DiC Animation
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| LLC | |
| Industry | Animation |
| Fate | Acquired by and folded into Cookie Jar Group |
| Successor | Cookie Jar Group DHX Media |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Jean Chalopin |
| Defunct | December 6, 2008 |
| Headquarters |
Burbank, California, U.S. Former headquarters: France |
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Key people
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Andy Heyward (Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | Children's television shows |
| Website | www |
DiC Entertainment was an international film and television production company that was also known as The Incredible World of DiC, DiC Audiovisuel, DiC Enterprises, DiC Animation City and DiC Productions at various times in its history. In 2008, DiC was acquired by the Cookie Jar Group and was folded into it. Most of the DiC library is currently owned by DHX Media after DHX acquired the Cookie Jar Group on October 22 2012, shortly before The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm, Ltd. for $4 billion.
In addition to animated and live-action television shows, while under Disney, DiC produced live-action feature films, including Meet the Deedles (1998) and Inspector Gadget (1999), and licensed various anime series such as Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya and Speed Racer X.
Diffusion, Information Communications (DiC) was formed in France in 1971 by Jean Chalopin as the production division of Radio Television Luxembourg, a long existing media company.
DiC's American arm was founded in April 1982 in Burbank, California by Andy Heyward, a former story writer at Hanna-Barbera, to translate DiC productions into English. The company produced television animation for both network broadcast and syndication, outsourced its non-creative work overseas, enforced anti-union policies and hired staff on a per-program basis to cut costs. For some in the industry, DiC stood for "Do It Cheap". With directors Bruno Bianchi and Bernard Deyriès, Chalopin and Heyward were able to make DiC an effective but restrained animation company.
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