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The Don Juan Yacht
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each partner’s catalogue is complementary. Most importantly, as a parent
company, DHX lets its subsidiaries work autonomously. In so doing, each
prodco is expanding internally not just through kids programming but
through comedy, fi lm, M&L and potential acquisitions. With DeNure
and Court both on the DHX board, the Decode founders are very involved
with the strategy and direction of the new entity.
While it is the company’s product that leads its success, it’s also the
people who run the ship, especially on Decode’s rented yacht in Cannes.
“Who else but Neil Court could get everyone together on a boat, singing
and dancing. I suspect it’s a very serious business strategy,” says Deirdre
Brennan, programming director at Nick Australia.
Perhaps not a strategy, but Court says life is too short not to take
calculated risks, or waste time with unnecessarily diffi cult people.
“A company likes ours doesn’t succeed without support from a lot of
talented people, and we think we have some of the best in the business,”
says Court. It’s key executives like Anne Loi (Senior VP, Finance and
Operations) and Dominique Bazay (VP, Distribution) who should get as
much credit as Steven, Beth, John and I do for building Decode, not to
mention a lot of incredibly dedicated people in production and in other
parts of the company.”