Jam Filled Entertainment is a Canadian animation studio based in Ottawa, Ontario (with additional facilities in Toronto and Halifax), and a subsidiary of Boat Rocker Media.

The company is known for animating several Nicktoons series such as The Loud House and its spin-off The Casagrandes, and Pinky Malinky, as well as the Cartoon Network series DC Super Hero Girls and Final Space. Its Toronto studio, formerly known as Arc Productions and Starz Animation, has worked on CGI films and series such as Chop Socky Chooks, Gnomeo & Juliet, Thomas & Friends, and VeggieTales.

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, with the company maintaining its management as a subsidiary.[1][2] On August 22, Jam Filled then acquired the assets of Toronto-based Arc Productions out of receivership, reopening the studio as a subsidiary to expand the company into 3D animation.[3][4][5]

In September 2019, Jam Filled announced the opening of a new 10,000 square foot studio in Halifax, dedicated to 2D animation projects.[6]

On March 24, 2025, Blue Ant Media announced that it would acquire Jam Filled from Boat Rocker as part of a reverse takeover arrangement.[7][8]

Filmography

Jam Filled Entertainment

Television series

Title Year(s) Notes Client
Almost Naked Animals 2011–13 9 Story Entertainment
Crash Canyon Breakthrough Entertainment
Camp Lakebottom 2013–14 pre-production to rough-cut; season 1 9 Story Entertainment
The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 2014–15 season 1 episode 20; season 2 Nelvana
Studio Moshi
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program 2013–18 "The Loud House", "Off the Shelf", "My Friend Pancake", "Robo Wonder Kid", and "Fur-Ever Family" Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Numb Chucks 2014–16 9 Story Media Group
The Loud House 2016–present animation services Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Thomas & Friends 2016–21 series 20–24; continued from Arc Productions HiT Entertainment
The Bagel and Becky Show 2016–17 pre-production to rough-cut Radical Sheep Productions
Rusty Rivets 2016–20 continued from Arc Productions Spin Master Entertainment
WellieWishers 2017 season 2 Mattel Creations
Kody Kapow Zodiak Kids
Final Space 2018–21 animation services; seasons 1–3 ShadowMachine
Pinky Malinky 2019 Nickelodeon Animation Studio
DC Super Hero Girls 2019–20 season 1 and shorts Warner Bros. Animation
The Polos 2019 Boat Rocker Media
Bubble Guppies 2019–23 seasons 5–6 Nickelodeon Animation Studio
The Casagrandes 2019–22 animation services
Kingdom Force 2019–20 Boat Rocker Media
Dino Ranch 2021–present
The Snow Ball 2021 short film
A Tale Dark & Grimm Boat Rocker Media
Netflix Animation
Inside Job 2021–22 animation services Netflix Animation
What If...? 2021 additional effects for season 2; "What If... Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?" Marvel Studios Animation
Nickelodeon Intergalactic Shorts Program 2022 "Rock Paper Scissors", "Wylde Pak" Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Reindeer in Here CBS Eye Animation Productions
We Lost Our Human 2023 Netflix Animation
Rubble & Crew 2023–present Spin Master Entertainment
Clone High 2023–24 animation services; season 2–3 ShadowMachine
MTV Entertainment Studios
Praise Petey[9] 2023 Animation services 20th Television Animation
Vida the Vet 2024–present Spin Master Entertainment
X-Men '97 2024 additional effects for 2 episodes; "Tolerance Is Extinction: Part 2", "Tolerance Is Extinction: Part 3" Marvel Studios Animation
Exploding Kittens Animation services; post-production Bandera Entertainment
Chernin Entertainment
Wylde Pak 2025–present animation services Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Films

Title Year(s) Notes Client
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor 2017 Mattel Creations
The Great Northern Candy Drop Boat Rocker Media
Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures! 2018 Mattel Creations
No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie 2024 animation services Nickelodeon Animation Studio

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,[10] leading to the company being renamed DKP Studios.

On May 26, 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.[11] 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.[12] In 2007, Starz Animation took over animating Shane Acker's feature 9 from Attitude Studio, Luxembourg.[13] 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.[14][15][16][17]

On July 29, 2016,[18] Arc Productions entered receivership and closed down its studio, locking out 500 employees after telling them there was a payroll glitch and no one had been paid. At the time of closure, Arc had been working on the film Blazing Samurai.[19] On August 22, 2016, Jam Filled Entertainment completed an acquisition of the company out of receivership, inheriting its Toronto facility and some of its staff.[4][5]

Dan Krech Productions

DKP Effects

DKP Studios

Starz Animation

Logo of Starz Animation

Arc Productions

Logo of Arc Productions

References

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