Mondo Media is an American multimedia company that mainly produces online animation. The company was founded in 1988 by John Evershed and Deirdre O'Malley in

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. Before ''Mondo Mini Shows'', the company initially created content for various tech companies, before developing two video games, ''Critical Path'' in 1993 and ''

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'' in 1995, under the name ''Mechadeus''. In the latter half of the 1990s, Mondo refocused on producing internet-based animation, which became the company's main business. Mondo's most successful shows are ''

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'', which has since spawned a multimedia franchise; and ''

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'', which was adapted into a feature-length film and was nominated for an

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. According to AdAge Magazine in January 2013, Mondo Media was the top-ranked and all-time most popular

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channel, with 1.3 billion views and 1.3 million subscribers. Mondo Media and

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finalized a merger of their two companies in 2016. The company uses the 6 Point Harness name for studio and production services, and Mondo Media branding for consumer

Television

In 2013, Canadian channel

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teamed up with Mondo Media and YouTube to create ''Bite on Mondo'', a program in which content creators pitched ideas for new shows. The pitches are funded through Mondo and use YouTube's popularity to decide whether or not they will be picked up. The winning pitches were broadcast on Bite on August 29, 2014. In October 2014, parent company Blue Ant Media, along with Mondo Media and

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announced that

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would air a new series featuring shorts from the program. It was expected to premiere in 2016 on

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, but instead premiered on September 4, 2015 as ''

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'' on

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. In 2015, Mondo Media produced the

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series ''

Like, Share, Die ''Like, Share, Die'' is an American adult animated sketch comedy television series created by Mondo Media and broadcast on Fusion TV, premiering on January 29, 2015. Each 15-minute episode of the series features a number of short Flash cartoo ...

'' for Fusion, consisting of several short segments and episodes of Mondo-produced web series. In May 2019,

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aired an anthology of Mondo series called the ''Mondo Animation Hour''.

Web series

Failed pilots

Feature films

Graphic and art design

Video games

Television shows

References

External links

Mondo Media official websiteMondo Media
on

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