Portfolio Entertainment

Portfolio Entertainment Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
FounderLisa Olfman
Joy Rosen
Headquarters901 King Street West,
Suite 301 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3H5
,
Canada[1]
Key people
Lisa Olfman (CEO)
Sonya Roberts (director)
Parent9 Story Media Group (2024–present)[2]
DivisionsPortfolio Animation
Websiteportfolioentertainment.com

Portfolio Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian animation studio and television production & distribution company owned by 9 Story Media Group.[3] It was founded in 1991 by Lisa Olfman and Joy Rosen with a focus on children's programming, later expanding into primetime and movie production.[4] The company distributes television programming internationally to more than 90 countries,[5][6] with about four-fifths of its catalogue being in-house productions.[7]

Since February 5, 2024, 9 Story has owned Portfolio Entertainment. Portfolio CEO Lisa Olfman became an executive producer at 9 Story, where she will report to Vince Commisso (CEO and president of 9 Story).[8]

  1. ^ "Portfolio Entertainment". Portfolio Entertainment. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Layton, Mark (2024-02-05). "9 Story Media acquires Toronto-based producer & distributor Portfolio Entertainment". TBI Vision. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  3. ^ "Portfolio Entertainment". Portfolioentertainment.com. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  4. ^ Joy Rosen (2002-09-30). "Switching gears to succeed » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  5. ^ Susanne Baillie || December 10, 2003 (2003-12-10). "Secrets of an entertainment exporter". PROFITguide.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ EDC webmaster (2004-06-20). "Export Development Canada (EDC) - ExportWise (Spring 2004) - From Roaches to Riches". Archived from the original on June 20, 2004. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  7. ^ "WorldScreen.com - TV Kids - Articles". www.worldscreen.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "9 Story Media Group Acquires Portfolio Entertainment's Library, Production Slate, and Development Projects". Portfolio Entertainment. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.