Toronto-based animation house Arc Productions, recently acquired by a Canadian ownership group from Starz Media, has hired Stephanie Denton to head its Los Angles office as senior VP of sales and business development. Prior to joining Arc, Denton accrued 24 years of experience many of them as president of international [...]

KidsCo has acquisition Traces, an original HD TV animated series co-produced by Taiwanese animation studio, Xanthus, and Swiss animation studio, Animagination. KidsCo, a global children’s television network for pre-schoolers, is a joint-venture channel owned by NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment and Cookie Jar Entertainment. It will air the 13 25-minute episodes [...]

Zoobabu, a new stereoscopic 3D series from BRB Internacional, has just signed broadcast rights deals with outlets in multiple major international markets. Disney has acquired the series for Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The show also will be broadcast in Canada in French on Radio Canada, and in English on BBC Kids [...]

Harry Potter cast a record-setting spell on the box office this weekend, with the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 selling a stunning $168 million worth of tickets. The Warner Bros. release also did well overseas, making $307 million for a three-day worldwide total of $475 [...]

A new trailer has hit for a new stop-motion animated feature from Aardman and Sony titled The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Directed by Pete Lord with Jeff Newitt, the film is due out in 3D March 30, 2012. Take a look: Aardman, of course, is the studio behind the beloved [...]