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DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") (formerly DIC Enterprises and DIC Productions) was an international American
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film
Film

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and television
Television

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production company
Production company

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which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin
Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin is a France Television producer and writer. In 1971, Chalopin created the company DIC Audiovisuel, which later evolved into DIC Entertainment, and wrote and produced a lot of programmes directed by Japanese studios....
in Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
, as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for Diffusion, Information et Communication. The company's United States
United States

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headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, were in Burbank, California.

In 1986, Andy Heyward
Andy Heyward

Andrew A. "Andy" Heyward was the Chairman and CEO of DIC Entertainment, an animation production company.Andy created DiC Entertainment in 1982 after performing a management buyout of DiC Audiovisual, a France production company owned by Radio-Television Luxembourg....
bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations.

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DIC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") (formerly DIC Enterprises and DIC Productions) was an international American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
production company
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin
Jean Chalopin

Jean Chalopin is a France Television producer and writer. In 1971, Chalopin created the company DIC Audiovisuel, which later evolved into DIC Entertainment, and wrote and produced a lot of programmes directed by Japanese studios....
in Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
, as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for Diffusion, Information et Communication. The company's United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, were in Burbank, California.

In 1986, Andy Heyward
Andy Heyward

Andrew A. "Andy" Heyward was the Chairman and CEO of DIC Entertainment, an animation production company.Andy created DiC Entertainment in 1982 after performing a management buyout of DiC Audiovisual, a France production company owned by Radio-Television Luxembourg....
bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations. In 1993 the company was purchased by Capital Cities/ABC and in 1995 became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
. In 2000 with an investment by Bain Capital
Bain Capital

Bain Capital LLC is a Boston-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company. Originally conceived as a leveraged buyout and venture capital funding, Bain Capital today manages approximately $80 billion in assets, and its strategies include private equity & venture capital as well as long/short pu...
, Heyward re-purchased DIC Enterprises (as it was then known). He purchased Bain Capital
Bain Capital

Bain Capital LLC is a Boston-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company. Originally conceived as a leveraged buyout and venture capital funding, Bain Capital today manages approximately $80 billion in assets, and its strategies include private equity & venture capital as well as long/short pu...
's interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.

In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows (such as The Real Ghostbusters, 1986-1991), DIC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's Meet the Deedles
Meet the Deedles

Meet the Deedles is a 1998 United States live-action Walt Disney Pictures comedy film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Paul Walker and Steve Van Wormer....
and 1999's Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget (film)

Inspector Gadget is a 1999 in video gaming live-action film based on the popular animated cartoon series Inspector Gadget. It starred Matthew Broderick as the title character, along with Rupert Everett as Dr....
. One current project of DIC's Heyward is an animated series starring billionaire
Billionaire

A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one 1000000000 units of currency, such as United States dollars , U.K. pound sterlings or euro ....
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is one of the world's most successful investors and the largest shareholder and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway....
, The Secret Millionaire's Club.

In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation is an United States media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States....
signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
. The resulting KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS was launched the following fall. On September 15, 2007, a new programming block: KEWLopolis premiered, a joint venture between DIC, CBS, and American Greetings
American Greetings

American Greetings Corporation, Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products , and electronic expressive content ....
.

In April 2007 DIC Entertainment, Corus Entertainment's
Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation....
Nelvana
Nelvana

Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company, founded in 1971, that is well-known for its work in children's animation, among many things....
and Sparrowhawk Media Group announced plans to launch KidsCo
KidsCo

KidsCo is an international children's entertainment brand founded by Canada Canadian television Corus Entertainment Nelvana, United States-based producer Cookie Jar Group, and European broadcaster Sparrowhawk Media Group in April 2007....
a new international children's entertainment network.

On June 20, 2008, it was announced that DIC would be acquired by Cookie Jar Group. On July 23, 2008, Cookie Jar completed the acquisition of DIC Entertainment, and DIC was then completely folded into Cookie Jar Entertainment. However, with plans to expand the program offerings of the DiC Kids Network
DiC Kids Network

The DiC Kids Network was a children's programming block that aired selected DIC Entertainment programs on local Fox Broadcasting Company, MyNetworkTV, The CW Television Network and Independent stations to provide them with a source of E/I programming required by federal law....
on February 17, 2009 to meet the needs of E/I
E/i

e/i was the second magazine founded, published and edited by electronic music journalist Darren Bergstein, following the 1980s to 1990's run of i/e magazine....
programming on digital subchannel
Digital subchannel

In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same frequency....
s, it is currently unknown if Cookie Jar will use the DIC brand name and logo again.

Productions
See List of Cookie Jar Entertainment programs

Logos

External links

* at the Big Cartoon Database
Big Cartoon DataBase

The Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, Feature film, Animated television series and cartoon Short film....