What is Breakthrough Entertainment?
{{nosources|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Breakthrough Entertainment | type = | traded_as = | industry = Animation | genre = | founded = {{Start date and age|1986}} in [[Canada]] | founder = Peter Williamson<br />Ira Levy | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Toronto]] | hq_location_country = [[Canada]] | key_people = Peter Williamson (President)<br />Ira Levy (CEO) | products = | brands = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | services = | website = {{URL|https://www.breakthroughentertainment.com/}} }} '''Breakthrough Entertainment''' is a Canadian [[production company]]. It was founded in 1986 by Peter Williamson and Ira Levy. It produces famous Canadian TV shows such as [[Think Big]] ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' ''[[My Big Big Friend]]'', ''[[Jay Jay the Jet Plane]]'', ''[[Max & Ruby]]'', ''[[Barney & Friends Star Again]]'', ''[[Baby Einstein Comes to Physical]]'', ''[[Baby Einstein (TV series)|Baby Einstein]]'', ''[[The Wiggles Space Dancing (TV series)|The Wiggles Space Dancing]]'', ''[[Wide-Eye]]'', and ''[[Atomic Betty]]''. On July 10, 2018, 9 Story Media Group acquired Breakthrough Entertainment's kids and family library and development slate. In 2022, due to a shareholder dispute and disruption in production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Breakthrough Film & Television and all of its affiliated entities filed a Notice of Intention to make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, hiring Dodick & Associates as the Trustee Somewhere in 2023, Breakthrough Entertainment was acquired by Shadow Pines Studios. This means that employees at the company would shift to new positions at Shadow Pines Studios, and that they also manage Breakthrough's existing catalogue. == Information == Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Breakthrough Entertainment produces a variety of programming, including primetime comedy and drama series, factual entertainment, documentaries, television movies, feature films, family entertainment and children's animatio