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DIC Entertainment

Fate	Acquired by Cookie Jar Group
Successor	Cookie Jar Entertainment[1]
Founded	1971
Defunct	2008
Headquarters	Burbank, California, United States
Key people	Chairman & CEO: Andy Heyward
Industry	Animation, Production children's
Products	Children's television shows

DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") (formerly DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City and DIC Productions) was an international film and television production company which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by frenchman Jean Chalopin in France, as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for Diffusion, Information et Communication. In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows such as The Real Ghostbusters, (1986-1991) and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of Sailor Moon (1995-1998), DIC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's Meet the Deedles and 1999's Inspector Gadget. In 2008 DiC was acquired by Cookie Jar Group and then merged with Cookie Jar Entertainment.^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 1980s 1.2 1990s 1.3 2000s 2 Productions 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 1980s

Its American arm was founded in 1982 as DIC Enterprises. The company's United States headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, were in Burbank, California.

In 1986, Andy Heyward bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations.^[3]

[edit] 1990s

In 1993, DIC Animation City (as it was then known) and Capital Cities/ABC formed a joint venture called DIC Entertainment LP^[4] and in 1995 it became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.^[3]

[edit] 2000s

In 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital, Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known).^[3][5] He purchased Bain Capital's interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.

In 2003 DIC launched a syndicated children's programming block called DiC Kids Network.^[6][7]

In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and CBS Corporation signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on CBS. The resulting KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS was launched the following fall.^[8] On September 15, 2007, a new programming block: KEWLopolis premiered, a joint venture between DIC, CBS, and American Greetings.

In April 2007, DIC Entertainment, Corus Entertainment's Nelvana and Sparrowhawk Media Group announced plans to launch KidsCo a new international children's entertainment network.

On June 20, 2008, it was announced that DIC would be acquired by Cookie Jar Group.^[9] On July 23, 2008, Cookie Jar completed the acquisition of DIC Entertainment,^[2] and then was finally folded into Cookie Jar Entertainment.

[edit] Productions

See List of Cookie Jar Entertainment programs

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• DIC Entertainment (Archive)
• Streaming Episodes
• DIC Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database
• DIC Entertainment Cartoons at the Big Cartoon Database