WildBrain reported its Q4 and full-year results yesterday, closing out fiscal 2025 with strong revenue growth. This will be the last time the Canadian media giant reports on its domestic TV broadcasting business, as it prepares to shutter its channels for good to pursue more commercially viable opportunities. Here are some of the key takeaways from the company’s latest financial report: 

Full-year revenue: US$375 million, up 13% from US$331 million last year

Yearly gains: Global licensing revenue experienced a 33% spike to US$204 million, driven by Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies as the year’s standout brands for WildBrain CPLG. Canadian TV broadcasting revenue also increased by 2% to US$25.8 million. 

Offsets: The content creation and audience engagement segment generated US$145.7 million in revenue this year, representing a 5% drop from US$152.7 million in fiscal 2024. This was attributed to lower distribution revenue due to the timing of content deals. 

Q4 revenue: US$99.8 million, up 7% from US$93.3 million in 2024

Quarterly segment highlights: Global licensing up 29%; Canadian TV broadcasting up 18%; content creation/audience engagement down 12%

Turning things around: In last year’s Q4 results, WildBrain reported a net loss of US$57.9 million. But it has bounced back quickly, posting US$6.8 million in net income for 2025.

Fiscal 2026 outlook: Starting next fiscal year, WildBrain will stop operating its television business. When this segment is off the books, the Canadian prodco expects its revenue to climb as high as 20% in next year’s results. 

Core strategies: Focus on key brands and partnerships, build new franchise strategies for proprietary IPs, and produce and distribute new content to omnichannel platforms worldwide. 

CEO’s remarks: “Fiscal 2025 was a pivotal year for WildBrain as we sharpened our focus on our premium franchises and delivered strong growth across our global licensing business,” said WildBrain president and CEO Josh Scherba in the report. “We demonstrated the resilience of our 360-degree franchise strategy across content creation, audience engagement and global licensing as we continued to grow love for Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies with fans of all ages worldwide.”