Best Media & Entertainment Companies in Calgary, Canada
The 51 best Media & Entertainment companies in Calgary, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kidoodle.TV.
Ranked: Best Media & Entertainment companies in Calgary
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidoodle.TV Educational TV shows for kids | $62M | 49 mo ago | Series A | Neil Gruninger Co-Founder | 2012 | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+18 | — |
| 2 | Worldplay Video delivery platform provider | $10M | 34 mo ago | Series A | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 3 | Dissolve Platform to license stock videos & photos | $5M | 154 mo ago | Late Stage | Rupa Sandhu CEO | 2013 | Cart FunctionalityRubyFirebase+27 | — |
| 4 | VIP Entertainment Technologies Development studio developing tech-enabled products for the gambling industry | $1M | 28 mo ago | Public | Joel Donais CEO | 2019 | — | — |
| 5 | ZoweeTV On-demand video streaming platform | $900K | 169 mo ago | Deadpooled | Gary Mcleish Co-founder | 2009 | — | — |
| 6 | precognate Limited information available | $125K | 218 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Shaw Communications Provider of phone calling, wi-fi, and fiber optic services | — | 93 mo ago | Acquired | Bradley Shaw CEO | 1966 | Cart FunctionalityContentfulVideoJS+30 | — |
| 8 | Landmark Cinemas Chain of movie theatres | — | 150 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1965 | SalesforceFacebook LoginMustache+26 | 1 partnership |
Top 8 Media & Entertainment companies in Calgary
#1
Series A · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2006$9.7Mraised▾
Video delivery platform provider. It offers a video management platform and provides HD streaming for TVs, computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Offers solutions to Corporate, Sport, Entertainment, Education, Community, and faith. Offers solutions in live broadcasting, live streaming, monetization, and marketing across sectors.
- Oct 2023Series A$4.5M
- Nov 2022Series A$2.1M
- Mar 2021Series A$2.7M
- May 2010Seed$97.4K
#2
Public · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2019 · 5 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Development studio developing tech-enabled products for the gambling industry. The company is involved in developing real-money betting games, casinos, pokers, and e-sports events in an online environment. The main line of business for the corporation is the creation of online poker and other sports betting games.
- Apr 2024Post IPO$593.2K
- Dec 2023Post IPO—
- May 2023Post IPO$637.7K
#3
Series A · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2012 · 90 employees$61.6Mraised▾
Educational TV shows for kids offer subscription-based entertainment shows for kids up to 12 years of age. Can be customized for up to 5 kid profiles in which parents can filter shows by age and impose bedtime curfew. Parents can also record and upload their family videos on the app. Also offers analytics about kids' watching habits. Offered on a monthly subscription. Available on iOS and Android.
- Jun 2022Series A$61M
- Apr 2015Seed$572.5K
#4
Late Stage · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2013 · 27 employees$5Mraised▾
Dissolve licenses stock video for use in commercials, television shows, documentaries, and feature films, and licenses stock photography for use in design and creative work. Dissolve's footage and image collections are hand-picked for technical quality, aesthetic style, and cultural relevance. Dissolve provides Royalty free licensed photographs depending on resolution. The pricing starts at $49 for 600px and can go upto $499 for 4800px or higher.
- Sep 2013PE$5M
#5
Deadpooled · Calgary, Alberta · founded 2009$900Kraised▾
On-demand video streaming platform. It delivers movies, TV shows, music, games and other interactive media to Internet-enabled devices including TVs, Blu-ray players, media extenders, set-top boxes and game consoles for both 'over-the-top' delivery as well as integrated solutions for service providers and operators. Also offers social networking capabilities. Viewers can discuss plot twists, make predictions, rate and recommend shows on ZoweeTV.
- 2012Seed$900K
#6
Seed · Calgary, Alberta$125Kraised▾
Limited information available
#7
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1966 · 10000 employees—raised▾
Shaw Communications is a telecommunications company, provides broadband cable television, Internet, digital phone, telecommunications, and satellite direct-to-home (DTH) services primarily in Canada and the United States. It offers cable television services, including analog and digital video services with access to HD channels, premium and VOD channels, music channels, and an interactive program guide. The company provides high speed Internet access services to residential and small business subscribers, as well as various Internet services for small and medium sized business customers. Its digital phone services include local and long distance calling, as well as calling features. The company also manages fiber network that serves as the primary Internet backbone for its broadband Internet customers, and provides Internet, data, and voice connectivity services to large and medium businesses, and other organizations. In addition, it distributes digital video and audio programming services through DTH satellite to residences and businesses; and redistributes television and radio signals via satellite to cable and other operators, as well as provides uplink and network management se
#8
Acquired · Calgary, Alberta · founded 1965 · 1450 employees—raised▾
Landmark Cinemas, part of Kinepolis Group is a chain of movie theatres. As of Sep 2018, It operates 45 theatres with 317 screens at multiple locations across Ontario and the Yukon Territory. Claims to be the second largest movie chain in Canada.
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