Following a number of acquisitions, its library grew to include those of Cookie Jar Entertainment (which, in turn, consisted of the libraries of Cinar, DIC Entertainment, and FilmFair), Epitome Pictures, Ragdoll Productions, Studio B Productions, WildBrain and Nerd Corps Entertainment, along with those of DHX's two predecessors, Decode Entertainment and Halifax Film Company. DHX later entered the broadcasting industry with its acquisition of the English language Family brand (Family Channel, Family Jr., and Family Chrgd) and the French language Télémagino from the former media company Astral Media (other companies bought their sister networks). The company is the largest independent owner of children's television programming in the industry.