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WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production company, 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 series, children's television programming, including the assets of acquisitions such as Cookie Jar Group, Epitome Pictures, and Wildbrain Entertainment among others, distribution rights to the Jay Ward Productions and Ragdoll Productions libraries, and a stake in the ''Peanuts'' franchise. The company was founded in 2006 as DHX Media, via a merger between Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. The company subsequently acquired other studios and assets, acquired the Canadian specialty service Family Channel (Canadian TV channel), Family Channel in 2014 to expand into broadcasting, and established the YouTube multi-channel network WildBrain Spark, WildBrain (now WildBrain London) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain London
WildBrain Family International Limited, Trade name, operating as WildBrain London (formerly WildBrain and WildBrain Spark), is a British multi-channel network owned by Canadian media company WildBrain (formerly DHX Media). It distributes and produces preschool and children's video content for YouTube and other digital platforms. The division officially launched in 2016; it reuses trademarks associated with Wildbrain Entertainment, an animation studio that had been acquired by DHX. It maintains offices in London. The division is responsible for distributing pre-existing material and creating original animated and live-action shorts based on properties owned by its parent company and partners. WildBrain Spark also manages the YouTube presence for a number of external brands and businesses, including ''Beyblade Burst'', ''Bing (TV series), Bing'', ''Larva (TV series), Larva'', Moomins, ''Mr. Bean: The Animated Series, Mr. Bean Animated'', Outfit7, Playmobil, The Smurfs, Spin Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain Spark
WildBrain Family International Limited, operating as WildBrain London (formerly WildBrain and WildBrain Spark), is a British multi-channel network owned by Canadian media company WildBrain (formerly DHX Media). It distributes and produces preschool and children's video content for YouTube and other digital platforms. The division officially launched in 2016; it reuses trademarks associated with Wildbrain Entertainment, an animation studio that had been acquired by DHX. It maintains offices in London. The division is responsible for distributing pre-existing material and creating original animated and live-action shorts based on properties owned by its parent company and partners. WildBrain Spark also manages the YouTube presence for a number of external brands and businesses, including '' Beyblade Burst'', ''Bing'', ''Larva'', Moomins, '' Mr. Bean Animated'', Outfit7, Playmobil, The Smurfs, Spin Master Entertainment, NBCUniversal, ''Turbozaurs'' and Warner Bros. Discovery, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain Studios
WildBrain Studios is the in-house television studio arm of Canadian entertainment company WildBrain based in Vancouver, British Columbia, which was established in 2016 as DHX Studios. History In January 2016, DHX Media announced that they would be building a 60,000 square-foot studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, that would focus on both animated and live-action productions. The production teams of the former Studio B Productions, which DHX Media acquired in 2007 and Nerd Corps Entertainment, which DHX acquired in 2014 were relocated to the new building later in the year. The studio consists of two production teams: the former Nerd Corps team, which focuses on the production of CGI animated shows, and the former Studio B team, which focuses on the production of 2D animated shows (including those animated with Adobe Animate). As of 2019, the Vancouver studio is the only one remaining in the division, as the other studios were either sold off or closed. Filmography Animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Channel (Canadian TV Channel)
Family Channel (commonly or simply known as Family) is a Canadian English-language specialty channel owned by WildBrain Television Inc., a subsidiary of WildBrain. The network primarily airs children's television series, teen dramas, as well as other programming targeting a family audience. Despite having its own headquarters in the Brookfield Place office in Financial District, the channel is transmitted from Corus Quay. Launched on September 1, 1988, it was originally a joint venture between the owners of the premium television services First Choice (now Crave (TV network) and Superchannel (later Movie Central); due to the split of Western International Communications, the network became a joint venture between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment. By 2001, Astral had acquired full ownership of the network; after the 2013 acquisition of Astral by Bell Media, the network and its sister channels were divested to WildBrain (at the time known as ''DHX Media'') in 2014. From i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildbrain Entertainment
