{{Short description|Animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Infobox company | logo = | industry = Animation | founders = John Rice<br>Alan Shannon<br>Mark Cumberton | founded = 2002 | divisions = JAM Media Dublin<br>JAM Media Belfast | website = {{url|http://www.jammedia.com/}} }}
'''JAM Media''' is an Irish animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland with production facilities in Belfast.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=JAM Media opens a service division |url=https://kidscreen.com/2024/01/03/jam-media-opens-a-service-division/ |access-date=2024-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-03-13 |title=Jam Media set to create up to 40 new jobs in Belfast |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21766953 |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> They are best known for creating the children's television series Roy (TV series) for CBBC, and Becca's Bunch for Nick Jr.
== History == Jam was founded in 2002 by animator friends Mark Cumberton, John Rice and Alan Shannon in Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JAM Media |url=https://animationireland.com/studios/jam-media/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Animation Ireland |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-04-18 |title=Spreading the Jam . . . kids' TV goes global |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/spreading-the-jam-kids-tv-goes-global/26390114.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref>
In 2013 they opened a second studio in Belfast, Northern Ireland<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-03-13 |title=Jam Media set to create up to 40 new jobs in Belfast |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21766953 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> to help produce their own shows. In 2024 the Belfast studio also became the base of their services division, offering animation services to third parties.<ref name=":0" />
== Productions ==
=== Animated Series === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:75%; table-layout: fixed" ! style="width:20%;" | Show ! style="width:8%;" | Year(s) ! style="width:17%;" | Co-production with ! style="width:25%;" | Network(s) ! style="width:30%;" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | ''Pic Me''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-04-18 |title=Jam Media sells PICME rights to MTV Networks |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2006/0418/75276-jammedia/ |website=RTÉ.ie }}</ref>|| 2005-12 || || RTÉ News || 104 episodes x 5mins |- |''Funky Fables'' || 2008-09 || Boulder Media || CBBC || 26 episodes x 11mins |- |''Roy (TV series)'' || 2009-15 || || CBBC, RTÉ, ABC3|| 4 Seasons, 52 episodes x 28mins, BAFTA Award winning series<ref>{{Cite web |title=2012 Children's Drama {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2012/childrens/drama |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref> |- |''Baby Jake'' || 2011 || Darrall Macqueen || Cbeebies || 52 episodes x 11mins |- |''Tilly and Friends'' || 2012|| Walker Books || Cbeebies || 52 episodes x 11mins |- | ''The Roy Files'' || 2015 || ||RTÉ, CBBC, ABC Me || 15 episodes x 15mins, |- | ''Zig and Zag (TV series)'' || 2016 || Double Z Enterprises, Flickerpix || CBBC, RTÉjr || 26 episodes x 11mins, 22 shorts x 4mins |- | ''Little Roy (TV series)'' || 2016 || || CBBC, CBeebies, RTÉ || 52 episodes x 11mins |- | ''Becca's Bunch'' || 2018 || ||Nick Jr || 52 episodes x 11mins |- | ''Jessy and Nessy'' || 2020 || || Amazon Prime || 40 episodes x 11mins |- | ''Nova Jones'' <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-14 |title=Meet the galaxy's newest superstar! |url=https://www.rte.ie/learn/2021/0914/1246676-nova-jones/ |website=RTÉ.ie}}</ref>|| 2021 || || CBBC || 30 episodes x 24mins
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=== Feature Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:75%; table-layout: fixed" !Film name !Year !Co-production with !Notes |- |A Greyhound of a Girl<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Greyhound of a Girl by italian director Enzo D'Alò at Berlinale - Animation World |url=https://www.animationworld.net/indexamp.php?what=news&id=6639 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.animationworld.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-08 |title=Irish animation film to screen at Berlin Film Festival |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0208/1354471-irish-animation-film-to-screen-at-berlin-film-festival/ |website=RTÉ.ie}}</ref> |2023 |Fabrique d'images |An animated adaption of the book written by Roddy Doyle |}
=== Short films === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto style="width:75%; table-layout: fixed" |+ !Short Film Name !Year !Co-production with !Notes |- |Badly Drawn Roy<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=Watch: Badly Drawn Roy - the short film that inspired the TV show |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0324/1125016-watch-badly-drawn-roy-the-short-film-that-inspired-the-tv-show/ |website=RTÉ.ie}}</ref> |2006 | | |- |The Wiremen<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Wiremen |url=https://www.screenireland.ie/directory/view/9054/the-wiremen |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Screen Ireland |language=en}}</ref> |2018 | |Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018 |- |Featherweight |2019 | | |- |The Voyage | | | |- |Candlelight | | | |- |Worry World |2024 | |Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024 |}
== References ==
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Category:Irish animation studios Category:2002 establishments in Ireland