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Timoon Animation
OuiDo! Productions (formerly known as Timoon Animation, Genao Productions and Technicolor Animation Productions) is a French-based entertainment production company that served as a production arm part of the French visual effects and animation company Technicolor Creative Studios (now Technicolor Group). The company was founded on May 28, 2003 as Timoon Animation by Philippe Mounier the founder of PMMP and Bridget Gauthier-Darcet of Largardère Images and they were responsible for co-producing animated shows and reboots such as the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchises. History Technicolor Animation Productions was first founded in Paris, France on May 28, 2003 in which it was originally known as Timoon Animation when the then vice-president of Lagadère Images, Brigett Gautheir-Darcet and founder of another animation studio in France PMMP, Philippe Mounier teamed up to create this company in order to boost Largadère Images and produced its first anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagdasarian Productions
Bagdasarian Productions (also credited as Bagdasarian Company) is an American production company founded by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (also known as David Seville) on February 20, 1961. The company holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks and related intellectual property assets. The company is currently owned and operated in by Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman. The company has co-produced many television series, specials, and films and initiated multiple lawsuits to protect the characters. Filmography Television shows Feature films Lawsuits Main ''Universal Studios, Inc.'' (2000) : Bagdasarian Productions sued for a payment of $100 million for a breach of contract. Bagdasarian Productions claimed that the entertainment company never intended to honor the agreement to promote the characters within family entertainment and animation arms. Bagdasarian Productions won their suit and regained control of the Alvin and the Chipmunks characters in 2002. ''Capito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Friends
''Forest Friends'' () is a French animated television series initially broadcast on TF1, and later rerun on French children's network TiJi. Along with the CGI series ''The Odd Family'', this was one of the first shows produced by Timoon Animation, a company created by Philippe Mounier. 52 episodes were produced. Several of the show's tie-in books have been written by Valérie Baranski, the screenwriter for another TF1 cartoon, '' The Bellflower Bunnies''. Synopsis In the series, a wildfire has driven away many species of forest animals, who reluctantly must live uneasily with each other. But seven young open-minded survivors taught by their mentor the Old Oak of the Forest, step forth to prove that the animals no matter how different they are from each other, can live and work together as a community in peace and friendship. Frequently the rats cause trouble and inconvenience for the animals. English voice cast * Jodi Forrest * Barbara Weber-Scaff * Sharon Mann-Vallet * Matth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children, it is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 to 17, along with a broader family audience through its programming blocks. The channel began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel was renamed Nickelodeon and launched to a new nationwide audience, with '' Pinwheel'' as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. Nickelodeon gained a rebranding in programming and image that year, and its ensuing success led to it and its sister networks MTV and VH1 being sold to Viacom in 1985. Nickelodeon began expanding as a franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvinnn!!! And The Chipmunks
''Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks'' (stylized as ''ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks'') is a children's animated musical comedy television series created by Janice Karman. Produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Technicolor Animation Productions (formerly known as OuiDo! Productions in season 1) with the participation of M6, it features Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Chipettes and marks their first television appearance together since 1990. First announced by Bagdasarian Productions in spring 2010, a promotional trailer for the series was posted on YouTube. The animation and half of the show's storyboards are handled by Technicolor Productions in France, while Bagdasarian Productions in the United States is in charge of voice recording and music production. The series is primarily distributed by PGS Entertainment, a French brand management company. The series premiered on M6 on March 30, 2015. In August 2015, Nickelodeon acquired the American broadcast rights to the series. It also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technicolor SA
Vantiva SA (formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, Thomson SA, and Thomson Multimedia) is a French multinational corporation that provides technology products and services for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Headquartered in Paris, Vantiva also maintains offices in Rennes (France), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Chennai (India), Edegem (a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium), Norcross, Georgia, Norcross (U.S), and Manaus, Brazil, Manaus (Brazil). The company was originally known as Thomas Multimedia and rebranded as Technicolor SA on January 27, 2010, adopting the name of its U.S. film technology subsidiary. In September 2022, Technicolor Creative Studios was spun off as a separate entity (now known as Technicolor Group), and the remaining company rebranded as Vantiva. Vantiva is organized into three divisions: * Connected Home: Manufactures broadband modems and Android TV set-top boxes * HomeSight: Offers remote care and monitoring services in clients†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulli
Gulli (; stylised as gulli) is a French free-to-air television channel focused on kids' programming for those aged 3 to 14. It was created as a result of a partnership between Lagardère Active and state-owned broadcaster France Télévisions. In 2019, Groupe M6 bought Gulli as well as the television division of Lagardère Active. History The channel was launched on 18 November 2005 on the digital terrestrial television platform in France. On 1 July 2015, Gulli launched its own HD simulcast feed on the Astra 1 satellite as part of Canalsat's complete transition to HD. On 5 April 2016, its HD feed was launched on DTT. Gulli was created as a result of a partnership between a kids-television pioneer Lagardère Active and the state-owned France Télévisions. The former is known due to its children's network, Canal J, while the latter has a long history investing in kids programming through its youth-oriented division on France 3. In 2011, the first Gulli indoor playground op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal J
Canal J (stylised as canal J, ) is a French pay television channel dedicated to children's programming. It is aimed at children aged 7 to 12. On 1 February 2019, M6 Group entered negotiations to acquire the television unit of Lagardère Active including Canal J. The sale was completed on 2 September 2019. __TOC__ History Created on 23 December 1985 at the initiative of the French corporation Group Hachette, Canal J was first broadcast as a cable network on Cergy-Pontoise. It was then launched in Paris on 25 November 1986 and in Nice and Montpellier on 12 February 1987. The channel broadcast mostly cartoons for 3–13 year-old kids using video cassettes at the network's headend. Its schedule was composed of two programming blocks that were aired everyday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m On 8 February 1988, Canal J started to be managed by a new company composed by Europe 1 Communication and three cable providers: Communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on October 1, 1992. Founded by Betty Cohen (who was also appointed by Ted Turner as the first president of the network), the channel primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's television series, children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pacific Time Zone, PT daily, though the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, while its early morning block Cartoonito (American programming block), Cartoonito is aimed at preschool-aged children, and evening block Adult Swim targets teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 34. , Cartoon Network is available to approximately 66 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonic Boom (TV Series)
''Sonic Boom'' is a CGI-animated television series produced by Sega, Sega of America, Inc. and Technicolor Animation Productions (formerly OuiDo! Productions in season 1) in collaboration with Lagardère Group, Lagardère Thématiques and Lagardère Group, Jeunesse TV, respectively for Cartoon Network, Canal J, and Gulli. Loosely based on the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game series by Sega, it is the fifth animated television series based on the franchise and the first to be produced in computer-generated imagery animation and in high-definition television, high-definition. The series premiered in November 2014. It is a part of the ''Sonic Boom'' spin-off (media), spin-off franchise, which also consists of three video games: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, ''Rise of Lyric'', Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, ''Shattered Crystal'', and Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, ''Fire & Ice''; a comic series by Archie Comics, and a toyline by Tomy. In spite of the games' critical and commercial failure an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
