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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
| Key people | Chairman & CEO: Andy Heyward |
| Industry | Animation, Production children's |
| Products | Children's television shows |
| Owner(s) | Cookie Jar Group |
DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") (Formally DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City and DIC Productions) is an international film and television production company which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by frenchman Jean Chalopin in Paris, 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 Ulysses 31 (1980), Inspector Gadget (1983-1986), 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.[1] DIC currently runs under Cookie Jar as a subsidiary known as 'DIC Entertainment Corporation'.
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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.[2]
In 1993, DIC Animation City (as it was then known) and Capital Cities/ABC formed a joint venture called DIC Entertainment LP[3] and in 1995 it became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.[2]
In 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital, Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known).[2][4] 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.[5][6]
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.[7] 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.[8] On July 23, 2008, Cookie Jar completed the acquisition of DIC Entertainment,[1] and then was finally folded into Cookie Jar Entertainment.
As of both the years of 2009 and 2010, DIC currently is a subsidiary of the Cookie Jar Group known as DIC Entertainment Corporation. As a subsidiary, DIC may use its own 2008, 2009, 2010, etc. copyrights, sales, shows, and logos for what is rightfully theirs. DIC sites such as KEWL Cartoons, Liberty's Kids, Cake, and other sites, along with store products, use the copyright 2010 DIC Entertainment Corporation. DIC also still airs their shows with their logo, though Cookie Jar filled much of what was DIC's possessions with its shows instead.
| Former type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry |
Animation, Production children's |
| Fate | Merged |
| Successor | Cookie Jar Entertainment[1] |
| Founded |
1971 (Paris, France) 1982 (USA) |
| Founder(s) | Jean Chalopin[2] |
| Defunct | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
| Key people |
Chairman & CEO: Andy Heyward[3][4] |
| Products | Children's television shows |
| Parent | Cookie Jar Group |
, California, United States]] DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") (Also known as The Incredible World of DIC and formerly D.I.C. Audiovisual, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City and DIC Productions) was an international film and television production company founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Frenchman Jean Chalopin in Paris, 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 Ulysses 31 (1980), Inspector Gadget (1983–1986), 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 merged with Cookie Jar Group and then was absorbed into Cookie Jar Entertainment.[5]
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Its American arm was founded in 1982 as DIC Enterprises. The company's United States headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi, in Burbank, California.
In 1986, Andy Heyward and other investors bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations.[6] Chalopin and Bianchi left around this time, so did formally producer Tetsuo Katayama, in favor of Robby London and Michael Maliani.
After the buy out, the company had heavy debt and sold the foreign rights to the DIC library to Saban Productions, who then sold the rights back to Jean Chalopin.[2] At the time Andy Heyward considered Jean Chalopin an enemy, DIC sued Saban for damages and in 1991, DIC and Saban reached a settlement.[7]
In 1989, the company's name changed to DiC Animation City.
In 1993, DIC Animation City and Capital Cities/ABC formed a joint venture called DIC Entertainment LP[8] and in 1995 it became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.[6]
In 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital, Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises.[6][9] He purchased Bain Capital's interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.
On June 5, 2001 DIC Entertainment acquired Golden Books Family Entertainment for $170 million but sold it to Classic Media two months later.
In 2003 DIC launched a syndicated children's programming block called DiC Kids Network.[10][11]
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.[12] 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 Entertainment and Cookie Jar Group were merging.[13] On July 23, 2008, Cookie Jar and DIC completed their merger,[5] and DIC was finally folded into Cookie Jar Entertainment. DiC now remains an in-credit name only.
While many of the programs made by DiC are now owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment, there are exceptions to this.
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