Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Kidtoon Films is a distributor of children 's animated films in the United States . The company is a subsidiary of The Bigger Picture , a Cinedigm company . It is currently owned by SD Entertainment , which produced many of its earlier releases . The company is based in Woodland Hills , California . Titles released under Kidtoon 's program have an MPAA G rating , and are shown digitally during weekend morning matinées at cinemas owned by National Amusements ( Showcase Cinemas , Multiplex Cinemas , and Cinema de Lux ) , California 's UltraStar , Carmike Cinemas , Rave Motion Pictures , B&B Theatres , Dipson Theatres , Emagine Entertainment , Studio Movie Grill , and some smaller chains and independent cinemas . The program is currently in hiatus due to New Kideo acquiring Kidtoon Films , but the Sabella Dern website states the program will be coming back in 2015 at an unknown date . In the meantime , a replacement program , `` SMGToons '' , has appeared at Studio Movie Grill locations ., An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced. They also own rights over merchandising and creative rights for characters created/held by the company, much like authors holding copyrights. In some early cases, they also held patent rights over methods of animation used in certain studios that were used for boosting productivity. Overall, they are business concerns and can function as such in legal terms., SD Entertainment is an American animation studio specialising in direct-to-DVD and theatrical movies for children. The "SD" in the initials of the company name stand for Sabella Dern, the respective last names of its founders: former MGM Animation employees Paul Sabella and Jonathan Dern., Subject: kidtoon films, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) animation studio (B) company (C) entertainment (D) function (E) production (F) rights (G) studio
Output (English): animation studio