Malaysian animation studio Animasia (ABC Monsters, Kung Fu Chicken) has closed a co-production deal with China’s Zhongnan (ZN) Animation to deliver a new series titled My Little Brother Is Monkey King. Billed as the first co-production between the two countries recognized by the Chinese government, the HD 52 x 11 [...]

U.K. production and distribution house Chorion has announced its plans for the 40th anniversary celebrations of much-loved kids’ property Mr. Men. In addition to their popular books and TV cartoon The Mr. Men Show, this year will welcome a new character, the launch of a confectionary range and a collaboration [...]

Discovery Enterprises International announced a one-year deal with Hasbro Studios to represent its programming to the non-theatrical market. This week, Discovery will be offering Hasbro’s kids and family content to global airlines attending the APEX TV market in Madrid, Spain. Among the series included in this deal are My Little [...]

Pixar Animation Studios has released version 16.0 of its Oscar-winning RenderMan Pro Server software. The new release offers innovative advancements in ray tracing technology, including a new ray tracing hider, a radiosity cache and physically plausible shading. These features allow RenderMan to take full advantage of the ever-increasing processing power [...]

Donna Friedman Meir, owner and founder of cross-media outfit Lemonade Creative Consulting, has been elected to serve on the board of California’s health and education policy advocacy org Children Now. “Donna brings Children Now decades of experience in growing successful business units in the children’s media industry and we look [...]