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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. | 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, | 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 (later "DHX Media", now "[[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]"). Currently, most of the DIC library of TV shows, specials, and movies, as well as 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. Entertainment]]/[[Turner Entertainment Co.]]), ''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]]), ''Sailor Moon'' ([[Toei Animation (Japan)|Toei Animation]]; current license lies with [[Viz Media (Japan)|Viz Media]]), ''Meet the Deedles'' (1998), ''Genius'' and ''Inspector Gadget'' (1999) ([[The Walt Disney Company]]). | ||
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