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== History ==
As CINAR BROADCASTING NETWORK FRANCE ANIMATION NEC PC 1995
[[File:CINAR.PNG|thumb|right|CINAR logo used from 1984 to 2004, shown here is the 2000 variant, consisting of the 1992 variant on a blue oval.]] DIC ENTERTAINMENT SEGA VIDEO
After their meeting in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], in 1976, [[Micheline Charest]] and [[Ronald A. Weinberg]] organized an event for a women's film festival and worked at distributing foreign films to U.S. theatres. The couple moved to [[New York City]] and formed CINAR, a film and television distribution company. KING FEATURES SYNDICATE CO
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In 1984, CINAR changed their focus from media distribution to production and moved operations to [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], where they concentrated on family-oriented television programming, including ''[[The Little Lulu Show]]'', ''[[Animal Crackers (TV series)|Animal Crackers]]'', ''[[Emily of New Moon (TV series)|Emily of New Moon]]'', ''[[Mona the Vampire]]'', and ''[[The Wombles (1996 TV series)|The Wombles]]'', as well as the English and French dubs of the [[anime]] series ''[[Adventures of the Little Koala]]'', ''[[Ronin Warriors]]'', ''[[Doraemon (1979 TV series)|The Adventures of Albert and Sidney]]'', and ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (TV series)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'', the Spanish television series ''[[The World of David the Gnome]]'', and the English dub of ''[[Ultraseven]]''. As a production company, CINAR was also involved in the work of ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'', ''[[A Bunch of Munsch]]'', ''[[The Busy World of Richard Scarry]]'', ''[[Madeline (TV series)|Madeline]]'' (specials 2 to 6), ''[[The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You]]'', ''[[The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures]]'', ''[[Space Cases]]'', and its most well-known works, ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', ''[[Zoboomafoo]]'', and ''[[Caillou]]''. JIM HENSON VIDEO
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The firm became a [[public company]] in September 1993.
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On November 1, 1996, CINAR announced that they would purchase the programming library and animation unit of the London-based [[FilmFair]] from the Caspian Group for $10.5 million.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Cinar to Buy Film Library |work=The New York Times |date=November 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/01/business/cinar-to-buy-film-library.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |last1=Jones |first1=Dow }}</ref> After the deal closed, CINAR reopened FilmFair and utilized it's acquired catalogue to launch a dedicated London-based European production and distribution studio - CINAR Europe in March 1997. The aim of the new subsidiary was to produce, with FilmFair; revival series based on existing properties including ''[[The Wombles (1996 TV series)|The Wombles]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Paddington Bear]]'', and bring the existing FilmFair catalogue to the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=1997-03-25 |title=U.K.'S FERGUSON TO LEAD CINAR EUROPE |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/u-k-s-ferguson-to-lead-cinar-europe-1117342230/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A busy time for Cinar |url=https://kidscreen.com/1997/08/01/15994-19970801/ |access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref> Following CINAR's financial issues and the scandal, CINAR Europe was put up for sale in September 2001<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=CINAR UP FOR SALE |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/cinar-up-for-sale/1181867.article |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Broadcast |language=en}}</ref> but was closed in February 2002. The closure led to CINAR's European partners, like Alphanim, to find other studios to co-produce shows with.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alphanim In New Co-Production Deals |url=https://www.awn.com/news/alphanim-new-co-production-deals |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}</ref>
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By 1999, CINAR boasted annual revenues of $150 million ([[Canadian dollar|CAD]]) and owned about $1.5 billion (CAD) of the children's television market. In February 1999, CINAR acquired the film library of Leucadia Film Corporation,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/cinar-gets-library-grows-viacom-pact-1117491112/|title=CINAR gets library, grows Viacom pact|first=Brendan|last=Kelly|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref> with the company's acquisition of 55 titles in the ''[[WonderWorks]]'' library following at the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=1999-12-02 |title=Cinar nabs Wonderworks' family pix |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/cinar-nabs-wonderworks-family-pix-1117758549/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> CINAR's rights to the Leucadia library and ''WonderWorks'' specials were purchased by Feature Films for Families in 2003.
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CINAR also owned the dubbing studio Fandango Studios in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kidscreen.com/2000/01/01/27633-20000101/|title=Cinar journeys east again and snaps up more films in Utah}}</ref> RANKIN BASS ANIMATED ENTERTAINMENT
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CINAR received over $50 million in tax benefits from the Canadian government. However in 1999, the company was accused of falsely crediting Canadians for work done by Americans. Hélène Charest, the sister of [[Quebec Liberal Party]] leader [[Jean Charest]], was listed on over 100 episodes that she did not write.
