Canadian animation veteranMichael Hirsh is buying Cinar, the troubled Montreal-based animation house. TheUS$144m sale puts Hirsh, co-founder and former CEO of Toronto-based Nelvana Limited,back in the ...
In 2000, the animation industry was rocked by the collapse of Cinar Corp., the Canadian cartoon producer behind such popular series as "Arthur," "Calliou" and "The Busy World of Richard Scarry." By ...
MONTREAL - Ronald Weinberg, whose Cinar animation firm produced popular cartoons Arthur and Cailloux, went on trial Monday for one of the biggest financial scams in Canadian history. Weinberg, 62, and ...
MONTREAL — After an 11-year probe, Quebec police have arrested the former chief financial officer of former animation company Cinar Corp. and issued an arrest warrant for co-founder and former CEO ...
Before we delve into the planned resurrection of Cinar, let's pause for a moment to recall what this scandal-plagued animator used to be. At one point, Cinar was a Canadian entertainment icon.
DreamWorks SKG is one of several companies pondering the purchase of troubled Canadian animation house Cinar Corp, according to a report in Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper. Citing unnamed sources, ...