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The evolution of WildBrain

The evolution of WildBrain 1968 FilmFair London is founded 1971 DIC Audiovisuel is founded 1972 Strawberry Shortcake brand is first developed 1974 CPLG is founded 1976 CINAR and Colossal Pictures are founded 1982 DIC Enterprises is founded 1984/1985 Ragdoll Productions is founded 1986/1987 Andy Heyward takes over DIC Enterprises and renames it DIC Animation City with help from both Bear Stearns & Co and Prudential Insurance Co Jean Chalopin retains DIC Audiovisuel and establishes Créativité et Développement 1988 Studio B Productions is founded 1992 Epitome Pictures is founded 1993 Capital Cities/ABC purchases DIC Animation City, renaming it DIC Entertainment 1994 Both Wild Brain and Red Rover Studios were founded 1995 Platinum Disc Corporation is founded 1996 The Walt Disney Company purchases Capital Cities/ABC, which included DIC Entertainment as well CINAR buys FilmFair's library 1997 Decode Entertainment is founded 1999 Wild Brain acquires Colossal Pictures' employee base 2000 Andy Heyward re-acquires DIC Entertainment from The Walt Disney Company with help this time around from both Bain Capital and Chase Capital Partners 2001/2002 Nerd Corps Entertainment and Kidrobot are founded FilmFair London closes DIC Entertainment rebrands themselves onscreen as The Incredible World of DIC 2004 Halifax Film Company is founded Michael Hirsh takes over CINAR and renames it as Cookie Jar Group 2005 Platinum Disc Corporation merge as Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2006 Decode and Halifax Film merge as DHX Media DIC Entertainment acquires CPLG Ragdoll Productions forms a joint-venture with BBC Worldwide called Ragdoll Worldwide Wild Brain acquires stake in Kidrobot 2007 DHX Media buys Studio B Productions Wild Brain becomes Wildbrain Entertainment 2008 Cookie Jar Group purchases and folds DIC Entertainment House of Cool absorbs Red Rover Studios 2010 DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment Peanuts Worldwide is founded Decode Entertainment rebrands as DHX Media Toronto Hailfax Film becomes DHX Media Hailfax 2011 DHX Media Toronto, Studio B Productions and Red Rover Studios close 2012 DHX Media buys Cookie Jar Group Wildbrain Entertainment acquires Kidrobot as a whole 2013 DHX Media acquires Ragdoll Worldwide from Ragdoll Productions and BBC Worldwide; despite that though, Ragdoll Productions themselves remain independent 2014 DHX Media buys Epitome Pictures, Nerd Corps, and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's family content library, as well as Family, the Canadian English and French Disney Junior channels, and the Canadian version of Disney XD Cookie Jar Group shuts down National Entertainment Collectibles Association acquires Kidrobot from Wildbrain Entertainment 2016 The WildBrain multi-channel network launches Studio B and Nerd Corps merge as DHX Studios Wildbrain Entertainment closes 2017 DHX Media buys Peanuts Worldwide and Strawberry Shortcake 2018 DHX Media Hailfax becomes Island of Misfits 2019 DHX Media rebrands as WildBrain Epitome Pictures closes the WildBrain MCN becomes WildBrain Spark 2020 CPLG becomes WildBrain CPLG 2021 Echo Bridge folds into SP Distribution 2023 WildBrain acquires House of Cool 2024 WildBrain Spark merged into its parent company as WildBrain London