Studio B Productions, Inc. (sometimes known as just Studio B and later known as DHX Media Vancouver) was a Canadian

animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales ...

and

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founded by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman in

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in 1988. The studio was acquired by

DHX Media WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest independent library of children's television programmin ...

on December 4, 2007, and became a subsidiary there since then. The Studio B brand is permanently discontinued, and from 2010 to 2019, all shows were branded using the DHX Media name. Since 2019, all shows are now branded under the WildBrain name.

History

The company was founded in 1988 by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman. On December 4, 2007,

acquired Studio B. On September 8, 2010, the renaming of the studio after its parent company, along with DHX Media's other subsidiaries, was announced: officially, on December 22, 2010, Studio B Productions Inc. and Studio B (Animation Service) Productions Inc. were renamed DHX Media (Vancouver) Ltd. and DHX Media Studio (Vancouver) Ltd., respectively, and on January 11, 2011, Studio B Holdings Inc. was renamed DHX Media (Vancouver Prod) Ltd. In 2016, the former Studio B team was relocated to a new facility in Vancouver. The new building also houses the former

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, an animation studio which DHX Media acquired in 2014.

Filmography

Television series

Films and specials

References

External links

* {{Authority control Canadian animation studios Companies based in Vancouver WildBrain Mass media companies established in 1988 Mass media companies disestablished in 2016 1988 establishments in British Columbia 2016 disestablishments in British Columbia 2007 mergers and acquisitions Television production companies of Canada