Cookie Jar Group

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Cookie Jar Group
Cookie Jar Group
Formerly
  • CINAR Productions Inc.
    (1976–2004)
  • CINAR Films Inc.
    (1976–2001)
  • CINAR Corporation
    (1997–2004)
  • Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc.
    (2004-2012)
  • DHX Cookie Jar Inc.
    (2012–2014)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision production
Animation
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
FoundersMicheline Charest
Ronald A. Weinberg
DefunctDecember 25, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-25)
FateAcquired by, merged with, and folded into DHX Media
Successor
HeadquartersOfficial office: 266 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
International offices: 1055 René-Lévesque Blvd. East, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2800 SW Barton St,
Number of locations
3 (2006)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Michael Hirsh (CEO)
Lesley Taylor (President)
ParentDHX Media
DivisionsCookie Jar Entertainment
Cookie Jar Education
Cookie Jar Consumer Products
Horn Rims Productions
KidsCo
Copyright Promotions Licensing Group
Websitewww.thecookiejarcompany.com

Cookie Jar Group was a Canadian media production and distribution company. Micheline Charest and Ronald A. Weinberg started it in 1976 in the United States as just a distributor. In 1984 they moved to Montreal and started to make children's TV series.[1] The company made series including Papa Beaver's Storytime, The Cat Tales, The Babaloos, Wimzie's House, The Little Lulu Show, Miffy: Colors, Numbers and Shapes, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Animal Crackers, The Secret World of Santa Claus, Mumble Bumble and Mona the Vampire. DHX Media bought the company in 2012.

Other names[change | change source]

The company's original name was CINAR. It changed its name in 2004 to Cookie Jar Group. In 2014 it became DHX Cookie Jar Inc.

References[change | change source]

  1. Brenda Branswell (April 28, 2003). "Cinar Films (Profile)". Macleans. Retrieved January 22, 2024 – via The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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