What is Decode Entertainment?
{{merge|Decode Entertainment|discuss=Talk:Decode Entertainment#Merger proposal}} {{Infobox company | name = Decode Entertainment | image = | caption = Decode Entertainment Logo | production = * ''[[Franny's Feet]]'' * ''[[Angela Anaconda]]'' * ''[[The Save-Ums!]]'' * ''[[How to Be Indie]]'' }} Decode Entertainment was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] production company founded by Steven DeNure, Neil Court, and John Delmage in 1997. It produced kids' shows (animated and live-action). In 2006, Decode Entertainment merged with Halifax Film Company; the result of that merger was the company [[WildBrain|DHX Media]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2012-08-20|title=Canada's DHX Media To Acquire Cookie Jar Entertainment For $111 Million|url=https://deadline.com/2012/08/canadas-dhx-media-to-acquire-cookie-jar-entertainment-for-111-million-321510/|access-date=2024-02-01|website=Deadline|language=en-US|quote=DHX Media, a Canadian media production company formed in 2006 by the merger of Halifax Film Company and Decode Entertainment, is acquiring Cookie Jar Entertainment to create Canada’s largest independent children’s entertainment company. The deal will be completed in mid October subject to getting shareholder and regulatory approvals. The transaction values Cookie Jar at $111 million. More than half of it, $66 million is debt DHX will take on, with rest a combination of shares and cash.}}</ref> Decode then became a subsidiary of DHX, gaining distribution rights to Halifax Film shows in the process. In 2010, all DHX companies, including Decode, were rebranded under the DHX name, with distribution transferred to DHX proper. In 2011, DHX Media ceased producing content at the ex-Decode offices. DHX acquired Epitome Pictures in 2014, which assumed the name DHX Studios in 2016, but this company had no relation outside the name. == List of shows == === Live action === * The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (1997) (co-productions with [[Children's Television Workshop]], [[CBS]] and M6) * [[Our Hero]] (2000–2002) (co-produ