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 ...

Legal and shareholder battles may not be over for Cinar, but in an effort to rebuild its business the resurgent Montreal animation firm has struck a deal for a new series involving three major US ...

New children's series spins off from longtime WGBH and CINAR favorite, ARTHUR ALEXANDRIA, May 29, 2003 - Arthur's best friend, Buster, will soon be hitting the road in his own television show! WGBH ...

Michael Hirsh, the pioneering Canadian animation entrepreneur who had hoped to build the remnants of troubled Cinar Corp. into the Disney of the education and entertainment business, or "edutainment" ...

Former children's animation mogul Micheline Charest died Wednesday afternoon, a month after selling her shares in the scandal-plagued Cinar company that she founded with her husband. A spokeswoman for ...

MONTREAL — Micheline Charest, co-founder and former CEO of troubled Canuck animation company Cinar, died Wednesday in Montreal from complications following plastic surgery. She was 51. Charest was ...

WGBH Boston, PBS, Marc Brown Studios and CINAR Corp. today announced the launch of a new half-hour spin-off television series based on Buster, a popular character from the Emmy-winning-series Arthur.

Cinar Corp., a Canadian maker of children’s cartoons such as “Arthur,” agreed to be sold to an investor group for about $143.9 million, the company said. The buyers include Michael Hirsh and Toper ...

Arthur — like so many sources of millennial childhood nostalgia — has spawned a multitude of memes since debuting in 1996. But before the PBS animated series found a second life among adult fans on ...

Cinar Corp has aggressively been working to re-establish itself in the creative and development business. Now the Montreal producer is seeking out new brands and franchises, and has announced ...