Silvergate Media

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Silvergate Media Holdings Limited
IndustryEntertainment
GenreChildren's programmes
Predecessor Chorion
FoundedOctober 4, 2011;11 years ago (2011-10-04)
Founder Waheed Alli
Elizabeth Dampier
Headquarters New York City, New York, U.S.
London, England
Key people
Production output
Television production
Brands
Services Licensing
Parent Sony Pictures Television
Website www.silvergatemedia.com

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 and was acquired by Sony Pictures Television in 2019.

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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]

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]

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