marblemedia

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 hit preschool series, This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung; the first television series and website in American Sign Language, deafplanet.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, 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 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 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 Art of Seduction
• Burnt Toast
• The Dating Guy
• Deafplanet.com
• Skatoony (North American Version)
• Taste Buds
• This is Daniel Cook
• This is Emily Yeung
• Toothpaste
• Splatalot

External links

• Official site
• Marblemedia at the Internet Movie Database

References

• "Taste Buds Cooks Up a Scrumptious Second Season". Channel Canada. January 24, 2009. http://www.channelcanada.com/Article2633.html/. Retrieved 2009-01-24. ^{[dead link]}
• "The Adrenaline Project winners off to Florida". TV, eh?. September 18, 2008. http://www.tv-eh.com/2008/09/18/the-adrenaline-project-winners-off-to-florida/. Retrieved 2008-09-18. 
• "Skatoony comes to Canada". Media in Canada. February 9, 2009. http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20090209/skatoony.html/. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
• "Byte Club Tours marblemedia". Byte Club - Canada's Online Broadcast Network. January 21, 2009. http://www.lifeforcetv.com/byteclub/episode/ep16marblemedia/. Retrieved 2009-01-21. ^{[dead link]}
• "marblemedia And Corus Entertainment Award Ryerson University Student With Innovative Storytellers Award". Profectio. November 8, 2008. http://profectio.com/marblemedia-and-corus-entertainment-award-ryerson-university-student-with-innovative-storytellers-award/. Retrieved 2008-11-08.