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6 unusual facts about DiC Entertainment


Christina Pazsitzky

She began her career as a writer for animation and voiced animated characters for DIC Entertainment and the feature film TV: The Movie.

DIC Entertainment

It was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Frenchman Jean Chalopin in Paris, as a subsidiary of RTL Group (RTL), Europe's leading entertainment company, which today, is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

DIC Entertainment's American arm was founded in 1982 as DIC Enterprises, headed by Andy Heyward, Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi, in Burbank, California.

Family Channel

While the Halifax-based company already distributes and produces a large library of children's television series (particularly through its 2012 purchase of Cookie Jar Group, which gave it ownership of the program libraries of Cinar and DIC Entertainment), they will mark DHX's first foray into television channel ownership.

Jeffrey Wernick

He worked for Donovan, Leisure and Irvine law firm until he joined DIC Animation City.

Ultraforce

There was a short-lived Ultraforce cartoon based on the first version of Ultraforce, produced by DIC Entertainment, that aired for 13 episodes.


Jim MacGeorge

MacGeorge has also reprised his role only as Uncle Captain Huffenpuff in The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil produced by DiC Entertainment and directed by John Kricfalusi, better known for his work on The Ren and Stimpy Show.

Naz Edwards

Naz Edwards (born Nazig Dombalagian (Armenian: Նազիգ Դոմբալագիան) on February 2, 1952) is an American voice actress, singer, and Broadway star who is most remembered as the voice of antagonist Queen Beryl in the DiC English version of Sailor Moon.

Sabrina: Friends Forever

Sabrina: Friends Forever (also known as Sabrina the Teenage Witch in Friends Forever) is a 2002 animated television film produced by DIC Entertainment and was first shown on Nickelodeon Sunday Movie Toons in the United States (however, in most other countries, it premiered on either Disney Channel or Toon Disney).

Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins

Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins is a 1985 animated television special from Canada's Nelvana Limited, and the last one until DiC's recent revival to feature the American Greetings character, Strawberry Shortcake (1993–1995) on Fox Kids.

Turner Program Services

One of the more notable series TPS was responsible for developing was Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which was a co-production with DiC Entertainment and centered around a character created by Turner Broadcasting founder Ted Turner.


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Todd Swift

In the 1990s, Swift wrote hundreds of hours of television (mostly animation) for HBO, Paramount, Hanna-Barbera, Fox, Cinar and DIC Entertainment, and was story editor for many episodes of anime show Sailor Moon.