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Template:WildBrain evolution

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The evolution of WildBrain
Year Event
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
2025 WildBrain announces closures of its television channels