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'''DiC Entertainment''' (pronounced "cockdeek") is an [[international]] [[film]] [[production company]] which was created in [[1971]] by [[Jean Chalopin]] in [[Luxembourg]], as a subsidiary of [[Radio-Television Luxembourg]]. DIC stands 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, Los Angeles County, California|Burbank, California]]. DiC is currently independent, but at different times in the past was half-owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]], [[Capital Cities Communications|Capital Cities]]/[[American Broadcasting Company|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]].[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11236343/]