What Starhouse Media does

Starhouse Media operates the Screenagers brand, a documentary film series and educational content platform focused on youth digital wellness, screen time management, and adolescent mental health. The company's core product is a portfolio of five feature-length documentaries — the original 'Growing Up in the Digital Age,' 'Elementary School Age Edition,' 'Next Chapter' (mental health), 'Under The Influence' (vaping, drugs, alcohol), and 'Generation AI' — distributed primarily through community screening events at schools, places of worship, and community organizations. The films are physician-created by founder Delaney Ruston, MD, and are explicitly designed for facilitated group viewing rather than individual consumption.

The underlying platform combines a content library (documentaries, weekly blog newsletter, weekly podcast, YouTube channel with 100+ videos, and a curated resource directory) with a school-facing membership product called The Screenagers Project, which grants member schools unlimited access to the film catalog, classroom curriculum, and facilitator guides on an annual subscription basis. Supporting sub-brands include the policy-advocacy campaigns 'Away For The Day' (phone-free schools) and 'Screen-Free Sleep' (device-free bedrooms), and the peer mental wellness program 'Boosting Bravery.' The company has also published the book 'Parenting in the Screen Age' and offers continuing education programming for educators.

The business model is a mix of one-time screening licenses, recurring school memberships, book sales, and continuing education fees. Distribution is US-domestic, with international visibility limited to film festival selections. The organization is privately held, founder-owned, and shows no evidence of institutional funding, M&A activity, or external investors, consistent with a small, mission-driven independent documentary production entity operating at the intersection of media, education, and public health advocacy.

Name

Starhouse Media

Legal name

Screenagers

Website

https://screenagersmovie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Starhouse Media operates the Screenagers brand, producing a documentary film series and educational content platform on youth digital wellness, screen time, and mental health. It serves K-12 schools, parents, and community organizations through screening licenses, school memberships, book sales, and aligned advocacy campaigns.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Media Production

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) (EDAGALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community & Cultural Screenings (Museums, Cultural Centers) (MPADAKAH), Kids & Family Curated Content Platforms (MPACAKAL)

Keywords

• Youth digital wellness
• Documentary film series
• School membership platform
• Screening license sales
• Parenting education content

Headquarters

HQ city

Fairfax

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. One-Time Screening Licenses: Licenses allow hosts to screen one movie once to their community on a specified date. Includes facilitator guides and marketing packs.
2. School Membership (The Screenagers Project): Annual membership giving schools unlimited access to movies, curriculum, and resources for classroom and internal school use, plus unlimited screening events.
3. Book Sales: Sale of 'Parenting in the Screen Age' book by Delaney Ruston, MD - the definitive guide for parents on managing children's screen time.
4. Continuing Education: Continuing education credits/programs for educators and professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Starhouse Media produces and distributes the Screenagers documentary film series and accompanying educational resources on youth digital wellness. It sells one-time screening licenses and an annual school membership (The Screenagers Project) to K-12 schools, districts, places of worship, and community coalitions, while also offering a parenting book, podcast, and continuing-education programming for educators and families.

Product overview

Starhouse Media operates the Screenagers brand, a documentary film series and educational media platform focused on helping youth and families navigate the digital age. The portfolio centers on five documentary films (Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age, Screenagers: Elementary School Age Edition, Screenagers Next Chapter, Screenagers Under The Influence, and Screenagers: Generation AI) complemented by the book Parenting in the Screen Age, The Screenagers Podcast, and The Screenagers Project membership platform for schools. Supporting initiatives include the Away For The Day and Screen-Free Sleep campaigns, the Boosting Bravery mental wellness program, the Tech Talk Tuesdays newsletter/blog, and a Resource Library. The company facilitates community screenings of its films (over 20,000 to date) and offers One-Time Screening Licenses and school memberships as distribution channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Away For The Day: Campaign advocating for phone-free and smartwatch-free schools
• Screen-Free Sleep
• Boosting Bravery
• The Screenagers Project
• Parenting in The Screen Age Podcast

