Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment: Difference between revisions

Rankin-Bass was formed in September 1960 by Arthur '''Rankin''', Jr. and Jules '''Bass''' as Videocraft International; it was renamed to Rankin-Bass in 1968. In 1971, the company was acquired by Tomorrow Entertainment, and distributed by Viacom Enterprises (now "CBS Television Distribution"), while Broadway Video acquired the rights to the pre-1974 library in 1988. It was later acquired by Telepictures on January 24, 1983 and then became a subsidiary of Lorimar-Telepictures. Nowadays, the pre-1974 library is currently owned by [[NBCUniversal]] on behalf of [[DreamWorks Animation]] through their [[DreamWorks Classics]] label, the post-1973 library is owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., ''The Jackson 5ive'' is distributed by CBS Television Distribution, and Rankin-Bass's theatrical film library is currently split amongst different companies, [[StudioCanal]] owns ''The Wacky World of Mother Goose'' and ''Mad Monster Party'' since both movies were released by Embassy Pictures, ''The Last Unicorn''  is currently owned by ITV Studios and Universal Pictures owns ''Willy McBean and his Magic Machine'' via DreamWorks Animation and ''King Kong Returns''.