WildBrain
WildBrain Ltd. is a Canadian media, animation studio, production, and brand licensing company, mostly associated as an entertainment company. The company is known for owning the largest independent library of children's television programming, including the assets of acquisitions such as Cookie Jar Group, Epitome Pictures, and Wildbrain Entertainment among others, distribution rights to the Jay Ward Productions library, and a stake in the Peanuts franchise.
Logo used since 2019 | |
| Formerly | DHX Media (2006–2019) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| TSX: WILD | |
| Industry | Television production Broadcasting |
| Predecessors | Wildbrain Entertainment Decode Entertainment Halifax Film Company Cookie Jar Group DIC Entertainment Ragdoll Worldwide |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founders | Michael Donovan Steven DeNure |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Number of locations | 10 |
Key people | Josh Scherba (president and CEO) |
| Revenue | CA$439.8 million (FY 2019) |
Number of employees | est. 1000 (2015) |
| Divisions |
|
| Subsidiaries |
|
| Website | wildbrain |
| Footnotes / references | |
The company was founded in 2006 as DHX Media, via a merger between Decode Entertainment and the Halifax Film Company. The company subsequently acquired other studios and assets, acquired the Canadian specialty service Family Channel in 2014 to expand into broadcasting, and established the YouTube multi-channel network WildBrain (now WildBrain Spark) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the division, the entirety of the company was rebranded as WildBrain in 2019.