Bardel Entertainment, Inc. is a Canadian

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founded in

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, Canada in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania. Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of animated programming. The studio is best known for animating ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by

Rainbow SpA Rainbow S.p.A. is an Italian studio founded by Iginio Straffi. Viacom (now known as Paramount Global) became a co-owner of the studio in 2011. Rainbow has collaborated with Viacom/Paramount's other company, Nickelodeon, on multiple shows, includ ...

, an Italian studio co-owned by

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and

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(formerly known as

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). In September 2021, Bardel Entertainment appointed Tina Chow as CEO and Richard Grieve as COO.

Produced works

Television

Films

Specials/shorts/other

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