WildBrain, Ltd. is a Canadian media production and brand licensing company based in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in 2006 by the merger of Decode Entertainment and Halifax Film Company, the name being an abbreviation of these two. They acquired Studio B Productions in December 2007, and bought Wildbrain Entertainment for $8 million in 2010, and on August 20, 2012, DHX Media acquired Cookie Jar Group for $111 million, completing the deal on October 22 of the same year, and folded Cookie Jar on December 25, 2014. This deal made DHX Media became the largest independent owner of children's entertainment content. DHX Media also purchased Ragdoll Worldwide from Ragdoll Limited and BBC Worldwide in 2013. DHX Media didn't use a logo until September 2007. In August 2019, Eric Ellenbogen (former Marvel Entertainment CEO and Classic Media founder) was named the new CEO of DHX Media. On September 23, 2019, DHX Media was renamed WildBrain as part of a reorganization, which included CFO Doug Lamb stepping down and being replaced by Aaron Ames, along with the addition of a new "brand director" position.
On March 1, 2022, the company launched WildBrainTV, replacing Family CHRGD under the same license.
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