PorchLight Ent. has promoted Gary Jones to president of PorchLight Home Entertainment (PHE). The appointment will serve the company’s focus on growing into the home entertainment marketplace. PorchLight is known primarily for producing such animated series as Tutenstein Discovery Kids, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane and Adventures From The Book of Virtues for PBS.
Jones joined PorchLight as a senior VP in early 2007 and spearheaded the launch of a home entertainment label for the company. Overseeing acquisitions, sales, marketing and operations, Jones has built the PHE label from the ground up. Prior to joining the PorchLight team, the home entertainment industry veteran held executive posts at New Concorde, Trimark and Republic Pictures.
During its first year of operation, PHE met success with such award-winning titles as LeapFrogs: A Tad of Christmas Cheer, the Wheels on the Bus series, the Travel With Kids series and the FARMkids series. Upcoming releases include sets of episodes of the animated shows Loopdidoo, 64 Zoo Lane and Animalia.
Porchlight is currently co-producing Animalia for PBS, The Tutenstein Movie for Discovery Kids, and The Secret Adventures of Zak Saturday for Cartoon Network. For more information, go to www.porchlight.com.
