Tag: BBC
Nick UK Vet Launches Larkshead Media
Tim Patterson, formerly VP and director of programming for Nickelodeon UK, has officially launched his end-to-end children’s media service company, Larkshead Media. Headquartered in...
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The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films
The BBC list includes animated treasures of the last 16 years: Pixar's Finding Nemo (#96), Ratatouille (#93), Inside Out...
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Podcast: BBC’s Witness: Studio Ghibli - Japanese Animation
Animator Hirokatsu Kihara talks to Made in Manchester’s Ashley Byrne about how the legendary studio has evolved...
BAFTA Young Game Designers Winners Announced
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the winners of the 2016 BAFTA Young Game Designers competition, in association with Nominet Trust,...
Hasbro Acquires Dublin Studio Boulder Media
Hasbro, Inc. announces that it has acquired Boulder Media, a multi-award winning animation company based in Dublin, Ireland. Boulder has produced a number of...
BBC Three Picks Up Two Wildseed Studios Series
U.K. online channel BBC Three has commissioned two new animated short-form series from Wildseed Studios -- the Bristol-based IP incubator founded by ex-BBC creative...
Annecy: Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton
Few studios around the world are as beloved as Aardman Animations, the U.K. stop-motion and Claymation studio behind such hits as Creature Comforts, Wallace...
Jeremy Whitham Named Dev Director at Shout!
Shout! Factory has appointed industry vet Jeremy Whitham as Development Director, a newly created role that expands Shout!'s development and production team. The announcement...
Acamar Taps El Ocho to Rep ‘Bing’ in Iberia
British indie studio Acamar Films has appointed El Ocho as the licensing and merchandising agent for its International Emmy-winning preschool series Bing in Spain...
Brown Bag Opens New Flagship Studio
Award-winning animation producer Brown Bag Films -- a subsidiary of Toronto’s 9 Story Media Group -- inaugurated a new, 30,000 square foot studio in...
Milk Sops Up Third BAFTA in Three Years for ‘Jonathan Strange’
Academy Award-winning independent VFX studio Milk has added another accolade to its shelves after winning its third consecutive British Academy Television Craft Award at...
Animation Dingle Sets Keynotes, Panels
Taking place March 18-19 in Dingle, Ireland -- on the most westerly peninsula of Europe -- the fourth Animation Dingle festival will celebrate excellence...
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Spielberg and Ford Reunite as Indiana Jones Returns to Theaters July 19, 2019
Director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford are on board a fifth...
Technicolor’s ‘The Deep’ Sets Course for CBBC
Technicolor, an underlying rights holder in The Deep, and DHX Media have finalized an agreement with the U.K.'s BBC that will bring the underwater...
Star British Actor Alan Rickman Dies at 69
One of Britain’s most admired stars of stage, film and television Alan Rickman has died in London at age 69. The acclaimed performer, whose...
‘Yellow Submarine’ Animation Director Robert Balser Dies
Robert Balser, best known for serving as animation director on The Beatles’ psychedelic Yellow Submarine, succumbed to respiratory failure and died on Monday, January...
BBC Releasing Lost ‘Dad’s Army’ Episode as Cartoon
The BBC will release a lost episode of classic ‘60s comedy series Dad’s Army as an animated special after uncovering a high-quality audio recording....
Inside CBBC’s ‘Scream Street’
This story originally appeared in the December 2015 issue of Animation Magazine
Inside an unassuming red brick building on the outskirts of Manchester, England, a...
World Animation Summit: Building Your Brand
The issue of branding excites and confounds the most savvy of animation creators and executives and at the World Animation and VFX Summit on...
‘Danger Mouse’ Reboot a Hit for CBBC
The all-new series of Danger Mouse has proved a hit with young audiences, topping the ratings in its return to TV on CBBC.
The animated...
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