Products and services

• Screenagers (Original Documentary Film) The original Screenagers feature-length documentary examining how children and teens use technology and the impacts on family, school, and mental health, licensed to schools and community organizations via one-time screening licenses.
• Screenagers 2 Second documentary in the Screenagers series, expanding the conversation on how young people relate to screens and devices, available for licensed screenings.
• Screenagers Next Gen Next-generation installment of the Screenagers documentary series, targeted to parents and educators of younger and older adolescents navigating digital life.
• Screenagers Under the Influence Documentary installment in the Screenagers series examining youth substance use and vaping in the context of digital-age pressures, licensed to schools and community organizations.
• Screenagers Growing Up in the Digital Age Documentary installment addressing how younger children are growing up with digital devices, supporting parent and educator conversations about early childhood screen exposure.
• One-Time Screening License Single-event licensed rights to publicly screen a chosen Screenagers film at a school, place of worship, healthcare coalition, or community event, typically accompanied by a discussion guide and speaker materials.
• The Screenagers Project (Annual School Membership) Annual membership program for K-12 schools giving access to the Screenagers film library, accompanying educational materials, and parent-engagement resources for use throughout the school year.
• The Screenagers Podcast Audio podcast series from the Screenagers team featuring conversations with experts, parents, and educators on youth, technology, and mental health, distributed via major podcast platforms.
• Parenting in the Screen Age (Book) Parenting book by Delaney Ruston, MD, offering guidance for parents raising children in a digital world, sold via retail channels and the company's website.
• Continuing Education Programming Continuing-education programming for educators and school staff tied to Screenagers content, delivered through The Screenagers Project platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 20,000 community screenings conducted at schools and community organizations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Away For The Day CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAway For The Day is a prominent campaign dedicated to keeping phones and smartwatches out of schools. Screenagers has integrated this campaign into its organizational mission, with the campaign website providing research, example policies, best practices, and advice for parents, teachers, and school leaders to create phone-free school environments.
• Screen-Free Sleep CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScreen-Free Sleep is an initiative aimed at empowering families to keep devices out of bedrooms at bedtime. The campaign provides tools and knowledge to help families establish screen-free sleep habits, supporting improved sleep, brain development, and mental health for youth.
• Boosting BraverysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoosting Bravery is a free peer-to-peer or peer-to-near peer skill-building mental wellness program for schools. Screenagers supports this initiative as part of its broader mission to help students thrive in online and offline lives.
• CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America)supportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCADCA is featured as a screening partner for the 'Screenagers Under The Influence' documentary, which addresses vaping, drugs, and alcohol in the digital age. CADCA provides access to their network of youth wellbeing coalitions for screening events.
• reStart (Internet Recovery Center)supportingOthersThe nation's first center specializing in treatment of problematic internet, video game and technology use. Referenced in Screenagers content and podcast episodes discussing video game addiction and recovery support resources.
• Game QuitterssupportingOthersOnline community and resource for video game addiction recovery. Founded by Cam Adair who experienced video game addiction. Referenced in Screenagers recovery resources with tools including assessments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Discovery Education: K-12 digital content provider offering video, curriculum, and professional learning across subjects. Overlaps with Screenagers' school-membership delivery mechanism and digital wellness curricula.
• Sesame Workshop: Established children's edutainment content producer with massive brand and distribution. Comparable in targeting young children and families with educational media, but at significantly larger scale.
• PBS Kids: Public broadcaster's children's educational programming arm. Comparable in providing trusted educational entertainment to families and schools, with broader portfolio and stronger institutional backing.

Emerging players

• Active Minds: Youth mental health nonprofit with school-based programs. Adjacent in addressing adolescent mental health and provides similar screening/talks-for-schools distribution pathways.
• The Jed Foundation: Nonprofit focused on youth mental health and suicide prevention with school programming. Overlaps on mental-health-in-schools curriculum and the same educator and parent buyer.

Direct peers

• Facing History & Ourselves: Produces documentary-driven curriculum licensed to schools on social and ethical topics. Highly comparable model of film-led, facilitator-supported classroom and screening programming.
• The Representation Project: Produces social-issue documentary films (Miss Representation, The Mask You Live In) licensed for school and community screenings — directly comparable documentary-for-screening distribution model.
• BrainPOP: Subscription-based educational content platform for K-12 covering digital citizenship and wellness topics. Comparable school-membership model delivering curated curriculum resources.
• Common Sense Media: Nonprofit providing ratings, reviews, and educational resources on children and media/screen time. Most direct topical peer — addresses the same parent and educator pain points on youth digital wellness.

Others

• Dove Foundation: Family-advocacy organization reviewing and recommending films for parents and educators. Adjacent in the family-content-for-schools ecosystem though not a content producer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Screenagers_Movie
• Xx.com/ScreenagerMovie
• Facebookfacebook.com/ScreenagersMovie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/starhousemedia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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