Marblemedia
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Founded in 2001 by Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg, Toronto-based marblemedia is a content creation company at the forefront of television and new media production, devoted to telling stories that entertain and engage audiences across all platforms. marblemedia was named Company of the Year by the Canadian New Media Awards in 2008, and was recognized by the The Hollywood Reporter as a Next Generation Content Producer in 2009. Notable marblemedia projects include: the teen competition series The Adrenaline Project
The Adrenaline Project
The Adrenaline Project is a Canadian extreme sports reality TV show. Season one premiered September 29, 2007 on YTV's Get Real! at 7:00 p.m. ET, and on FOX's 4Kids TV at 8:00 a.m. ET...

; the hit preschool series, This is Daniel Cook
This is Daniel Cook
This is Daniel Cook is a children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN...

and This is Emily Yeung
This is Emily Yeung
This is Emily Yeung is a 2006 Canadian children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and is the follow-up to their previous award-winning series, This is Daniel Cook.This...

; the first television series and website in American Sign Language, deafplanet
Deafplanet
deafplanet is a Canadian television series for children in American Sign Language . It was created by marblemedia in collaboration with TVOntario and the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf...

.com; the mobile short film anthology The Art of Seduction; The Dating Guy, a hooked-up animated comedy about the single life of twenty-somethings in the city; and Skatoony
Skatoony
Skatoony is a children's quiz show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The show used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK. It is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' and 'The Earl' .-History:...

, North America’s first animated/live-action quiz show adventure that pits tweens and toons against each other in four frantic, trivia-based rounds and Taste Buds, a kids cooking and food adventure series, for which marblemedia was recently awarded a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 in the category of "Best Cross-Platform Project - Children's and Youth." Upcoming projects for the independent producers include: Splatalot and Namethis.ca.

History

Founded in 2001 by Ryerson University
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...

 graduates Mark Bishop and Matt Hornburg (who are still the executive producers/partners of the company), marblemedia created one of the company's first productions, deafplanet.com, "the first television series and Web site in American Sign Language".

Projects

  • A Pairing of SwanS
  • The Adrenaline Project
    The Adrenaline Project
    The Adrenaline Project is a Canadian extreme sports reality TV show. Season one premiered September 29, 2007 on YTV's Get Real! at 7:00 p.m. ET, and on FOX's 4Kids TV at 8:00 a.m. ET...

  • The Art of Seduction
  • Burnt Toast
  • The Dating Guy
  • Deafplanet
    Deafplanet
    deafplanet is a Canadian television series for children in American Sign Language . It was created by marblemedia in collaboration with TVOntario and the Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf...

    .com
  • Skatoony
    Skatoony
    Skatoony is a children's quiz show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The show used to air on Cartoon Network in the UK. It is hosted by 'Chudd Chudders' and 'The Earl' .-History:...

     (North American Version)
  • Taste Buds
  • This is Daniel Cook
    This is Daniel Cook
    This is Daniel Cook is a children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and TVO, and is shown in Canada on Treehouse TV, TVOkids, Access, Knowledge Network, and SCN...

  • This is Emily Yeung
    This is Emily Yeung
    This is Emily Yeung is a 2006 Canadian children's television series created by J.J. Johnson and Blair Powers and produced by Toronto's marblemedia and Sinking Ship Productions in association with Treehouse TV and is the follow-up to their previous award-winning series, This is Daniel Cook.This...

  • Toothpaste
  • Splatalot
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