Paragon Entertainment Corporation was a Canadian film and television production company that was formed by Jon Slan in 1977, and declared bankruptcy in 1998.
History
In 1977, Jon Slan, who went on to be a founding member of YTV and Superchannel (later Movie Central) founded Paragon Motion Pictures to produce feature films.[1]
After producing a series of feature films, the company entered television production in 1983 with the television series, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye.[2] In the late 1980s, the company had set up Paragon International, headed by Isme Bennie, who represents the Degrassi series.[3]
In 1989, the company became Paragon Entertainment Corporation, while expanding to be a major Canadian studio to compete with the likes of rival TV producers, like Alliance Entertainment Corporation and Atlantis Films