Studio B Productions, Inc. (sometimes known as just Studio B and later known as DHX Media Vancouver) was a Canadian animation studio and production company founded by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1988.[1] The studio was acquired by DHX Media (now WildBrain) on December 4, 2007, and became a subsidiary there since then.[2][3][4]
The Studio B brand was discontinued in 2011, while the studio itself merged with fellow DHX subsidiary Nerd Corps Entertainment to form DHX Studios (now WildBrain Studios) in 2016. All Studio B series were branded under the DHX Media name until 2019, when the latter rebranded as WildBrain.
History
The company was founded in 1988 by Blair Peters and Chris Bartleman. On December 4, 2007, DHX Media acquired Studio B.[2][3][4] On September 8, 2010, the renaming of the studio after its parent company, along with DHX Media's other subsidiaries, was announced:[5][6][7] officially, on December 22, 2010, Studio B Productions Inc. and Studio B (Animation Service) Productions Inc. were renamed DHX Media (Vancouver) Ltd. and DHX Media Studio (Vancouver) Ltd., respectively,[8] and on January 11, 2011, Studio B Holdings Inc. was renamed DHX Media (Vancouver Prod) Ltd.[9]
In 2016, the former Studio B team was relocated to a new facility in Vancouver. The new building also houses the former Nerd Corps Entertainment, an animation studio which DHX Media acquired in 2014.[10]
Filmography
Television series
Co-productions and original series
Production services
Films and specials
External links
References
- Company Overview of Studio B Productions, Inc. Businessweek, retrieved December 29, 2012^
- DHX Media. DHX Media acquires Studio B Productions Inc. Canada Newswire, December 4, 2007, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- Ball, Ryan. DHX Media Acquires Studio B Prods. Animation Magazine, December 5, 2007, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- Loveday, Samantha. DHX Media buys up Studio B Licensing.biz, December 4, 2007, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- DHX MEDIA REBRANDS ACROSS DIVISIONS DHX Media, September 8, 2010, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- Hudson, Hannah. Rebrand for DHX Media C21Media, September 8, 2010, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- McLean, Thomas J. DHX Media Rebrands Across Divisions Animation Magazine, September 9, 2010, retrieved December 27, 2012^
- Corporate Registry Notices -- December 30, 2010^
- Corporate Registry Notices -- January 20, 2011^
- Kenneth Chan. DHX Studios to open new state-of-the-art animation facility in Vancouver VanCity Buzz, February 3, 2016, retrieved October 15, 2017^