DIC Entertainment

DIC Entertainment Corporation
	Former DIC headquarters in Burbank, California
Formerly	DIC Audiovisuel; (1971-87, French studio); DIC Enterprises, Inc.; (1982-93, U.S. studio); DIC Animation City, Inc.; (1985-93); DIC Entertainment, L.P.; (1993-2002); DIC Productions, L.P.; (1994-2001);
Company type	Limited liability company
Industry	Animation
Founded	1971; 53 years ago
Founder	Jean Chalopin
Defunct	December 6, 2008; 15 years ago
Fate	Acquired by, merged with, and folded into Cookie Jar Group
Successor	Cookie Jar Group; DHX Media
Headquarters	Burbank, California, U.S.; Former headquarters:; France
Key people	Andy Heyward (Chairman & CEO)
Products	Children's television shows
Parent	Radio Television Luxembourg (1971–1986); Independent (1986–1993, 2000–2008); Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. (Limited Partnership, 1993–1995); The Walt Disney Company (Limited Partnership, 1995–2000)
Divisions	DIC Consumer Products; DIC Home Entertainment; DIC Tune-Time Audio;
Subsidiaries	Copyright Promotions Licensing Group; DIC Entertainment Europe; DIC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.; DIC Entertainment, L.P.; DIC Productions, L.P.;

The DIC Entertainment Corporation was an international movie and television production company that was mostly associated as an animation studio, that animated several live-action shows and also produced live-action feature films, licensed various anime series.

On June 20, 2008, DIC was acquired by the Cookie Jar Group and was folded into it. later on 2021, most of the DIC library is currently owned by WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) after DHX acquired the Cookie Jar Group on October 22, 2012.

References change

↑ Bruick, Connie (2010-05-10). "The Influencer". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
↑ Adelson, Andrea (1987-12-30). "BUSINESS PEOPLE - For Maker of Cartoons, A Chance to Go Public". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
↑ Pfanner, Eric (2006-02-19). "Underdog takes shot at giants in kids television". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
↑ "DIC ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE France - Business Profiles".
↑ "DIC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg News.

[Bruick-1] Bruick, Connie (2010-05-10). "The Influencer". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

[Adelson-2] Adelson, Andrea (1987-12-30). "BUSINESS PEOPLE - For Maker of Cartoons, A Chance to Go Public". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

[3] Pfanner, Eric (2006-02-19). "Underdog takes shot at giants in kids television". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

[4] "DIC ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE France - Business Profiles".

[5] "DIC Entertainment Holdings Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg News.

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Former DIC headquarters in Burbank, California
Formerly	DIC Audiovisuel (1971-87, French studio) DIC Enterprises, Inc. (1982-93, U.S. studio) DIC Animation City, Inc. (1985-93) DIC Entertainment, L.P. (1993-2002) DIC Productions, L.P. (1994-2001)
Company type	Limited liability company
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
Successor	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 shows
Parent	Radio Television Luxembourg (1971–1986) Independent (1986–1993, 2000–2008) Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. (Limited Partnership, 1993–1995) The Walt Disney Company (Limited Partnership, 1995–2000)
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.