Not to be confused with DIC Corporation or DC Entertainment.
DIC Entertainment Corporation
Logo used from 1995 until 2001
Former DIC headquarters in Burbank, California
Formerly
DIC Audiovisuel (1971–1987, French studio)
DIC Enterprises, Inc. (1982–1993, U.S. studio)
DIC Animation City, Inc. (1985–1993)
DIC Entertainment, L.P. (1993–2002)
DIC Productions, L.P. (1994–2001)
Company type
Public
Traded as
AIM: DEKEq.L
Industry
Animation
Founded
1971; 53 years ago (1971)
Founder
Jean Chalopin[1]
Defunct
December 6, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-06)
Fate
Acquired by, merged with, and folded into Cookie Jar Group
Successors
Cookie Jar Group DHX Media
Headquarters
Burbank, California, U.S. Former headquarters: France
Key people
Andy Heyward (Chairman, CEO)[2][3]
Products
Children's television series
Parent
Radio Television Luxembourg (1971–1986)
Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. (1993–1995, limited partnership)
The Walt Disney Company (1995–2000, limited partnership)
Divisions
DIC Consumer Products
DIC Home Entertainment
DIC Tune-Time Audio
Subsidiaries
Copyright Promotions Licensing Group
DIC Entertainment Europe[4]
DIC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.[5]
DIC Entertainment, L.P.
DIC Productions, L.P.
The evolution of WildBrain
1968
FilmFair London is founded
1971
DIC Audiovisuel is founded
1972
Strawberry Shortcake brand is first developed
1974
CPLG is founded
1976
CINAR and Colossal Pictures are founded
1982
DIC Enterprises is founded
1984
Ragdoll Productions is founded
1987
DIC Audiovisuel closes
1988
Studio B Productions is founded
1992
Epitome Pictures is founded
1993
DIC Enterprises becomes DIC Entertainment
1994
Wild Brain is founded‚ and Red Rover Studios is founded, DIC Entertainment brands as The Incredible World of DIC
1995
Platinum Disc Corporation is founded
1996
CINAR buys FilmFair's library
1997
Decode Entertainment is founded
1999
Wild Brain acquires Colossal Pictures' employee base
2002
Nerd Corps Entertainment is founded
2004
Halifax Film Company is founded, CINAR rebrands as Cookie Jar Group
2005
Platinum Disc Corporation merge as Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
2006
Decode and Halifax Film merge as DHX Media, DIC acquires CPLG, and Ragdoll Worldwide is formed with BBC Worldwide
2007
DHX Media buys Studio B Productions and Wild Brain becomes Wildbrain Entertainment
2008
Cookie Jar Group absorbs DIC and House of Cool absorbs Red Rover Studios
2010
DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment‚ and Peanuts Worldwide is founded
2011
Decode Entertainment and Red Rover Studios closes
2012
DHX Media buys Cookie Jar Group
2013
DHX Media buys Ragdoll Worldwide
2014
DHX Media buys Epitome Pictures, Nerd Corps, and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's family content library; Cookie Jar Group is absorbed
2016
The WildBrain multi-channel network launches and Studio B and Nerd Corps merge as DHX Studios
2017
Wildbrain Entertainment closes; DHX Media buys Peanuts Worldwide and Strawberry Shortcake
2018
Halifax Film becomes Island of Misfits
2019
DHX Media rebrands as WildBrain, Epitome Pictures closes, and the WildBrain MCN becomes WildBrain Spark
2020
CPLG becomes WildBrain CPLG
2021
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment closes
2023
WildBrain acquires House of Cool
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DIC Entertainment Corporation (/ˈdiːk/; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions, sometimes stylized as DiC), branded as the Incredible World of DIC, was an international film and television production company that was mostly associated as an animation studio. As a now former division of The Walt Disney Company, DIC produced live-action feature films and licensed numerous anime series.
On June 20, 2008, DIC was acquired by and later folded into Cookie Jar Group. As of 2023, most of the DIC library is currently owned by WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) after the company acquired Cookie Jar on October 22, 2012.
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^"DIC ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE France – Business Profiles". Business Profiles. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
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company BVS Entertainment. Créativité et Développement (1987–1998): A rebranding of DIC's French unit (run by Jean Chalopin) after it split from DIC's American...
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companies. AG Properties in 2001 named DICEntertainment as the licensing agent for Strawberry Shortcake. With DIC merging with Cookie Jar thus transfers...
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