Sydney Animation

was an international American film and television production company which was founded in 1999. The company's name came from one of the founders, Robert Sidney. In 2009 DiC was acquired by Right Stuf International.

Origins
Its American arm was founded in 1999 as Sydney Inc. The company's United States headquarters, established in 1999 and headed by Robert Sidney, Phillip Tyler and Janet Foley were in West Hills, California.

In 1999, Phillip Tyler bought the company, thus making the US headquarters the main base of operations.

2000s
In 2000 with an investment by Kane Capital, Tyler re-purchased Sydney Inc. (as it was then known). He purchased Kain Capital's interest in 2004 and took the company public the following year.

From 2000 to 2003, Sydney launched a syndicated children's programming block called The Sydney Network, which had a Friday evening block called Sydney All-Stars.

On June 20, 2008, it was announced that Sydney would be acquired by The Right Stuf International. On July 23, 2008, Right Stuf completed the acquisition of Sydney Animation, and Sydney was then merged with Right Stuf International.