Saturday, July 22, 2017
Bert Habets Replaces Anke Schäferkordt as RTL Co-CEO
Anke Schäferkordt has announced she is stepping down from her post as co-CEO of Luxembourg-based entertainment giant RTL Group and resigning from the group’s board of directors ... Continue Reading →
Rovio’s Mikael Hed Forms Kaiken, Buys TV & Pub Depts.
Mikael Hed, founder and former CEO of Rovio Entertainment (Angry Birds), has formed a new venture focused on animation, digital apps, and publishing: Kaiken Entertainment. The new outfit, ... Continue Reading →
NFB Shoots for Gender Parity of Key Creatives by 2020
Following the National Film Board of Canada’s announcement last year that it had set a goal to have 50% of its productions directed by women and 50% of all production spending allocated ... Continue Reading →
RTVE Bringing Clan Kids Channel to the New World
Spanish broadcaster RTVE has unveiled its new HD children’s channel, Clan for America, which will bring top programming and the values espoused by the state-owned public TV and radio ... Continue Reading →
Cinesite Acquires Vancouver Animation Studio Nitrogen
Cinesite Studios has acquired full-service animation facility Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., based in Vancouver. The studio employs 70 creative and production staff, and is best known ... Continue Reading →
Turner & WB to Launch Boomerang SVOD in US
Time Warner’s Turner and Warner Bros. have announced a new domestic premium video subscription service, featuring an extensive collection of timeless cartoons: Boomerang. Set ... Continue Reading →
Lupus, Melusine Reunite to Adapt ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’
Lupus Films and Melusine Productions, the studios behind acclaimed animated feature Ethel & Ernest, have reunited and joined forces with producers Sarah Radclyffe (co-founder, Working ... Continue Reading →
PGS Secures 100% Free TV Carriage for ‘Zak Storm’
International brand manager PGS Entertainment has hit a milestone for ZAG and Method Animation’s Zak Storm (39 x 26), having secured 100% free TV carriage for the action-packed ... Continue Reading →
VRV’s MONDO Snags Hand-Drawn Epic ‘Nova Seed’
MONDO has picked up exclusive SVOD rights for the US and Canada for director Nick DiLiberto’s hand-animated feature film Nova Seed, from Toronto-based House of Cool. The flick ... Continue Reading →
Aardman & BBC Mars Animation Narrated by William Shatner
Celebrated Bristol-based studio Aardman has produced a striking, pulp-sci-fi inspired animation for BBC Radio 4 for the broadcaster’s season of Mars programming, which launched ... Continue Reading →
