# JAM Media
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{{Short description|Animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Infobox company
| logo =
| industry = Animation
| founders = John Rice
Alan Shannon
Mark Cumberton
| founded = 2002
| divisions = JAM Media Dublin
JAM Media Belfast
| website = {{url|http://www.jammedia.com/}}
}}
'''JAM Media''' is an Irish [animation studio](/source/animation_studio) based in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) with production facilities in [Belfast](/source/Belfast).[{{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}}][{{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}}] They are best known for creating the children's television series [Roy (TV series)](/source/Roy_(TV_series)) for [CBBC](/source/CBBC), and [Becca's Bunch](/source/Becca's_Bunch) for [Nick Jr.](/source/Nick_Jr.)
== History ==
Jam was founded in 2002 by animator friends Mark Cumberton, John Rice and Alan Shannon in Dublin.[{{Cite web |title=JAM Media |url=https://animationireland.com/studios/jam-media/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Animation Ireland |language=en-GB}}][{{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}}]
In 2013 they opened a second studio in Belfast, [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland)[{{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}}] 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.[{{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](/source/RT%C3%89.ie) }}]|| 2005-12 || || [RTÉ News](/source/RT%C3%89_News) || 104 episodes x 5mins
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|''Funky Fables'' || 2008-09 || [Boulder Media](/source/Boulder_Media) || [CBBC](/source/CBBC) || 26 episodes x 11mins
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|''[Roy (TV series)](/source/Roy_(TV_series))'' || 2009-15 || || [CBBC](/source/CBBC), [RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89), [ABC3](/source/ABC3)|| 4 Seasons, 52 episodes x 28mins, BAFTA Award winning series[{{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}}]
|-
|''[Baby Jake](/source/Baby_Jake)'' || 2011 || [Darrall Macqueen](/source/Darrall_Macqueen) || [Cbeebies](/source/Cbeebies) || 52 episodes x 11mins
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|''Tilly and Friends'' || 2012|| [Walker Books](/source/Walker_Books) || [Cbeebies](/source/Cbeebies) || 52 episodes x 11mins
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| ''[The Roy Files](/source/The_Roy_Files)'' || 2015 || ||[RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89), [CBBC](/source/CBBC), [ABC Me](/source/ABC_Me) || 15 episodes x 15mins,
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| ''[Zig and Zag (TV series)](/source/Zig_and_Zag_(TV_series))'' || 2016 || Double Z Enterprises, [Flickerpix](/source/Flickerpix) || [CBBC](/source/CBBC), [RTÉjr](/source/RT%C3%89jr) || 26 episodes x 11mins, 22 shorts x 4mins
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| ''[Little Roy (TV series)](/source/Little_Roy_(TV_series))'' || 2016 || || [CBBC](/source/CBBC), [CBeebies](/source/CBeebies), [RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89) || 52 episodes x 11mins
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| ''[Becca's Bunch](/source/Becca's_Bunch)'' || 2018 || ||[Nick Jr](/source/Nick_Jr) || 52 episodes x 11mins
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| ''Jessy and Nessy'' || 2020 || || [Amazon Prime](/source/Amazon_Prime) || 40 episodes x 11mins
|-
| ''[Nova Jones](/source/Nova_Jones)'' [{{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](/source/RT%C3%89.ie)}}]|| 2021 || || [CBBC](/source/CBBC) || 30 episodes x 24mins
|}
=== 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](/source/A_Greyhound_of_a_Girl)[{{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}}][{{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](/source/RT%C3%89.ie)}}]
|2023
|Fabrique d'images
|An animated adaption of the book written by [Roddy Doyle](/source/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[{{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](/source/RT%C3%89.ie)}}]
|2006
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|The Wiremen[{{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}}]
|2018
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|Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018
|-
|Featherweight
|2019
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|The Voyage
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|Candlelight
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|Worry World
|2024
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|Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
Category:Irish animation studios
Category:2002 establishments in Ireland
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