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Television

It’s Cartoon Network’s 20th Birthday! (That’s Algebraic!)

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

Two decades after its launch, the 24-hour cable channel is one of the most influential forces in pop culture and the toon business. It all...

Festivals & Events

Ready for their Market Close-Ups

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

We know what many of the TV animation industry will be doing during the first 10 days in October. They’ll be checking out all...

Television

Marathon Media Reveals World Domination Plans

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

As Marathon Media’s Totally Spies! heroines get ready to take over the palace of Versailles, the French studio prepares a new storyboard-driven series with...

Television

Nelvana Makes Major Content Sale to China’s Ciwen Media

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

China’s Ciwen Media Group has picked up the rights to air about 1,000 half-hours of classic animated and live-action shows from Canada’s Nelvana Enterprises...

Television

Home Plate Ent. Launches New Distribution Shingle

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

L.A.-based Home Plate Entertainment has formed a new distribution division, under the Home Plate Entertainment Distribution Alliance, announced studio CEO Bill Schultz at the MIPCOM market...

Features

Movie Plans for Toei’s Dragon Ball, One Piece & Saint Sieya

Ramin Zahed - October 10, 2012

Japan’s toon powerhouse Toei Animation announced that the studio is releasing a new Dragon Ball Z movie in March of 2013. At MIPCOM, Toei Animation...

Features

Good Grief, It’s a CG-Animated Peanuts Pic!

Ramin Zahed - October 9, 2012

Here’s a piece of news that 2D animation purists may have a tough time to swallow. Deadline.com reports that 20th Century Fox Animation and...

Television

Cartoon Network Refreshes ‘Tom and Jerry’

Ramin Zahed - October 9, 2012

The defining cartoon cat and mouse duo beloved by animation fans will return to television in the all-new The Tom and Jerry Show, a...

Festivals & Events

MIPCOM Day 2 Wrap: More Toon Deals and Pick-Ups

Ramin Zahed - October 9, 2012

More new animated shows announced pick-ups from international broadcasters and cablers on the second day (Oct.9) of the MIPCOM content market. Studio 100 Media’s rebooted...

Festivals & Events

MIPCOM News: Nerd Corps, DHX Media, CreaCon & Ameba

Ramin Zahed - October 8, 2012

It’s only the first day of the MIPCOM content market in France, and we’re already flooded with news about new partnerships, series launches and...

Festivals & Events

‘Julius Jr.’ Tops MIP Jr. Most-Screened List

Ramin Zahed - October 8, 2012

MarVista Entertainment's animated preschool series Julius Jr. was the most-screened series at this year's MIPJunior market in France (Oct. 6-7). Produced by Saban Brands...

JumpStart Launches New ‘Madagascar’ Learning Games

Ramin Zahed - October 4, 2012

Looks like the adventurous Zooster buddies from DreamWorks' popular Madagascar movies are going to find new lives online and in the mobile learning universe...

Technicolor & Rockstar Games Announce New Unit

Ramin Zahed - October 4, 2012

Technicolor has established a new high-end game art and animation team dedicated to working with Rockstar Games. The new unit incorporates the segment of...

Festivals & Events

Method Launches ‘Little Prince’ Drawing Contest

Ramin Zahed - October 4, 2012

In conjunction with the launch of the third season of the new animated adaptation of The Little Prince, producer Method Animation and distributor PGS...

Features

DreamWorks’ ‘The Croods’ Trailer Hits the Web

Ramin Zahed - October 3, 2012

Move over, The Flintstones! There’s a new animated stone age family in town. DreamWorks Animation released the new trailer for its upcoming feature The...

Television

Marathon’s ‘Redakai’ Hits High Numbers in France & U.K.

Ramin Zahed - October 3, 2012

Marathon Media and Spin Master’s Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (52 x 26’) is hitting some high notes on French youth and family broadcaster Gulli...

Festivals & Events

Platform Animation Fest Announces Fantastic Lineup

Ramin Zahed - October 3, 2012

Los Angeles residents are in for a treat next month when the acclaimed animation festival Platform pays a visit to the REDCAT theater (October...

Festivals & Events

Rome Fest to Honor ‘Rise of the Guardians’

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2012

Although DreamWorks’ animated feature Rise of the Guardians is set to open on November 21, the much-anticipated fantasy is already getting a head start...

Festivals & Events

London Phil to Offer Live ‘Fantasia’ Concert

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2012

The London Philharmonic Orchestra will offer a live concert accompanied by High-Def footage from Walt Disney’s original 1940 Fantasia and Disney’s Fantasia 2000 at...

SunnyBoy’s ‘Politicats’ Offers Special Debate Episode

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2012

Delivering over a million hits in less than a month, SunnyBoy Entertainment’s web series, Politicats, continues to attract toon fans to SMOSH’s Shut Up!...

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