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Double Negative Opens New TV Branch
VFX company Double Negative has launched Double Negative TV, a new division of Dneg dedicated to visual effects creation for television. Dneg TV will be headed up by 20-year VFX veteran Jonathan Privett, previously head of Film & TV/VFX supervisor at Rushes, VFX producer Louise Hussey and VFX supervisor Hayden [...]
MIPTV News: ‘Camp Lakebottom’, ‘Filly’ and ‘Peppa Pig’
With only a few days left until the 50th edition of MIPTV market kicks off in Cannes next week, various TV distributors and producers are sending us their news of global TV sales and greenlights. Here is our latest wrap-up of pre-MIP news. The Mouse Likes Camp Lakebottom: First [...]
MIPTV: Nelvana Invites ‘Zack’ & ‘Mike’
Corus Entertainment’s Canadian toon studio/distributor Nelvana Enterprises will be hyping two animated series in production at MIPTV this year–the new oddball comedy Zack & Deuce and season two of preschool show Mike the Knight. In addition the company will be repping further selections from its animated portfolio: Detentionaire, OH NO! [...]
9 Story’s ‘Camp Lakebottom’ Scores New Sales
9 Story Entertainment’s new children’s animated comedy Camp Lakebottom (26×22’) has been acquired by Canal+ for Canal+Family (France), TELETOON+ (France), ABC (Australia) and Noga (Israel). The series is produced by 9 Story Entertainment for TELETOON Canada and has also been licensed to Super RTL (Germany) and Luk International for Spain and [...]
DVD Find of the Week: ‘The Goode Family’
You’ll be able to check out Mike Judge’s short-lived primetime animated series The Goode Family on DVD this week. Shout! Factory’s cool new release features all 13 episodes of the show, which ran from May to August of 2009 on ABC. Created by Judge, along with former King of the Hill [...]
Henson’s ‘Pajanimals’ Lands on Disney Jr., EMEA
The Jim Henson Company has licensed all 52 x 11’ episodes of its new preschool series, Pajanimals to Disney Junior platforms in France, Italy, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The announcement was made today by Richard Goldsmith, exec VP of global distribution [...]
The Grinch Wins Over Audiences Again
ABC had a big night with its annual airing of the animated special How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Tuesday (Nov. 27). The evergreen special surpassed original episodes of several broadcast comedies in the adult demographic — including NBC’s New Normal and all of Fox’s lineup. Grinch won 8.4 million viewers [...]
Australia’s ABC Nabs Two DQ Series
DQ Entertainment International has announced an exclusive deal with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to broadcast two of the studio’s 3D animated series, Iron Man: Armored Adventures season 2 and Casper’s Scare School season 2. The deal allows ABC exclusive broadcasting rights across Australia for both shows. ABC is Australia’s national public [...]
Ambience Ups the Ante for ‘Adventures of Figaro Pho’
Sydney-based production company Ambience Entertainment is celebrating the release of its short-format toon star’s new 13 x half-hour series The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which premieres on Australia’s ABC3 today. Conceived and directed by award-winning illustrator Luke Jurevicius, the excessively paranoid Figaro Pho first hit the toon scene in 2008 [...]
Animated Feature Oscar Deadline Nov. 1
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that films seeking to qualify for the Animated Feature Film category for the 85th Oscars must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy by 5 p.m. PT on Thursday, November 1. The 85th Academy Award nominations will be [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
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The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
