Island of Misfits Island of Misfits was originally known as the
Halifax Film Company and was established by former
Salter Street Films executives
Michael Donovan and Charles Bishop in May 2004. Under the name, Halifax Film produced live-action television shows, children's
stop-motion series,
CGI productions and dramas. It was headed by Nova Scotia Business Inc., which expanded and helped to open up their own new markets, and bought out
This Hour Has 22 Minutes from
Alliance Atlantis in 2005. On May 16, 2006, Halifax Film and Decode Entertainment announced that they would merge and thus form the holding company
DHX Media. Halifax Film became a subsidiary of DHX Media in the process. It was decided that unlike its predecessor, its main goal was to be on family entertainment. In 2010 all DHX Media subsidiaries including Halifax Film were all merged to form one brand under the DHX Media name. In 2014, the studio relocated from a location at
Purdy's Wharf to the
Park Lane Mall. As of 2019, with the exception of
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, DHX Studios Halifax solely produces CGI-animated material.
IoM Media Ventures In November 2018, as part of a series of restructurations within the company, DHX sold its Halifax animation studio to IoM Media Ventures, a company led by former DHX CEO Dana Landry. Despite the sale, the studio continues to provide animation for WildBrain-owned shows.
Live-action series Animated series Animated shorts Films DHX Media Los Angeles On September 14, 2010, DHX acquired the Los Angeles-based
WildBrain Entertainment. At an undisclosed point, the studio was renamed to DHX Media Los Angeles. In 2013, DHX moved its
work for hire productions from the location to its Canadian operations. The studio was shuttered in 2017.
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DHX Media Toronto was founded on February 27, 1997, and originally known as
Decode Entertainment, Inc. by Steven DeNure, Neil Court, and John Delmage, and it was based in Toronto, Ontario. The company produced numerous television shows and was an international supplier of television and interactive programming for children and youth. Decode Entertainment focused on traditional animation, computer-generated animation, and live-action shows. The name "Decode" is an acronym of the combination of the names
DeNure,
Court, and
Delmage. On May 16, 2006, Decode Entertainment and Halifax Film announced that they would merge and thus form the holding company
DHX Media. ==See also==