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MIPCOM Preview: Trendwatching with Toon Toppers

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2012

We caught up with some of our favorite small-screen animation business execs prior to the MIPCOM market to get their take on the TV...

Toon Goggles: Smooth Streaming Ahead

Ramin Zahed - October 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based Toon Goggles continues to build its children’s animation library and expanding its global multiplatform reach. It seems that for the past few months,...

Television

Breakthrough Make Plans for ‘Napkin Man’

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

Breakthrough Entertainment and Little Airplane Productions have teamed up to produce The Adventures of Napkin Man, a 13 x 26 show that combines animation...

Television

Little Airplane Launches ‘Littlest Lamb’

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

Multi award-winning kids’ production company Little Airplane has announced details of its new short-form animated series, The Littlest Lamb. The new 26 x 3...

Television

The Hub to Air Moonscoop’s New ‘Sabrina’ Show

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

Moonscoop and Archie Comics have brought new Indian and Irish co-production partners on board for the animated series Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch,...

Toon Boom & Bento Box Introduce New Pipeline

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

Toon Boom Animation and Bento Box Entertainment have created an exclusive and state-of-the-art digital animation production pipeline uniquely designed for Bento Box’s production on...

Television

PGS Announces Global Sales for ‘Chaplin & Co.’

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

Brand manager PGS Ent. has announced a new raft of sales for the CG-animated 104 x 6’ 3D series Chaplin & Co. Produced by Method...

Television

BRB’s ‘Zoobabu’ Offers Fun Riddles for Preschoolers

Ramin Zahed - October 1, 2012

BRB Internacional's new animated series Zoobabu, which contains 3D stereoscopic riddles for youngsters is having a great month. The entertaining toon is set to...

Features

Sony’s ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Checks in at No. 1

Ramin Zahed - September 30, 2012

It was a frightfully great weekend for Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, which checked in at the number-one spot at the box office, with an...

Festivals & Events

Glass, Oliver Join VIEW’s Lineup of Speakers

Ramin Zahed - September 30, 2012

Italy’s popular VIEW visual effects conference has added several new top-notch speakers to its stellar lineup. Conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez has announced that...

Television

Adult Swim Plans ‘Venture Bros.’ Halloween Special

Ramin Zahed - September 30, 2012

Jackson Publick is going to make everyone’s Halloween a little more spooky this year. The creator of Adult Swim’s cult favorite The Venture Bros....

Home Entertainment

A Good Time to Watch ‘Adventures in Plymptoons!’

Ramin Zahed - September 28, 2012

Fans of indie animator Bill Plympton are in for a treat this week as the new documentary Adventures in Plymptoons! becomes available on DVD...

Features

Genndy Does the Monster Mash

Ramin Zahed - September 28, 2012

Acclaimed animation world veteran Genndy Tartakovsky brings some old cartoon-y magic to Sony’s summer frightfest Hotel Transylvania. Last summer, when Sony Animation announced that TV...

Television

New Outlets Sign Up for Zodiak Kids’ ‘The Ranch’

Ramin Zahed - September 28, 2012

Zodiak Kids has secured more pre-sales for its Télé Images-produced animated series The Ranch, which will debut at MIPJunior. New broadcasters snapping up the...

VFX

Visual Effects Society Inducts Seven New Fellows

Ramin Zahed - September 28, 2012

The Visual Effects Society announced today that it has inducted seven Fellows based on their contributions to the art and science of visual effects....

Television