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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''DIC Entertainment Corporation''' (formerly "DIC Audiovisual", "DIC Enterprises, Inc.", "DIC Animation City, Inc.", "DIC Productions, L.P." and "DIC Entertainment, L.P.", stylised as "DiC" and pronounced as "deek", as in "'''dec'''affeinated") was founded by Jean Chalopin as "OGAP ( | '''DIC Entertainment Corporation''' (formerly "DIC Audiovisual", "DIC Enterprises, Inc.", "DIC Animation City, Inc.", "DIC Productions, L.P." and "DIC Entertainment, L.P.", stylised as "DiC" and pronounced as "deek", as in "'''dec'''affeinated") was founded by Jean Chalopin as "'''OGAP''' ('''O'''ffice de '''G'''estion et d''''A'''ction '''P'''ublicitaire)", an advertising company. In 1971, with an investment from the tabloid newspaper ''La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest'', it was incorporated as "'''D'''iffusion '''I'''nformation '''C'''ommercial". It developed into a full production company during the following decade, soon being renamed "'''D'''iffusion '''I'''nformation '''C'''ommunication", and becoming specialized in animation. In 1982, the American arm was founded and Chalopin, Andy Heyward, and Bruno Bianchi were in charge of the company. | ||
Heyward bought DIC in 1987 when Chalopin and Bianchi left, moving all operations to America. Chalopin turned what was left of the French arm into a new animation company, [[Créativité & Développement (France)|Créativité & Développement]]. DIC was turned into a limited partnership with Capital Cities/ABC (now ABC, Inc.") in 1993 and The Walt Disney Company in 1996, until Andy Heyward reacquired the company from Disney in 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital. | Heyward bought DIC in 1987 when Chalopin and Bianchi left, moving all operations to America. Chalopin turned what was left of the French arm into a new animation company, [[Créativité & Développement (France)|Créativité & Développement]]. DIC was turned into a limited partnership with Capital Cities/ABC (now [[ABC National IDs|ABC, Inc.]]") in 1993 and The Walt Disney Company in 1996, until Andy Heyward reacquired the company from Disney in 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital. | ||
On July 23, 2008, DIC was acquired by [[Cookie Jar Entertainment (Canada)|Cookie Jar Entertainment]] and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Months later, Cookie Jar decided to take over and the studio was folded into Cookie Jar (now [[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]). Currently, most of the DIC library of TV shows, including TV specials, TV movies, direct-to-video movies, and theatrical movies is owned by WildBrain after its acquisition of Cookie Jar Entertainment, with some exceptions: ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Dinosaucers'', ''Stunt Dawgs'', ''The Karate Kid'', and ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'' ([[Sony Pictures Television]]), ''Camp Candy'' ([[CBS Studios]]/[[CBS Media Ventures]]), ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' ([[Warner Bros. Television]]), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' ([[Bagdasarian Productions]]), ''ALF: The Animated Series'' and ''ALF Tales'' ([[Alien Productions]]; the holding company for the ''ALF'' franchise with distribution rights handled by [[Shout! Factory]]), ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' ([[Entertainment One (Canada)|Entertainment One]]), ''Kissyfur'' ([[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]]), ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'', ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' ([[MGM Television]]), ''Where's Waldo?'' ([[HiT Entertainment (UK)|HiT Entertainment]]/[[Mattel Creations]]), and ''Sailor Moon'' ([[Toei Animation (Japan)|Toei Animation]]; current license lies with [[Viz Media (Japan)|Viz Media]]). For the theatrical library, these include the following: ''Meet the Deedles'' (1998), ''Genius'' and ''Inspector Gadget'' (1999) ([[Walt Disney Pictures]]/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures). | On July 23, 2008, DIC was acquired by [[Cookie Jar Entertainment (Canada)|Cookie Jar Entertainment]] and became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Months later, Cookie Jar decided to take over and the studio was folded into Cookie Jar (now [[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]). Currently, most of the DIC library of TV shows, including TV specials, TV movies, direct-to-video movies, and theatrical movies is owned by WildBrain after its acquisition of Cookie Jar Entertainment, with some exceptions: ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Dinosaucers'', ''Stunt Dawgs'', ''The Karate Kid'', and ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'' ([[Sony Pictures Television]]), ''Camp Candy'' ([[CBS Studios]]/[[CBS Media Ventures]]), ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' ([[Warner Bros. Television]]), ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' ([[Bagdasarian Productions]]), ''ALF: The Animated Series'' and ''ALF Tales'' ([[Alien Productions]]; the holding company for the ''ALF'' franchise with distribution rights handled by [[Shout! Factory]]), ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' ([[Entertainment One (Canada)|Entertainment One]]), ''Kissyfur'' ([[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]]), ''Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater'', ''Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures'' ([[MGM Television]]), ''Where's Waldo?'' ([[HiT Entertainment (UK)|HiT Entertainment]]/[[Mattel Creations]]), and ''Sailor Moon'' ([[Toei Animation (Japan)|Toei Animation]]; current license lies with [[Viz Media (Japan)|Viz Media]]). For the theatrical library, these include the following: ''Meet the Deedles'' (1998), ''Genius'' and ''Inspector Gadget'' (1999) ([[Walt Disney Pictures]]/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures). | ||