Italy’s View Conference...
Italy’s popular computer graphics conference View has announced its 2013...
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New ‘Ben 10 Omniverse’ DVD Arrives in June
That scrappy alien shape-shifting hero of Cartoon Network’s hit series Ben Tennyson will be back on shelves soon as Ben 10 Omniverse: Heroes Rise comes to DVD on June 9 with an SRP of $19.97. The two-disc set contains 10 action-packed episodes from Omniverse’s first season starring Ben, his alien [...]
Global TV News Bytes
+ Catalan animation producer/distributor Neptuno Films has closed a raft of sales for its slate of long lived toon series. Dougie in Disguise and Connie the Cow have sold to Cinetel (Hungary); The Gloops to Voxell for the Commonwealth of Independent States; Tork and The Gloops to SOMOS TV (Spanish-speaking [...]
E-on Releases LumenRT 4.1 Studio
Oregon-based 3D Immersive Nature technologies developer E-on Software has announced the immediate availability of LumenRT 4.1 Studio, a comprehensive system for transforming 3D models and designs into nature-filled videos, images and real-time immersive experiences. Current LumenRT Studio users can download the update directly from their E-on account page. Version 4 [...]
Pitch Party ’13: Three More Judges Announced
Animation Magazine is proud to announce the next batch of judges confirmed for this year’s Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are now open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be [...]
Course of the Force Returns, Benefits Make-A-Wish
The organizers of the Course of the Force Star Wars-themed charity run have announced that the event will return to Southern California this summer, once again benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundations of California with 100% of registration proceeds going to the organization. Conceived by Peter Levin and Team Nerdist with partners [...]
Disney Reveals New ‘Pirates’ Infinity Pics
Disney Interactive has provided a more in-depth look at the Pirates of the Caribbean Play Set within its upcoming interactive platform, Disney Infinity, with a new set of character images, screenshots and a gameplay trailer featuring Play Set and Toy Box modes. Pirates of the Caribbean will be part of [...]
MacFarlane to Guest on ‘Simpsons’ Season Finale
Fox will be serving up an interesting animation biz mashup as the season 24 finale of its record-running toon The Simpsons will be an episode featuring the voice of Seth MacFarlane, Entertainment Weekly reports. The creator of Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show will try to make a [...]
SVA Announces Dusty Winners
New York’s School of Visual Arts has announced the winners of the 24th annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival and Awards. The 2013 animation award recipients were Sara Ho’s Crabby Day, which earned the Outstanding Achievement in Traditional Animation and Traditional Character Design honors, Michele Malecki’s Catastrophe (Traditional Production Design) [...]
‘Adventure Time’ Seasons 1 & 2 Blu-rays Arrive in June
Cartoon Network will be releasing seasons one and two of its Emmy-nominated action comedy Adventure Time on Blu-ray on June 4. The same day, Adventure Time: The Complete Second Season will also make its DVD debut, complete with bonus content arranged by series creator Pendleton Ward, including a featurette he filmed [...]
Nick Launches SpongeBob SquareShorts Contest
Nickelodeon has announced the launch of the first-ever global SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired short film competition, SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes. Fans of the absorbent yellow hero around the world and filmmakers of all ages are invited to create original short films inspired by the network’s breakout character for a chance to [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm and...
LoveFilm and Disney have signed a new pact which allows the Amazon subscriber...
CN All About ‘Adventure...
Cartoon Network Enterprises is riding the runaway Adventure Time train...