Wildbrain Entertainment, Inc. (commonly known as Wildbrain, stylized as W!LDBRAIN, formerly known as Wild Brain, and later known as DHX Media Los Angeles) was an American entertainment company and animation studio that developed and produced television programming, motion pictures, commercial content, and licensed merchandise. Established in 1994, it maintained offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. Its film productions included the Annie Award-winning computer-animated short film '' Hubert's Brain'', while its television work included the Nick Jr. series '' Bubble Guppies'' and ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'', and the Disney Channel series '' Higglytown Heroes''. Wildbrain also produced earlier animated shorts and television specials of ''Monster High'' for Mattel. They have produced national commercials for clients such as Esurance, Chiclets, Target, Nike, Honda, Kraft, ''The Wall Street Journal'', and Lamisil (featuring Digger the Dermatophyte). Their ad work has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WildBrain CPLG
WildBrain CPLG (formerly Copyright Promotions Licensing Group, also known as CPLG) is a brand licensing agency founded in 1974. Headquartered in London, CPLG also operates offices in Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Munich and has recently expanded its global reach by opening new offices in Toronto and Japan. History Private licensing company (1974–2006) CPLG once represented licensors across three divisions: entertainment, sport, and design. Entertainment brands included Elvis, Spider-Man, Peanuts, World Wide Wrestling, Bob the Builder, Sesame Street, LazyTown, Star Trek, Felix the Cat, and Where's Waldo. England Rugby, England football, England Cricket as well as St Andrews Links and World Rally Championship are licensed under CPLG's Sport division. Design brands include Skelanimlas, Valerie Tabor Smith, Janneike Brinkman and Whatever It Takes. DIC and Cookie Jar Group Subsidiary (2006–2012) In 2006, CPLG was acquired by DIC Entertainment, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cookie Jar Group
The Cookie Jar Group, commonly known as simply Cookie Jar and formerly known as CINAR, was a Canadian animation studio, production company, media production and distribution company that existed from 1976 until it was folded into DHX Media, now WildBrain, on December 25, 2014. The company was first established in 1976 as CINAR Films Inc., a Montreal-based studio that was heavily involved in children's entertainment. Its business model, which included the licensing of its properties into educational markets, had a significant impact on its success; by 1999, CINAR held CDN$1.5 billion of the overall children's television market. In the 2000s, CINAR became the subject of CINAR scandal, multiple business scandals, including accusations that the company had used offshore accounts to transfer money out of the company, had plagiarized the concept of one of its series, and had obfuscated the involvement of U.S. screenwriters in its productions in order to continue receiving Canadian ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio B Productions
Studio B Productions, Inc. (sometimes known as just Studio B and later known as DHX Media Vancouver) was a Canadian animation studio and production company founded by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1988. The studio was acquired by DHX Media 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, DHX Media 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragdoll Productions
Ragdoll Productions Limited, or simply Ragdoll, is a British television production company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. It is located in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, and has produced a number of children's programmes, most notably '' Teletubbies'', '' Pob's Programme'', '' Rosie and Jim'', '' Brum'', '' Boohbah'', '' Tots TV'', and '' In the Night Garden...,'' most of which are now owned by WildBrain. History Ragdoll Productions was founded on 26 July 1984 by Anne Wood, who produced shows for the ITV network. It was incorporated as Ragdoll Productions (U.K.) Limited in April 1985 and was originally based in Birmingham. The company's first show, '' Pob's Programme'', premiered on Channel 4 later that year. The company was later commissioned by Central Independent Television to produce '' Playbox'', which demonstrated the ability for the company to produce their own characters. In 1989, ''The Magic Mirror'' and ''BOOM!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Ward Productions
Jay Ward Productions, Inc. (sometimes shortened to Ward Productions) is an American animation studio based in Costa Mesa, California. It was founded in 1948 by American animator Jay Ward. As of 2022, the studio was headed by Ward's daughter, Tiffany Ward, and granddaughter, vice president Amber Ward. Before 2022, when the studio signed a distribution deal with WildBrain, the Jay Ward catalogue was managed by Bullwinkle Studios, a joint venture between Jay Ward Productions and the DreamWorks Animation subsidiary of NBCUniversal. History The company was based on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, across Sunset Boulevard from the Chateau Marmont. Jay Ward Productions today By 2002, Jay Ward Productions had formed Bullwinkle Studios LLC, a joint venture with Classic Media (then an Entertainment Rights subsidiary), to manage the Jay Ward characters. Bullwinkle Studios's first production was ''George of the Jungle'' with Studio B Productions, a unit of DHX Media. The series w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
