It was founded in 1971 as DIC Audiovisuel by Frenchman Jean Chalopin in Paris , as a subsidiary of RTL Group ( RTL ) , Europe 's leading entertainment company , which today , is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann .
DiC Entertainment ( DiC ) was an international movie and television production company founded in 1971 as DiC Audiovisuel by Jean Chalopin in France .