Editing DIC Entertainment (section)

{{Short description|Former film and television production company}}
{{Distinguish|DIC Corporation|DC Entertainment}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = DIC Entertainment Corporation
| former_name = {{unbulleted list|DIC Audiovisuel (1971–1987, French studio)|DIC Enterprises, Inc. (1982–1993, U.S. studio)|DIC Animation City, Inc. (1985–1993)|DIC Entertainment, L.P. (1993–2002)|DIC Productions, L.P. (1994–2001)}}
| logo = DIC Entertainment 1987.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used from 1987 to 2008
| logo_size = 
| image = Dicentertainmentheadquarters.jpg
| image_caption = Former DIC headquarters in [[Burbank, California]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{LSE was|DEKEq.L}}
| industry = [[Animation]]
| fate = Merged with Cookie Jar Group
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1971}}
| founder = [[Jean Chalopin]]<ref name="Bruick">{{cite magazine|last=Bruick|first=Connie|date=May 10, 2010|title=The Influencer|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/05/10/the-influencer|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| defunct = {{End date and age|2008|12|6}}
| successor = [[Cookie Jar Group]]
| location = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.<br />'''Former headquarters:'''<br />[[Paris]], France
| key_people = [[Andy Heyward]] (chairman and CEO)<ref name="Adelson">{{cite news|last=Adelson|first=Andrea|date=December 30, 1987|title=BUSINESS PEOPLE – For Maker of Cartoons, A Chance to Go Public|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/30/business/business-people-for-maker-of-cartoons-a-chance-to-go-public.html?scp=11&sq=the%20real%20ghostbusters&st=cse|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pfanner|first=Eric|title=Underdog takes shot at giants in kids television|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/technology/19iht-toon20.html?scp=6&sq=scrappy%20doo&st=cse&_r=0|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 19, 2006|access-date=January 27, 2016}}</ref>
| products = [[Children's television series]]
| parent = {{ubl|[[RTL Group|Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion]] (1971–1986)|[[Capital Cities/ABC|Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises, Inc.]] (1993–1995, limited partnership)|[[The Walt Disney Company]] (1995–2000, limited partnership)}}<!-- Do NOT add DHX Media here because it was folded into Cookie Jar Group, which was then acquired by DHX. -->
| divisions = {{Plainlist|
* DIC Consumer Products
* DIC Home Entertainment
* DIC Tune-Time Audio
}}
| subsid = {{Plainlist|
* [[WildBrain CPLG|Copyright Promotions Licensing Group]]
* DIC Entertainment Europe<ref>{{cite web|title=DIC ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE France – Business Profiles|url=https://businessprofiles.com/details/dic-entertainment-europe/FR-442540639|website=Business Profiles|access-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref>
* DIC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|title=DIC Entertainment Holdings Inc – Company Profile and News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/DEKE:LN|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|access-date=March 23, 2013}}</ref>
* DIC Entertainment, L.P.
* DIC Productions, L.P.
}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20080108082244/http://www.dicentertainment.com/main.php|dicentertainment.com}} (archived January 8, 2008)
}}

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'''DIC Entertainment Corporation''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|iː|k}}; also known as '''DIC Audiovisuel''', '''DIC Enterprises''', '''DIC Animation City''', '''DIC Entertainment, L.P.''', and '''DIC Productions''', sometimes stylized as '''DİC''') was a French American film and television [[production company]] that was mostly associated as an [[animation studio]]. As a former division of [[The Walt Disney Company]], DIC produced live-action feature films and licensed numerous [[anime]] series.

In 2008, DIC was acquired by [[Cookie Jar Group]] in June and was later folded into Cookie Jar in December. As of 2023, most of the [[List of DIC programs|DIC library]] is currently owned by [[WildBrain]] (formerly DHX Media) after the company acquired Cookie Jar in October 2012.