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The success of Charest, Weinberg, and CINAR ended in March 2000, when an internal audit revealed that about $167 million ([[Canadian dollar|CAD]]) was invested into [[The Bahamas|Bahamian]] bank accounts without the board members' approval.<ref name="swift">{{cite news|title=CINAR Co-Founders Fined $1 Million Each, Banned From Company For Five Years |last=Swift |first=Allan |date=March 15, 2002 |publisher=[[Canadian Press]] Newswire |url=http://securities.stanford.edu/news-archive/2002/20020315_Headline14_Swift.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628192516/http://securities.stanford.edu/news-archive/2002/20020315_Headline14_Swift.htm |archive-date=June 28, 2012 }}</ref> CINAR had also paid U.S. screenwriters for work while continuing to accept federal [[grant (money)|grants]] and [[tax credit]]s for the production of [[Canadian content]]. The names of Canadian citizens (generally non-writers connected to CINAR, including Charest's sister Helene) were credited for the works. While the [[province]] of [[Quebec]] did not file criminal charges, CINAR denied any wrongdoing, choosing instead to pay a settlement to Canadian and Quebec tax authorities of $17.8 million (CAD) and another $2.6 million (CAD) to [[Telefilm Canada]], a Canadian federal funding agency. The value of CINAR's [[stock market|stock]] plummeted, and the company was soon delisted.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/background/charest_micheline| title = In Depth: Micheline Charest | work = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC News Online]] | date=April 14, 2004 | access-date=September 7, 2006 }}</ref>
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There was some speculation that Hasanain Panju, [[Chief financial officer|CFO]] was the mastermind behind the investment scheme along with John Xanthoudakis of Norshield Investment Group and Lino Matteo of Mount Real Corporation. It was claimed that Charest and Weinberg (and later Panju) used CINAR as a 'piggy bank' and schemed to transfer funds out from the company through a series of complicated transactions to their own offshore holding companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investorvoice.ca/Scandals/Norshield/Norshield40.htm |title=Norshield CEO led 'cleanup' |publisher=Investorvoice.ca |access-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030937/http://investorvoice.ca/Scandals/Norshield/Norshield40.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> GTG STUDIO INC
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In 2001, as part of a settlement agreement with the Commission des Valeurs Mobilières du Québec (Quebec Securities Commission), Charest and Weinberg agreed to pay $1 million each and were banned from serving in the capacity of directors or officers at any publicly traded Canadian company for five years. There was no admission of guilt and none of the allegations has been proven in court. Charest never lived to see a possible outcome, as she died on April 14, 2004. LEE MANDELSON/BILL MELENDEZ PRODUCTIONS
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On March 10, 2011, Weinberg was arrested for [[securities fraud]] after a warrant was issued for him to be taken into custody earlier that month.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 2, 2011|title=Arrest warrant issued for Cinar co-founder Ronald Weinberg|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/arrest-warrant-issued-for-cinar-co-founder-ronald-weinberg-1.613816?cache=zviomxnayn%3FclipId%3D89578|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=Montreal|language=en}}</ref> On June 22, 2016, Weinberg was sentenced to 8 years and 11 months in prison, and the other two received sentences of 7 years and 11 months each.