WildBrain

DHX Media specializes in the creation, production, and licensing of family entertainment rights. DHX Media owns, markets, and distributes over 8,500 half hours of children's entertainment content, and exploits owned properties through its consumer products licensing business. DHX Media is recognized for brands such as Caillou, Busytown Mysteries, Inspector Gadget, Johnny Test, Animal Mechanicals, Kid vs. Kat, Super WHY!, Rastamouse, and Yo Gabba Gabba!. The company also provides programming for Cookie Jar TV, the weekend morning block on CBS. DHX Media's full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group, (CPLG), represents numerous entertainment, sport, and design brands. DHX Media has offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Halifax, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Munich, Netherlands, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Nick Gawne

CFO, Finance

7 past transactions

Nerd Corps Entertainment

Acquisition in 2014
Nerd Corps is one of the largest animation studios in Canada boasting a diverse portfolio of award-winning original properties such as Slugterra, League of Super Evil, Storm Hawks and Rated A for Awesome. But we’re more than just an animation studio. We build stories, worlds, and experiences for kids that cut across platforms from television to online, games, toys, mobile—wherever kids are spending time. We handle all stages of our process in-house, including IP creation and development, animation production, finance, sales and distribution, licensing and consumer products, and interactive development. We’re a rarity in the industry, and are looking for the best talent to join our team!

Ragdoll Productions

Acquisition in 2013
Ragdoll Productions (or Ragdoll Ltd) is an English company that produces children's television shows. It was founded in 1984 by Anne Wood,[1] who later devised many of their television series, seen (in the case of Teletubbies) in 111 countries and translated into 41 languages. Before 1984, Ragdoll's founder Anne Wood made children's programmes for Yorkshire Television (which was the name before the rebrand to ITV Yorkshire) and TV-am. Ragdoll Ltd is a privately owned family company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood. In 2006 Ragdoll and BBC Worldwide formed a joint venture, Ragdoll Worldwide and has since dropped the original "Productions Ltd" label in order to manage and exploit Ragdoll programming. The slogan for the company is "Works for children."

Cookie Jar Entertainment

Acquisition in 2012
Cookie Jar is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment and consumer products companies with offices around the globe. Cookie Jar Entertainment is a leader in the creation, production and marketing of animated and live-action programming. Its library of nearly 6,000 half-hour episodes of television features some of the world’s most recognizable series including Caillou, Inspector Gadget, The Doodlebops and Johnny Test. The company controls Cookie Jar TV, the weekend morning block on CBS. Copyright Promotions Licensing Group, (CPLG) Cookie Jar’s full-service international licensing agency, represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands such as Caillou, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Richard Scarry, and St. Andrews Links.

WildBrain

Acquisition in 2010
WildBrain Family International ("WildBrain") is an industry leader in online video management and the creation of preschool and children’s entertainment content on YouTube. We make and share videos on YouTube, running a network of channels, managing the rights and audience growth from our catalogue of over 11,500 half hours of video content, and for over 25 international partners. We manage 450 + global kids brands including audience favourites such as the Teletubbies, Caillou, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget, Twirlywoos and In the Night Garden. Each month we deliver over 750 million views across our video network. Our digital production studio produces short-form videos for our family of channels, and we make original content for publishers and consumer products brands, supported by video marketing campaigns. WildBrain International is owned by DHX Media Ltd., a TSX-listed public company. The company name originates from WildBrain Entertainment, which was an award-winning animation studio based in Los Angeles between 1994 and 2010 when it was purchased by DHX Media. The company slate of programming included television series Yo Gabba Gabba! (Nick Jr.), The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO); Higglytown Heroes (Disney); Bubble Guppies (Nick Jr.); The Hard Times of RJ Berger (MTV), Peanuts (Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown) and Team Smithereen, the short-form stunt puppet show from Dan Clark. WildBrain received Clios, Addys, BDA Awards and Annies for their commercial work, reinvigorating classic brands for leading companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, Honda, Kraft and Nike.

imX Communications

Acquisition in 2008
imX Communications Inc., is one of Canada’s producers and co-producers of international quality feature films. In continuous business and production since 1985, imX Communications Inc., brings an extensive background and expertise to the DHX Media Ltd group of production companies.

Studio B Productions

Acquisition in 2007
Studio B Productions Inc. is a leader in the field of kids’ entertainment. Studio B is the producer of popular and award-winning properties such as Ricky Sprocket – Showbiz Boy (seen on TELETOON and Nickelodeon worldwide), Being Ian™, The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers!, Class of the Titans™ and George of the Jungle, a co-production with Classic Media set to air on Cartoon Network U.S. In addition, Studio B will launch two new properties in 2008, Kid vs. Kat, an original series with YTV and Martha Speaks, a co-production with WGBH Boston.

Bulldog Interactive Fitness

Acquisition in 2007
Bulldog Interactive has franchised eight locations across Canada to date, including several in the Toronto area. Within the last two months, three Bulldog Interactive locations have commenced operations, in Guelph, ON, Saskatoon, SK and St. John’s, NF and another three are expected to open within the next two months in Richmond, BC, Calgary, AB and Boca Raton, FL. Bulldog Interactive locations provide supervised and guided play for children between three and 14, with customized exercise programs and group events in an environment that fosters good health, self-esteem, confidence, friendship and fun.
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