Tag "Kevin Gillis"

Skyreader Launches New Self-Publishing Platform

November 15, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Skyreader Media, the Toronto-based children’s app developer has introduced Skyreader Studio, its new proprietary self-publishing platform in open beta. The Studio is expected to officially launch in the first quarter of next year. Skyreader’s new platform is billed as the first to offer a complete set of the self-publishing tools [...]

9 Story Picks Up Skywriter’s ‘Camp Lakebottom’

February 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Toronto’s 9 Story Entertainment has acquired Skywriter Media’s animated series Camp Lakebottom ( produced for Teletoon Canada) and Vivi (a co-pro with Brazil’s Mixer for TVO). 9 Story Entertainment will take over the production and distribution of the two series. “Camp Lakebottom and Vivi are a great fit for the [...]

Skyreader’s ‘Giant Trouble’ Hits App Store

August 3, 2011 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Skyreader Media, the eReading division of Canada’s Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group revealed it’s latest eBook, Giant Trouble, is now available for Apple’s iPad, as CEO Kevin Gillis announced. The story follows Finn McCool, the biggest giant in Ireland, and his wife Oona who saves Finn from Cucullin, the toughest [...]

Skywriter, Roddenberry Develop ‘Gene’s Journal’ Toon Series

July 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group and Roddenberry Entertainment are developing an animated children’s comedy series called Gene’s Journal, based on the web comic created by Trevor Roth and illustrated by cartoonist David Reddick. A chronicle of legendary science-fiction icon and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s adolescent years, Gene’s Journal will [...]

Skywriter Launches Skyreader Platform for E-readers

May 24, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Skyreader Media, a recently established division of Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group, announces the launch of its Skyreader platform for quickly turning books and other intellectual properties into interactive eBook apps for the iPhone, iPad and other emerging tablet devices. Created to deliver Skywriter’s library of TV properties and more [...]