Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

The evolution of WildBrain
1968	FilmFair London is founded
1971	DIC Audiovisuel is founded
1972	Strawberry Shortcake brand is first developed
1974	CPLG is founded
1976	CINAR and Colossal Pictures are founded
1982	DIC Enterprises is founded
1984	Ragdoll Productions is founded
1987	DIC Audiovisuel closes
1988	Studio B Productions is founded
1992	Epitome Pictures is founded
1993	DIC Enterprises becomes DIC Entertainment
1994	Wild Brain is founded‚ and Red Rover Studios is founded, DIC Entertainment brands as The Incredible World of DIC
1995	Platinum Disc Corporation is founded
1996	CINAR buys FilmFair's library
1997	Decode Entertainment is founded
1999	Wild Brain acquires Colossal Pictures' employee base
2002	Nerd Corps Entertainment is founded
2004	Halifax Film Company is founded, CINAR rebrands as Cookie Jar Group
2005	Platinum Disc Corporation merge as Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
2006	Decode and Halifax Film merge as DHX Media, DIC acquires CPLG, and Ragdoll Worldwide is formed with BBC Worldwide; Wild brain acquires stake in Kidrobot
2007	DHX Media buys Studio B Productions and Wild Brain becomes Wildbrain Entertainment
2008	Cookie Jar Group merges DIC and House of Cool absorbs Red Rover Studios
2010	DHX Media buys Wildbrain Entertainment‚ and Peanuts Worldwide is founded
2011	Decode Entertainment and Red Rover Studios closes
2012	DHX Media buys Cookie Jar Group, Wildbrain Entertainment acquires Kidrobot as a whole
2013	DHX Media acquires Ragdoll Worldwide’s back catalogue
2014	DHX Media buys Epitome Pictures, Nerd Corps, and Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's family content library, as well as Family, the Canadian English-language version of Disney Junior, the Canadian French-language version of Disney Junior, and the Canadian version of Disney XD; National Entertainment Collectibles Association acquires Kidrobot from Wildbrain Entertainment
2016	The WildBrain multi-channel network launches and Studio B and Nerd Corps merge as DHX Studios
2017	Wildbrain Entertainment closes; DHX Media buys Peanuts Worldwide and Strawberry Shortcake
2018	Halifax Film becomes Island of Misfits
2019	DHX Media rebrands as WildBrain, Epitome Pictures closes, and the WildBrain MCN becomes WildBrain Spark
2020	CPLG becomes WildBrain CPLG
2021	Echo Bridge folds into SP Distribution
2023	WildBrain acquires House of Cool
2024	WildBrain Spark merged into its parent company as WildBrain London
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Echo Bridge Entertainment
Predecessor	Alliance Atlantis (television distribution assets)
Founded	1995;30 years ago (as Platinum Disc Corporation); 2005;20 years ago (as Echo Bridge Home Entertainment)
Defunct	2021
Fate	Folded into SP Distribution
Successor	SP Distribution; WildBrain
Headquarters	La Crosse, Wisconsin (home entertainment); White Plains, New York (international sales); Needham, Massachusetts (headquarters); Beverly Hills, California (acquisitions)
Area served	International
Key people	Michael Rosenblatt, CEO; Nathan Hart, President (home entertainment); Emilia Nuccio, President (international)
Services	Video, digital, television distribution
Subsidiaries	Alliance Atlantis International Distribution ; PM Entertainment
Website	www.echobridgeentertainment.com

Last updated January 30, 2025

Echo Bridge Entertainment was an American independent distribution company. It acquired and distributed feature films, scripted and non-scripted series, documentaries, and children's programming for home video, digital and television in the United States and throughout the world. Since its acquisition of Alliance Atlantis International Distribution and recent distribution partnerships with Miramax ^[1] and ABC Disney/Buena Vista, Echo Bridge Entertainment had a combined portfolio of over 11,000 titles, including Degrassi: The Next Generation (a co-production with DHX Media's Epitome Pictures), until DHX Media acquired the family library in November 2014.

History

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, a division of Echo Bridge Entertainment, was founded in 1995 as Platinum Disc Corporation, initially distributed DVDs of low-budget and public domain films. It was named and had its logo inspired from the real Echo Bridge in Massachusetts. In February 2004, Echo Bridge Entertainment was founded at the American Film Market, with the acquisition of the libraries of CineTel Films and PM Entertainment.^[2]^[3] In September 2004, Echo Bridge announced that it would acquire the Green Communications library. ^[4] In July 2005, Platinum Disc Corporation and Echo Bridge Entertainment merged to form Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.^[5] In April 2008, Echo Bridge acquired the international operations, including television distribution rights to Alliance Atlantis library from Goldman Sachs, with the exception of the CSI franchise, which was retained by CBS.^[6] In 2011, Echo Bridge Entertainment and Miramax made a distribution deal in which Echo Bridge would release 251 films from the Miramax catalog, with the other 550 going to Lionsgate and StudioCanal as Miramax had a similar distribution deal with them.^[7]^[8] On March 17, 2014, after Echo Bridge lost the distribution rights to the Miramax titles, the Miramax releases all went out of print and any mention of them was removed from their website. Lionsgate later expanded their deal with Miramax to include the 251 films previously released by Echo Bridge until 2020, when Paramount Home Entertainment (which parent company acquired a 49% stake of Miramax in 2019) extended their own deal with Miramax to include those 251 films. In 2014, Echo Bridge sold its family library to DHX Media (now known as WildBrain).^[9]

In January 2017, filmmaker and producer Steven Paul purchased the non-family assets of Echo Bridge, which in turn renamed as Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp, later becoming dormant and then folded into SP Distribution in 2021, with the distribution rights to the Echo Bridge/PM/Alliance Atlantis library in turn acquired by the New York City-based distributor and streaming service FilmRise for digital distribution.^[10]

Filmography

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References

↑ "Echo Bridge And Miramax Enter Into Distribution Partnership". Miramax. February 17, 2011. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
↑ "AFM set to her an echo". Variety . February 11, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
↑ "Echo Bridge to launch at AFM, armed with PM library and 94 CineTel titles". Screen Daily . February 12, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
↑ "Echo Bridge buys Green Communications library". Screen Daily . September 29, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
↑ "Echo Bridge Entertainment Merges With Leading Home Entertainment Distributor, Platinum Disc Corporation". Echo Bridge Entertainment. July 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Echo Bridge to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution". April 7, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Miramax, Echo Bridge team for DVD distrib". Variety. February 17, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
↑ "Echo Bridge takes on Miramax DVD titles". Deadline Hollywood . February 17, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
↑ DHX Media acquires library of children's and family TV content
↑ "Producer Steven Paul Buys Distributor Echo Bridge".

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[1] "Echo Bridge And Miramax Enter Into Distribution Partnership". Miramax. February 17, 2011. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2014.

[2] "AFM set to her an echo". Variety . February 11, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[3] "Echo Bridge to launch at AFM, armed with PM library and 94 CineTel titles". Screen Daily . February 12, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[4] "Echo Bridge buys Green Communications library". Screen Daily . September 29, 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[5] "Echo Bridge Entertainment Merges With Leading Home Entertainment Distributor, Platinum Disc Corporation". Echo Bridge Entertainment. July 5, 2005. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

[6] "Echo Bridge to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution". April 7, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

[7] "Miramax, Echo Bridge team for DVD distrib". Variety. February 17, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[8] "Echo Bridge takes on Miramax DVD titles". Deadline Hollywood . February 17, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2024.

[9] DHX Media acquires library of children's and family TV content

[10] "Producer Steven Paul Buys Distributor Echo Bridge".

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