Nelvana
Canadian animation studio and entertainment company
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| July 2024 | Nelvana underwent significant restructuring due to budget cuts at Corus Entertainment, including elimination of key positions like VP Athena Georgaklis, pausing all new project development, and selling its software subsidiary Toon Boom Animation to Integrated Media Company for $111 million to help pay down corporate debt. |
| October 2020 | Nelvana co-produced Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go with Mattel Television, creating the franchise's first 2D-animated television series. |
| October 2020 | Nelvana entered an agreement with Duncan Studio to produce animated feature films, with the first project being a film adaptation of Ryan Andrews' novel This Was Our Pact, co-produced by Peter Dinklage through Estuary Films. |
| 2019 | Nelvana launched its first short film, The Most Magnificent Thing, and Scott Dyer announced his retirement, with Pam Westman named as his replacement. |
| 2018 | Nelvana appointed Cinedigm as their new U.S. home video partner and relaunched Bakugan with Bakugan: Battle Planet, a multi-studio co-production. |
| October 2017 | Nelvana announced a joint venture with Discovery Communications to create children's content for Canada, Latin America, and worldwide, later named 'redknot'. |
| 2016 | Nelvana Retro was renamed 'YTV Direct' and began incorporating non-Nelvana content like Nickelodeon shows. |
| October 19 2016 | Nelvana redesigned their logo to mark the studio's 45th anniversary and participate in Corus' brand refresh, symbolizing a strategic shift towards creator-driven projects and international co-productions. |
| 2015 | Scott Dyer was named president of Nelvana after John Murphy became CEO of Corus Entertainment. |
| April 29 2015 | Nelvana launched a YouTube channel promoted by YTV as Nelvana Retro, which would later undergo name changes. |
| February 5 2013 | Nelvana launched the Treehouse Direct channel on YouTube, expanding their digital content distribution. |
| 2012 | Corus Entertainment acquired Toon Boom, an animation software developer that Nelvana would subsequently use for all internal 2D productions. |
| 2011 | Detentionaire production began, a series created for Teletoon that would run until 2015 and be internationally distributed. |
| 2011 | Mike the Knight debuted, a co-production with HIT Entertainment aired on Treehouse TV and CBeebies. |
| 2010 | Nelvana co-produced Beyblade: Metal Fusion, a global anime series that ran for 167 episodes and inspired sub-franchises including BeyWheelz, BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz, and BeyWarriors: Cyborg. |
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