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Licensing

Leomil Europe Steps into Disney Princess Deal

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

Leomil Europe, one of Europe's largest distributors of licensed character footwear, is producing a line of Disney Princess shoes for pre-teen girls. Leomil sees...

People

Sweby to Handle Cartoon Net Int’l Acquisitions

Ryan Ball - March 31, 2004

Following the promotion of Finn Arnesen to head of program production for Cartoon Network Int’l, Jo Sweby has been appointed director of acquisitions for...

Shrek 2, Shark Tale Sites Launched

Ryan Ball - March 30, 2004

Animation fans who want to get a peek at DreamWorks’ upcoming CG features can check out the new websites for Shrek 2, which comes...

Television

MIPTV: Austria’s ORF Acquires Seven from EM.TV

Ryan Ball - March 30, 2004

EM.TV & Merchandising AG has signed an extensive volume deal with Austrian public broadcaster ORF for seven series from its program library. The deal...

Home Entertainment

Disney Bears Brother on DVD

Ryan Ball - March 30, 2004

Having taken a $200 million bite at the box office worldwide, Disney's Brother Bear arrives on home video today with a two-disc DVD loaded...

Home Entertainment

Entertainment Rights To Distribute Next Barbie Toon

Ryan Ball - March 30, 2004

Entertainment Rights Plc. has acquired distribution rights to Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, the fourth computer-animated feature film in Mattel's highly successful...

Features

Dick Novel to Get Rotoscoped

Ryan Ball - March 30, 2004

Daily Variety reports that Section 8, the production shingle for George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, will produce an animated adaptation of the Philip K....

Television

Universal Scaring Up Business with Boo!

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Universal International Television is offering MIPTV buyers all-new episodes of the animated children’s series Boo! A slate of 52 10-minute episodes have gone into...

Television

TMS Revs Up for More Sonic X

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Tokyo-based animation studio TMS Entertainment Ltd. is adding 26 all-new episodes to the initial 52 installments of the hit toon Sonic X, based on...

Television

Mike Young Stretches with Taffy Ent.

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Mike Young Productions (MYP), the independent animation studio behind such properties as Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, He-Man and the Masters of the...

Television

Nick Animation Goes to China

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Kids in China will soon be introduced to The Wild Thornberrys and CatDog, the first Nickelodeon cartoons to be offered to the potential audience...

Television

Cinar Becomes Cookie Jar

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Now that the acquisition by an investment group including former Nelvana toppers Michael Hirsh and Toper Taylor is official, Toronto-based animation production company Cinar...

Features

Scoob Proves Top Dog

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

Call the case of the zombie flesh-eaters closed. Those meddling kids and their computer-animated canine pal managed to foil the brief box office reign...

Features

Winnie the Pooh Case Tossed

Ryan Ball - March 29, 2004

The 13-year legal battle over Winnie the Pooh royalty payments is over. The Associated Press reports that a judge has dismissed the lawsuit filed...

Television

Adult Swim Pool Gets More Crowded

Ryan Ball - March 26, 2004

Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s popular late-night programming block is adding a few new shows to its lineup, which returning favorites Aqua Teen Hunger Force;...

Television

Mainframe Takes Three to MIPTV

Ryan Ball - March 26, 2004

The Vancouver-based computer animation house behind the groundbreaking CG TV series Reboot, MTV’s Spider-Man and DIC Ent.'s upcoming CG Inspector Gadget special, is...

Features

Another Monster Opening for Scooby?

Ryan Ball - March 26, 2004

Warner Bros.' live action/CG feature Scooby-Doo debuted in June of 2002 with a whopping $54 million opening weekend take and went on to make...

Video Games

Flashbang Studios Wins Project Goldmaster

Ryan Ball - March 26, 2004

Patterned after HBO’s Project Greenlight, Project Goldmaster from Cartoon Network and America Online is designed to give an up-and-coming game development studio the opportunity...

Video Games

Star Wars Shows Force at Game Developers Awards

Ryan Ball - March 25, 2004

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic from LucasArts and developer BioWare corp. emerged as the big winner Wednesday night at the fourth annual...

Video Games

Savage: The Battle for Newerth, Oasis Grab Top IGF Honors

Ryan Ball - March 25, 2004

Top honors for the 6th Annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) went to Savage: The Battle for Newerth (Open category) and Oasis (Web/Downloadable category) at...

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