The company was formed in 1993 by
Mark Damon as MDP Worldwide (the "MDP" itself is short for
Mark
Damon
Productions). In 1998, it was sold to Behaviour Communications, a Canadian production company from the assets of
Malofilm for $19 million, which subsequently changed its name to Behaviour Worldwide. In 2000, citing the struggles of Behaviour themselves, Damon's investors opted to buy back the company, which was reverted to the MDP Worldwide moniker. MDP Worldwide posted net income of C$5.5 million ($3.4 million) on revenues of $33.5 million for the year ended September 30, 2002. The company had offices in
Los Angeles, California and
Montreal, Quebec. In 2003, MDP Worldwide was renamed Media 8 Entertainment. On May 15, 2004, it was announced that Media 8 Entertainment wanted to focus on film production following the success of the
Aileen Wuornos biographical film
Monster, and chose to focus on eight movies budgeted on the $10-50 million range. On October 14, 2004, Damon announced that he would resign his post as chairman-CEO of the Media 8 Entertainment studio. After leaving Media 8, Damon would eventually form a new studio Foresight Unlimited, to focus on production, with Media 8 executive Tamara Stuparich De La Barra serving as vice president of production at the studio. In 2007, Media 8 Entertainment acquired the Spanish-based film companies Lauren Films and Araba Films, which then began to focus on the cinema theater business, until they became dormant in the 2010s. In 2012, Media 8 filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and it was reorganized as Bloom Media following a merger with
Capella Films. In 2017, Bloom was acquired by
WME-IMG, with Bloom continuing to function as an entity within the company. In 2018, it was announced that Bloom's operations would be integrated into those of its parent Endeavor Content's, with Bloom's employees being transferred to Endeavor Content. == Films produced by Media 8 ==