwardsShadowMachine
MTV Entertainment Studios
Vida the Vet2023Spin Master Entertainment

Jam Filled Toronto

Formerly known as Dan Krech Productions, DKP Effects, DKP Studios (IDT Entertainment), Starz Animation, and Arc Productions.

Dan Krech Productions

DKP Effects

DKP Studios

Starz Animation

Logo of Starz Animation

Arc Productions

Logo of Arc Productions

References
  1. "Boat Rocker Media Acquires Jam Filled Entertainment". Boat Rocker Media. August 3, 2016.
  2. "JAM FILLED IS DROPPING ANCHOR IN HALIFAX!". Jam Filled Entertainment. September 23, 2019.
  3. "DKP acquired by U.S. animator". Playback Magazine. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  4. "Liberty Media to acquire IDT Entertainment". IDT. May 16, 2006. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  5. Lacey, Liam (March 24, 2011). "Animation company aims for 3D without nausea and headaches". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  6. "New Starz studio busy on Burton's 9". Playback Magazine. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  7. Vlessing, Etan (April 13, 2011). "Starz Animation Studio Renamed Arc Productions". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  8. DeMott, Rick (13 April 2011). "Starz Animation Toronto Rebrands as Arc Productions". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. Arrant, Chris (13 April 2011). "Starz Animation Toronto rebrands as Arc Productions Animation & Visual Effects". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. Vlessing, Etan (14 April 2011). "Starz Animation Toronto rebrands as Arc Productions". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  11. Valiquette, Mike (August 1, 2016). "BREAKING NEWS: Arc Productions Files for Bankruptcy". Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  12. "Jam Filled looks to acquire Arc Productions assets".
  13. Wolfe, Jennifer (August 22, 2016). "Jam Filled Entertainment Acquires Arc Productions". Animation World Network. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  14. Vlessing, Etan (June 6, 2011). "Arc To Animate 3D TV For Platinum and Endemol". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
  15. "Arc to Provide Visual Effects for 'Halo 4'". Animation World Network.
  16. "Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload". IMDb.
  17. Zahed, Ramin (February 6, 2012). "Arc is on Board HIT's 'Thomas & Friends'". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  18. "King of the Railway (Thomas and Friends)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  19. Strom, Marc (November 12, 2015). "TV ULTRON CRASHES THE PARTY IN FIRST 'LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES: AVENGERS REASSEMBLED!' CLIP". Marvel. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
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