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Television

Disney Greenlights Daron Nefcy’s Teenage Princess Series

animation_magazine - March 7, 2013

Disney has ordered a new animated series tentatively called Star and the Forces of Evil, created by Daron Nefcy and with Eden Sher of...

Top Stories

R&H Needs Buyer Before Loans Run Out Mid-March

animation_magazine - March 7, 2013

Financially troubled visual effects company Rhythm & Hues has said it needs to find a buyer by mid-March to have a shot at emerging...

Festivals & Events

BFX Festival Adds Competition for VFX, Animation Students

animation_magazine - March 7, 2013

Brits looking to break into the visual effects industry, take note: The BFX Festival set for this summer in Bournemouth in the south of...

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Amazon Studios Picks Up Animated Pilot ‘Sara Solves It’

animation_magazine - March 6, 2013

Amazon Studios has greenlit a test pilot for the original animated children’s series Sara Solves It, co-developed by WGBH and Out of the Blue...

Television

‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’ Coming to PBS, Video

animation_magazine - March 6, 2013

A feature-length outing for the popular Sid the Science Kid series is set to debut March 25 on PBS Kids! followed by a DVD...

People

Investment Unites Cosmic Toast, Partners as Toast & Jam

animation_magazine - March 6, 2013

Financiers Howard Silverman and Neil Grossman have invested in animation producer Cosmic Toast Studios, folding it and several other companies under the umbrella Toast...

Top Stories

ComiXology Submit Opens Platform to Independent Comics

animation_magazine - March 6, 2013

ComiXology, the leading digital comics platform, has announced a new portal called comiXology Submit that allows independent comics creators to upload their work for...

Features

‘Zambezia’ Becomes South Africa’s Top-Grossing Film

animation_magazine - March 6, 2013

The animated feature Adventures in Zambezia has grossed an estimated $18 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing South African film over the past 30...

Licensing

Peter Byrne to Head DHX Media’s Licensing Company

animation_magazine - March 5, 2013

DHX Media has appointed Peter Byrne as the new CEO of its wholly owned licensing company, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group. CPLG has a renowned reputation...

Television

‘Sofia the First’ Gets Second Season

animation_magazine - March 5, 2013

Disney Junior has picked up the top-rated animated series Sofia the First for a second season. The pickup for the series about Disney's first little-girl...

Television

New ‘Ninja Turtles’ Series Conquers Russia, New Zealand

animation_magazine - March 5, 2013

Russia's TNT and New Zealand’s Channel Four are the most-recent terrestrial broadcasters to pick up Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. TNT started airing...

Top Stories

OptiTrack’s Motive Aims to Simplify Mo-Cap Workflow

animation_magazine - March 5, 2013

Motion-capture provider OptiTrack today announced the launch of Motive, a unified software platform designed to simplify motion-capture workflows. Motive is designed to deliver cleaner motion...

Television

Neptuno Films to Distribute Character Farm’s ‘Katakune’

animation_magazine - March 5, 2013

Neptuno Films has signed a deal with Singapore's Character Farm to distribute the 3D animated preschooler series Katakune in all territories except China. Katakune is...

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