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Investment Unites Cosmic Toast, Partners as Toast & Jam
Financiers Howard Silverman and Neil Grossman have invested in animation producer Cosmic Toast Studios, folding it and several other companies under the umbrella Toast & Jam Holdings. Folding into Toast & Jam are the five year old, full-service animation company, Cosmic Toast Studios; the film finance, acquisitions, production and distribution [...]
ComiXology Submit Opens Platform to Independent Comics
ComiXology, the leading digital comics platform, has announced a new portal called comiXology Submit that allows independent comics creators to upload their work for distribution on the platform under a profit-sharing agreement. The deal allows comics and graphic novels to be uploaded for free to comiXology. If approved by comiXology, [...]
‘Zambezia’ Becomes South Africa’s Top-Grossing Film
The animated feature Adventures in Zambezia has grossed an estimated $18 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing South African film over the past 30 years. Triggerfish Animation’s highly successful film was recently sold to French distributor Metropolitan Films, which signed up for both Adventures in Zambezia and Triggerfish’s next feature, Khumba. [...]
Peter Byrne to Head DHX Media’s Licensing Company
DHX Media has appointed Peter Byrne as the new CEO of its wholly owned licensing company, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group. CPLG has a renowned reputation in the licensing business, managing the licensing and merchandising rights for some of the leading entertainment, sports and consumer goods brands, including clients such as [...]
‘Sofia the First’ Gets Second Season
Disney Junior has picked up the top-rated animated series Sofia the First for a second season. The pickup for the series about Disney’s first little-girl princess is no surprise given its ratings success. It’s the top cable TV series among Kids 2-5, Girls 2-5 and Boys 2-5. It is also the [...]
New ‘Ninja Turtles’ Series Conquers Russia, New Zealand
Russia’s TNT and New Zealand’s Channel Four are the most-recent terrestrial broadcasters to pick up Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. TNT started airing all 26 episodes of season 1 this week, stripped at 9:30 a.m. weekdays with an additional regional broadcast Saturdays at 9 a.m. and repeats on [...]
OptiTrack’s Motive Aims to Simplify Mo-Cap Workflow
Motion-capture provider OptiTrack today announced the launch of Motive, a unified software platform designed to simplify motion-capture workflows. Motive is designed to deliver cleaner motion data, enable larger capture volumes and can be tailored to meet a full range of production studio and research facility needs. It also provides a [...]
Neptuno Films to Distribute Character Farm’s ‘Katakune’
Neptuno Films has signed a deal with Singapore’s Character Farm to distribute the 3D animated preschooler series Katakune in all territories except China. Katakune is an award-winning, educational, 3D-animated cartoon series created for children 2 to 5 years old. The intention of the show, which runs 260 two-minute episodes, is [...]
‘Ralph’ Ready to Rock for Home Video Release
Wreck-It Ralph is ready to fix up your home video collection. The hit Disney animated feature leads this week’s homevid releases, arriving in multiple formats for fans to choose from, including DVD ($29.99), Blu-ray and DVD combo pack ($39.99) and the ultimate combo pack with 3D Blu-ray, Blu-Ray, DVD and [...]
‘Tilly’ Makes New Friends With Nine TV, DVD Deals
Aardman Animation has secured nine new TV and DVD deals for Walker Productions and JAM Media’s preschool series Tilly and Friends. Having been appointed distribution partners for the brand in 2011, Tilly has launched in more 10 territories. Exciting new TV deals have been struck with CBeebies for their Asian, [...]
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