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Licensing

Multi-Territory License Brings New Pac-Man Collectibles

Mercedes Milligan - September 24, 2013

41 Entertainment and its Spanish agent BRB Internacional have announced that a license has been granted to Giromax for collectable trading cards and albums...

Features

Rupert Grint Leads English ‘Foosball’ Cast

Mercedes Milligan - September 23, 2013

Harry Potter's Rupert Grint will be leading the voice cast for the English-language version of Juan Jose Campanella's Spanish-Argentine co-pro CG feature, Foosball. Variety...

Television

Global TV News Bytes

Mercedes Milligan - September 23, 2013

+ Dublin-based indie studio Kite Entertainment has nabbed a 13-episode commission for its science-themed comedy series Brain Freeze from U.K. channel CBBC. A follow...

Television

Global TV News Bytes

Mercedes Milligan - September 19, 2013

+ SLR Productions and co-producers Telegael and Top Draw Animation have welcomed Nine Network and ZDF Enterprises as broadcast partners for the new kids...

Digital Media

Neon Alley Debuts ‘Catch Up’ Feature

Mercedes Milligan - September 19, 2013

VIZ Media has announced that its 24/7 anime channel Neon Alley now has a new Catch Up feature available online (neonalley.com). Catch-Up allows members...

Autodesk Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Plans

Mercedes Milligan - September 9, 2013

Entertainment creation software giant Autodesk is now offering its customers pay-as-you-go plans for its latest Design and Creation Suites, 3ds Max, Maya and Maya...

Television

SLR Greenlights ‘Captain Flinn’ Series

Mercedes Milligan - September 9, 2013

Australia's SLR Productions has greenlit production of a new 52 x 11 animated series, Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs, with local broadcast partner...

Television

Global TV News Bytes

Mercedes Milligan - September 5, 2013

+ kaboom! Entertainment, Phase 4 Films' kids & family label, has inked a deal with American Greetings for French Canadian DVD and EST rights...

Festivals & Events

The Animation Workshop Turns 25

Mercedes Milligan - September 5, 2013

Scandinavia's largest animation school, The Animation Workshop in Denmark, is celebrating its 25th anniversary on October 1 this year. Part of VIA University College,...

Digital Media

LOVEFiLM Secures WBA Deals

Mercedes Milligan - September 4, 2013

Amazon-owned streaming service LOVEFiLM.com has signed a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution to bring a number of the studio's animated series to...

Festivals & Events

Adam Elliot to Attend Bradford Animation Fest

Mercedes Milligan - September 4, 2013

The organizers of U.K.'s Bradford Animation Festival have announced that acclaimed Australian stop-motion animation director Adam Elliot, creator of Oscar-winning short Harvie Krumpet and...

Television

Global TV News Bytes

Mercedes Milligan - September 3, 2013

+ Kids and family entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi will produce a second season of its animated preschool series Poppy Cat. The...

Home Entertainment

Spooky Clips: Preview ‘Regular Show: Fright Pack’

Mercedes Milligan - September 3, 2013

Cartoon Network is offering some cool clips from their upcoming home entertainment release Regular Show: Fright Pack. Out September 3 on DVD, the latest...

Home Entertainment

Ghibli’s ‘Poppy Hill’ Tops Weekly Releases

Mercedes Milligan - September 3, 2013

Fans of Studio Ghibli's lovingly hand-crafted 2D animation are in for a treat as Cinedigm releases Goro Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill on...

Digital Media

‘Futurama’ Finale to Blast Off with Live-Stream Chat

Mercedes Milligan - August 29, 2013

Good news, everyone! The bitter pain of saying farewell to the space-faring weirdos of Comedy Central's Futurama will be eased by a big bang...

Home Entertainment

Fox Gets ‘Epic’ Results on Home Ent. Charts

Mercedes Milligan - August 29, 2013

Fox Home Entertainment scored the number one spot on both Nielsen's VideoScan First Alert and Blu-ray Disc charts with Blue Sky Studios' CG-animated family...

Television

Time to Meet Cartoon Network’s ‘Uncle Grandpa’

Mercedes Milligan - August 29, 2013

The manic minds behind the channel's new 2D toon Uncle Grandpa give us a glimpse into their super-positive world. Most of us have memories of...

Television

‘Julius Jr.’ Sets Sights on France

Mercedes Milligan - August 28, 2013

Saban Brands' animated preschool series Julius Jr. has been licensed to French broadcaster TF1. The deal was brokered by the show's exclusive international distributor...

Television