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Festivals & Events

Watch: Academy Unveils Student Academy Award Finalists

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2018

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has unveiled the list of this year’s student animation nominees. Cal Arts, USC and Ringling College...

Television

CN Plays with Second Season of ‘Craig of the Creek’

Ramin Zahed - August 15, 2018

Cartoon Network’s original toon Craig of the Creek has been greenlit for a second season. Since its debut earlier this year, the show has been celebrated...

Home Entertainment

Warner to Offer Definitive ‘Matrix’ Trilogy 4K Blu-Ray in Oct.

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Here’s some early Halloween news delivered to you in the middle of summer. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that The Matrix Trilogy, featuring 1999’s...

People

Disney Imagineering CTO Scott Watson Dies in Plane Crash

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

The pilot who died Monday (August 13) in a small plane crash in Sylmar, Calif. has been identified as Scott Watson, the brilliant chief...

Festivals & Events

NVIDIA Showcases First Turing-Base GPUs at SIGGRAPH

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

This week at SIGGRAPH, NVIDIA unveiled its first Turing architecture-based GPUs, which allows artists and designers to render photorealistic scenes in real time, add new...

Streaming

Watch: New Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Next Gen’

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming animated feature Next Gen. Written and direted by Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander, the action adventure...

Licensing

Report Shows 7% Growth in U.S. Toy Industry

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

The U.S. toy industry grew its dollar sales by 7 percent to $7.9 billion in the first half of 2018, according to global information...

Technology

Epic Games Debuts Unreal Engine Online Learning

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Epic Games launched a new learning platform for Unreal Engine 4 users called Unreal Engine Online Learning today. The video tutorials illustrate common workflows in...

Digital Media

Squeeze’s ‘Cracké’ Hatches Over 100 Million Views Online

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Quebec-based studio Squeeze announced today that its animated series Cracké has registered over 100 million views on YouTube and partner platforms in various territories,...

Digital Media

Genius Brands Network Surges Past 80 Million U.S. Households

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Genius Brands Network has surpassed availability in over 80 million U.S. households. The 33 percent increase in reach from the company’s last publicly reported...

Streaming

Second Season of ‘StoryBots’ to Unfold on Netflix Aug. 24

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

JibJab Studios’ colorful bots are ready to answer more questions on Netflix as season two of Ask the Storybots debuts on Friday, August 24....

Festivals & Events

New Animated Greenpeace Spot Debuts in U.K. Theaters

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

A new Greenpeace U.K. animated short by creative agency Mother London and animation studio Passion Pictures sends a powerful message about saving endangered animals....

North America

Chaos Brings New Real-Time Ray Tracing to SIGGRAPH

Ramin Zahed - August 14, 2018

Chaos Group demos the first look at Project Lavina, a groundbreaking new technology designed for photorealistic real-time ray tracing at SIGGRAPH this week. Using...

Technology

BOXX Shows Off New APEXX T3 Workstation

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

BOXX Technologies introduced APEXX T3 featuring the new, 32-core/64 thread 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor. AMD’s highest performing desktop processor ever, 2nd Gen...

Technology

OptiTrack Introduces Active Puck Mini at SIGGRAPH

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

Tracking teck innovator OptiTrack is previewing its latest advancement in VR player tracking and full body motion capture, the lightweight Active Puck Mini at SIGGRAPH...

North America

‘Daniel Tiger Movie’ Pounces on PBS Kids in Sept.

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

Daniel Tiger is going to be a movie star. Well, kind of. PBS Kids will debut a new animated film titled The Daniel Tiger...

North America

NIM Labs Unveils Latest Version of Platform

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

L.A.-based studio management outfit NIM Labs has unveiled the latest version of its studio management platform NIM 3.O at SIGGRAPH. The product helps visual effects...

Asia

Twitch Livestreams Viz Media’s ‘Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure’

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

VIZ Media is livestreaming the first three seasons of acclaimed adventure anime Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure on social video service and online gaming community platform...

People

Yam to Lead Viacom Digital Studios Intl.

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

Viacom International Media Networks has announced the appointment of Brendan Yam as VP and general manager of Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI). This new...

Technology

Vicon Introduces new LBVR Solution Bundle ‘Origin’

Ramin Zahed - August 13, 2018

Vicon announces the release of “Origin,” a comprehensive location-based virtual reality (LBVR) system that blends Vicon’s unmatched, Oscar-winning tracking abilities with tools that make it...

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