Q Media Solutions

Name

Q Media Solutions

Legal name

Q Media Solutions Inc.

Website

https://qmediasolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Video Production Services: Core revenue stream from producing video content for corporate clients including commercials, corporate videos, branded content, social video, animated explainers, and campaigns. Project-based professional services.
2. Campaign Development: Creating comprehensive video campaigns for clients including multi-part series, social campaigns, and national rollouts
3. Animated Content Production: Production of animated explainer videos and infographic animations for clients

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Q Media Solutions is a Toronto-based full-service video production company that produces corporate videos, commercials, branded content, animated explainers, social video, and multi-platform campaigns for enterprise clients. The firm operates as a boutique creative agency with a team of writers, designers, and producers, offering end-to-end services from strategy and creative development through shooting, animation, and post-production. Its work spans broadcast, digital, and social channels for Fortune 500 corporations, financial institutions, government ministries, healthcare organizations, and non-profits.

Product overview

Q Media Solutions is a Toronto-based video production company offering a comprehensive suite of video content services. Their portfolio includes Q Originals (original documentary and branded series content), Animated Explainers, Animated Videos, Branded Content, Campaigns, Commercial Production, Content Marketing, Corporate Videos, Digital Marketing, Social Video, and Video Agency services. The company operates as a full-service agency model with journalistic roots, focusing on strategic content creation that engages audiences across multiple platforms including broadcast, digital, and social channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Video Production End-to-end corporate video production service with a 20-year history, producing videos that elevate brands and engage stakeholders including employees, customers, and investors for enterprise clients such as BMO, Scotiabank, TD Bank, and Barrick Gold.
• Commercial Production Broadcast and digital commercial production with journalistic roots, creating commercials that leverage budgets with insightful strategy and nimble production, including 4K capture and slow-motion at 180fps. Has produced commercials for Air Canada in-flight programming, Purpose Investments featuring CEO Som Seif, and Dominion Lending Centres' 'We've Got a Mortgage for That' campaign.
• Animated Explainer Videos Animation service that simplifies complex messaging using visual metaphors to transform complex ideas into engaging animated explainer videos, typically costing approximately $5,000 per minute of animation. Produced for clients including University Health Network's arthritis clinic of the future, Foresters Financial's Financial Literacy Month content, and the Barrick/Cisco strategic partnership press release that achieved over 120K views within 48 hours.
• Branded Content Branded content video production that integrates brand messaging into engaging entertainment content, such as the Globe and Mail branded travel series for Campo Viejo ('Live Uncorked' featuring Bob Blumer in Northern Spain) and Birks engagement how-to's. Over 50 branded content series produced for Globe and Mail over the past decade.
• Video Campaigns Multi-platform video campaign development and production, including social, digital, and broadcast campaigns with strategic storytelling across multiple touchpoints. Includes the Barrick Pan Am Games campaign (over 300,000 YouTube views), Dominion Lending Centres' 12-part comedic commercial series, and YMCA Canada's year-long 'It Starts Here' campaign.
• Social Video Production Social video content creation with integrated marketing solutions targeted to specific audiences, emphasizing authenticity and thumb-stopping content. Includes the choose-your-own-adventure Instagram campaign for Humber College / Ignite student services and Soleil and Jacknife educational cannabis how-to video series.
• Q Originals Original content series produced by Q Media Solutions, including documentary-style productions such as the 'Beyond the Arc' docu-series with former Toronto Raptor Danny Green for TSN, and the SickKids Hospital documentary series following the medical team to Ethiopia and Ghana for pediatric nursing training.
• Digital Marketing and Interactive Content Digital marketing solutions including interactive microsites and video campaigns that create engaging and authentic content, with capability to develop interactive websites featuring scroll-triggered video and animation. Includes the Porsche 360° video series with Globe and Mail featuring entrepreneurs in a Porsche Macan, which achieved over 2,000,000 views with 73% of viewers watching in full.
• Full-Service Video Agency Partnership Full-service video agency partnership leveraging budgets with insightful strategy and nimble production. Includes award-winning production with journalistic roots, encompassing corporate videos, commercials, animated explainers, branded content, 360° video, and interactive content under a single integrated engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pan Am Games campaign achieved over 300,000 views and remains most engaging content on Barrick's YouTube channel
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Barrick Gold and CiscocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQ Media produced an animated partnership press release announcing Barrick's major strategic technology partnership with Cisco. The project involved illustrating how the digital technology partnership would transform mining operations. Completed in less than two weeks in both English and Spanish, the animated video achieved over 120K views within 48 hours of launch.