<ref>{{cite news |last= Marotte|first= Bertrand|date= June 22, 2016|title= Cinar founder Weinberg given nearly nine years in fraud case |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/cinar-founder-ronald-weinberg-two-others-sentenced/article30557421/|newspaper= [[The Globe and Mail]] }}</ref> On May 3, 2019, he was fully paroled.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://montrealgazette.com/news/cinar-founder-ronald-weinberg-gets-full-parole-on-9-year-sentence| title = Cinar founder Ronald Weinberg gets full parole on 9-year sentence |work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref> WILLIAMS ELECTRONICS GAMES MIDWAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT TIVI 5 MONDE HEARST ENTERTAINMENT HARMONY GOLD LTD FILMAX ANIMATION SPA MGM ANIMATION FILMATION ANIMAX THE KUSHNER LOCKE COMPANY GIGA STUDIOS TONKA CORPORATION FRED WOLF FILMS DUBLIN OLYMPIA PACHISLO HASBRO STUDIOS 3DO CO LTD SONY PICTURES ANIMATION CAL VISTA DINOVISION UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE MULTIMEDIA GAMES STUDIO DARGAUD MEDIA CLOKEY PRODUCTIONS LARRY HARMON STUDIOS FILMS YOOPA TV Q.CA JUMBO PICTURES RED TAPE TYCO INDUSTRIES INC KIDSONGS GOLDEN BOOK VIDEO TOMORROW ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES MOONSCOOP GROUP STUDIOS AMBLIMATION EPOCH INK ANIMATION ORANGE ANIMATION CO LIMITED DELANEY & FRIENDS PRODUCTIONS EVA ENTERTAINMENT EDMARK GAMES INC HANDMADE FILMS TREASURE GTO FILMS SUR LE PONT D'AVIGNON GROUP CHRISTMAS TREE TGL CO RUBY SPEARS ENTERPRISE WILD BRAIN STUDIOS CARTOON PIZZA UNITED PRODUCTIONS OF AMERICA DREAMWORKS ANIMATION LIMITED CALICO ENTERTAINMENT CARRERE GROUP ARTE.FR STUDIO N.V VANILLA SERIES COMPANY LIMITED ADV FILMS FILM ROMAN LLC WALTER LANTZ PRODUCTIONS SANRIO CO LTD CAMBRIA PRODUCTIONS COMI COLOR CARTOONS MULTICOM ENTERTAINMENT GROUP CIC VIDEO TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO LTD MUSHI PRODUCTIONS FAIRY DUST LTD RALPH BAKSHI FILMS NEW WORLD INTERNATIONAL NEPTUNO FILMS SA HOT BODY INTERNATIONAL INC PINK VIDEOS SPICE WORLD E-ROTIC DATA EAST GAMES TATIO COMPANY LIMITED STERN PINBALL MACHINE STEVEN UNIVERSE CLARENCE UNCLE GRANDPA CRAIG OF THE CREEK WE BARE BEARS CHOWDER CAMP LAZLO THE WOMBLES UNDERTALE. HUMBLE BUNDLE INC FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS W9.FR BEN 10 THE MARVELOUS MISADVENTURES OF FLAPJACK HALLMARK INC D'OCON FILMS PRODUCTIONS TFOU.FR PEANUTS WORLDWIDE STUDIOS ARC WORK SYSTEMS FLETCHER STUDIOS ASTRA SLOT MACHINES MEDIA DARK HORSE ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI VIDEO KIDEO TV THE SHADOW DIIVES ONLINE VIDEO CROCUS ENTERTAINMENT THE LITTLE TWINS BRB INTERNACIONAL TATSUNOKO PRODUCTIONS SUMMER CAMP ISLAND ALPHANIA THE OWL HOUSE THE GHOST & MOLLY MCGEE FISH HOOKS VCX LTD CELEBRITY HOME ENTERTAINMENT INC EGMONT IMAGINATION THE BEST BIRTHDAY TO YOU HUMPTY DUMPTY IM A LITTLE TEAPOT HEAVY METAL 2000 CARTOON SALOON FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN QUESTAR NIPPON ANIMATION BOHBOT KIDS NETWORK JACK H MUSIC LIMITED ZORRO PRODUCTIONS DIGICULT STUDIO ALPHA FRANCE EAGLE VISION READER'S DIGEST PRESENTATION MGA ENTERTAINMENT MADACY FILMATION REGULAR SHOW WE BABY BEARS SUNBOW ENTERTAINMENT SANYO PACHINKO COMPANY GIGI CITEL VIDEO MIRAMAX FAMILY LTD DON BLUTH UNIVERSITY ANIMATION STUDIOS MANGA ENTERTAINMENT STRATEGIC SIMULATION INC BRENTWOOD COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATE EMILY OF THE LITTLE MERMAID ANIME INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD FISHER PRICE PRODUCTIONS PINK PINEAPPLE LASERDISC STUDIOS CREST ANIMATION PRODUCTIONS CREATIVITE & DEVELOPPEMENT GOLDEN FILMS STUDIOS CITE AMERIQUE BALLY CORPORATION MEDIAS THE LOUD HOUSE BIG CITY GREENS WMS SLOT MACHINE INC LIMITED DICK CLARK PICTURES JIM TERRY PRODUCTIONS BEN10 AILEN SQUAD NEWGROUNDS ONLINE MEDIA INITIAL GROUPE CAROLCO PICTURES LLC
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