Sony Pictures Television Kids

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Silvergate Media Limited
Formerly called
 Silvergate Media Holdings Limited (2011–2022)
Division
Industry Entertainment
Genre Children's programmes
Predecessors Chorion
Founded October 4, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-04)
Founders Waheed Alli
Elizabeth Dampier
William Astor
Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S.
London, England
Key people
 Joe D'Ambrosia (EVP & GM)
Kurt Mueller (EVP)
Brands
Production output
 Television production
Services Licensing
Parent Sony Pictures Television (2019–present)
Website www.sonypicturestelevision-kids.com

Silvergate Media Limited, operating as Sony Pictures Television – Kids (formerly known as Silvergate Media), is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London.[1] The company was founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli, Elizabeth Dampier and William Astor and was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in 2019.

History

Silvergate Media was created in 2011 as part of a management buyout, when Alli purchased the rights to Octonauts and The World of Beatrix Potter from Chorion, a company he was previously chair of.[2]

In 2016, Netflix and Silvergate agreed to a three-year multi-territory deal for Octonauts, Silvergate's series about underwater explorers.[3]

The company signed a deal with Netflix, in collaboration with Mercury Filmworks to produce Hilda, an animated television adaptation of comic Hilda by Luke Pearson. Season 1 was released on September 21, 2018.[4] Season 2 was released on December 14, 2020. The series is available in 130 countries.[5]

Silvergate also produced Sunny Day for Nickelodeon, which started airing on August 21, 2017.[6]

In 2016, the investment fund Shamrock Capital Advisors acquired a 51% equity of the company,[7] with the valuation reported to be "between £70 and £80 million".[8]

File:Silvergate Media logo.svg
Logo used until 2022

On December 10, 2019, Sony Pictures Television announced that it would acquire Silvergate Media for US$195 million. The deal marks SPT's first in-house studio devoted primarily to children's animation since Sony Pictures Animation's diversification into television.[9]

In February 2022, former Disney Junior Senior Vice President of original programming and Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group executive Joe D'Ambrosia was named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Silvergate Media, succeeding co-founder Waheed Alli, who stepped down as CEO the following summer.[10]

In November 2022, Silvergate Media's trading name was changed to Sony Pictures Television – Kids,[11] although the company name was not changed.[12]

Filmography

Television series

Title Seasons First aired Last aired Network Co-production with Notes
Octonauts 5 2012 present CBeebies Brown Bag Films (2012–2018) and Mainframe Studios (2020–2023) Continued from Chorion
Peter Rabbit 2 2016 CBeebies
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr. Channel
RTÉjr		 Brown Bag Films and Penguin Books Rights held by Paramount in North America and India[13]
Sunny Day 2 2017 2020 Nickelodeon (2017–2019)
Nick Jr. Channel (2017–2019)
Amazon Prime Video (2020)		 Pipeline Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio Rights held by Paramount
Hilda 3 2018 2023 Netflix Mercury Filmworks, Nobrow Press (2018), Atomic Cartoons (2018) and Flying Eye Books (2020–2023)
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt 4 2020 Brown Bag Films
Made by Maddie N/A 2020 (planned) Nick Jr. Channel Mainframe Studios Unaired[14][15]
Octonauts: Above & Beyond 4 2021 present Netflix
The Creature Cases 3 2022 TeamTO and Tencent Video Productions
SuperKitties 1 2023 Disney Junior N/A Rights held by Disney[16][17]
In development
¡Vamos! N/A TBA TBA TBA Big Sea Entertainment and Versify [18]
Bewitched TBA [19]
The Partridge Family
Stuart Little [20]
Wheel of Fortune Sony Pictures Television Game Show
Sharks on Wheels TBA
Hotel Whiskers
The Powers Sow You Entertainment
Slayer Family Band TBA
Messi and the Giants Messi, Sony Music Entertainment and Atlantis Animation [21]
Untitled series Claire's [22]

Feature film

Title Released Network Co-production with
Hilda and the Mountain King 2021 Netflix Mercury Filmworks and Nobrow Press

See also

References

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External links

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