• The Globe and Mail and PorschecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQ Media collaborated with Globe and Mail and Porsche to create a 360° video series featuring 3 profiles on entrepreneurs. The series put audiences right into the action behind the wheel of a Porsche Macan. Collaboration included Q alum Matthew Bennett and 360° video specialist Renan Ozen from Quick Attack Productions.
• Globe and MailcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Globe and Mail for branded content video series. Projects include Campo Viejo travel series and other sponsored content initiatives.
• Barrick GoldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year working relationship with Barrick's communications team producing various projects including Pan Am Games campaign, Western Shoshone Partnership interactive website, and animated partnership press release with Cisco. Over two years of collaboration with strong working relationship.
• Humber College / IgniteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent services video campaign for Ignite, a student-run organization representing students at Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber. Created interactive Instagram campaign with choose-your-own-adventure format.
• Purpose InvestmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive-year working relationship producing investment commercials featuring CEO Som Seif. Created series of commercials for Air Canada broadcast that work both individually and as a longer 'explainer' video. Strong collaborative relationship enabling exploration of new ideas and fresh approaches.
• Dominion Lending CentrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Canada's largest mortgage company for commercial campaigns. Multiple projects including 'We've Got a Mortgage for That' campaign, CSR initiative with Bikes for Kids PSA, and comedic 12-part commercial series.
• Plan Canada and Hill + Knowlton StrategiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirls Global Takeover campaign for International Day of the Girl featuring 18 girls in 18 locations. Collaboration with Plan Canada and PR team Hill + Knowlton Strategies. Event hosted at TMX by CTV's Lisa LaFlamme.
• Getinvolved.caminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQ Media created and maintains Getinvolved.ca, Canada's largest online volunteer network matching volunteers with charitable organizations. Q has given back through this non-profit venture for over 5 years, recently redesigning the platform with improved matching and searching capabilities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• 1stAveMachine: Global creative production company specializing in commercials, branded content, and integrated campaigns for major brands. Directly comparable to Q Media as a creative production partner serving enterprise clients with similar services across video, animation, and branded storytelling.
• The Mill: Global creative production studio offering commercial production, VFX, and content creation for major brands. Comparable to Q Media in commercial production and branded content services, though at significantly larger scale.
• Crush Creative: Toronto-based creative agency producing video, branded content, and integrated campaigns for major brands. Comparable to Q Media as a similarly-sized Toronto creative/production agency targeting enterprise clients.
• Toybox: Toronto creative agency delivering video, social content, and brand campaigns for North American enterprise clients. Comparable in size, service mix, and target market to Q Media's full-service agency model.
• SPARK Animation Studios: Vancouver-based animation studio providing animated explainers, character animation, and hybrid animation/live-action work for enterprise and entertainment clients. Comparable to Q Media's animated explainer service line and Canadian creative production market.

Broad incumbents

• Leo Burnett: Global advertising agency network producing commercials, branded content, and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. Comparable to Q Media in targeting enterprise clients with video and commercial production, though at a vastly larger scale with full media capabilities.
• Ogilvy: Global advertising and creative agency network serving enterprise clients with content, advertising, and integrated marketing services. Comparable to Q Media in serving the same Fortune 500 customer base with branded content and corporate video.
• Vice Media: Global media company with significant branded content, documentary, and commercial production operations. Comparable in branded content and documentary production capabilities, though operating as a much larger media platform with integrated distribution.

Emerging players

• Barkley: Independent creative agency producing video, branded content, and integrated campaigns for major brands. Comparable to Q Media as an independent creative agency with similar service offering and enterprise client focus, though operating from a different geographic base.

Others

• National Film Board of Canada: Canadian public production house producing documentaries, animation, and digital content. Comparable in Canadian creative production context and documentary/branded content capabilities, though operating as a public institution with different commercial model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qmediasolutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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