DiC Entertainment
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DiC Entertainment (pronounced "deek") is an international film and television production company which was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin in Luxembourg, as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg (RTL). The company's name was originally an acronym for Diffusion, Information et Communication. The company's United States headquarters, established in 1982 and headed by Andy Heyward, Robby London and Michael Maliani, are in Burbank, California.
In 1986, Heyward bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations. DiC is currently independent, but at different times in the past was owned (at times outright, and at times with a half-interest) by The Walt Disney Company, Capital Cities/ABC (before being acquired by Disney) and Bain Capital.
In addition to animated (and occasionally live-action) television shows, DiC produced live-action feature films while under Disney, including 1998's Meet the Deedles and 1999's Inspector Gadget. One current project of DiC's Heyward is an animated series starring billionaire Warren Buffett. [1]
In early 2006, DIC Entertainment and CBS Corporation signed a multi-year deal to unveil a new 3-hour long programming block for Saturday mornings on CBS. The resulting "KOL Secret Slumber Party" was launched the following fall. [2]
