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 YouTubemulti-channel networkWildBrain (now WildBrain Spark) in 2016. Building upon the strength of the division, the entirety of the company was rebranded as WildBrain in 2019.
(formerly Copyright Promotions Licensing Group), a third-party entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom with offices around the world, became a subsidiary to WildBrain in the process of the acquisition of Cookie Jar Entertainment.
WildBrain CPLG
WildBrain Distribution: WildBrain distributes television shows and specials within to various media platforms, territory-by-territory. The company maintains distribution offices in Toronto, Beijing, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Paris, and a support team in Toronto.
their library
WildBrain Television: WildBrain operates four Canadian specialty television channels: three in English (, Family Jr., and WildBrainTV) and a French-language channel (Télémagino). They were acquired in 2013 from Bell Media as part of its acquisition of Astral Media.
Family Channel
: WildBrain maintains a production studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, and formerly operated 3 others.
WildBrain Spark logo used since 2019
WildBrain Studios
is a multi-channel network based in London, England, that programs digital children's content on services such as YouTube—including content from WildBrain's library and properties, as well as edutainment and toys.[32] It was formerly known as simply "WildBrain" until DHX's 2019 rebranding.[43] The division has also entered into partnerships with other parties to manage their digital properties.[51][52][53] The WildBrain Spark channel is among the largest children's channels on YouTube, and accounted for $70 million of WildBrain's revenue in 2019.[54]
WildBrain Spark
is a pre-production studio that specializes in design and storyboards for series, films and commercials.
