Spielberg to Produce...
Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular...
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TV News Bytes: DHX, Mediatoon
+ International indie toon house DHX Media has inked a deal with Viacom Media Networks for the sixth season of its wacky animated action-comedy Johnny Test to air on Nickelodeon Germany. The deal also includes renewals of seasons 1 and 2. The acquisition of season six brings the total to 117 [...]
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 [...]
New Judges Confirmed for Pitch Party ’12!
Animag’s 2012 Pitch Party grows ever nearer! We have two new judges to announce that have agreed to lend time out of their busy schedules to Pitch Party: The annual competition that gets YOUR toon ideas in front of top industry decision makers and offers the chance to win a [...]
Discovery Collects Monster’s ‘Creepy Crawly’
Discovery Networks Int. has acquired Monster Entertainment’s animated in-house production I’m a Creepy Crawly. The 52 x 2-min preschool toon has been picked up by Discovery’s Central/ South Asian, India and Pacific Rim territories. The series, which will be delivered in June 2012, has already pre-sold to 60 territories with [...]
Hub Gives ‘Pony’ Fans Pick for Mare-A-Thon
Discovery/Hasbro’s network The Hub is offering fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic a very special Valentine this year as they open up online voting for favorite episodes to be run during the My Little Pony Fan Favorites Mare-A-Thon on Valentine’s Day weekend. The five-hour programming marathon—which will debut [...]
3net Debuts World’s First Kids 3D Block
3net, the 24/7 3D network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX, will premiere the world’s first dedicated children’s 3D programming block with two new animated 3D series – Bolts & Blip and Dream Defenders — in a prime-time special Sept. 25. The “3net Three Dee Kids” Saturday and Sunday morning lineup will [...]
3net to Air Tiny Island’s 3D Series Dream Defenders in U.S.
Singapore-based Tiny Island’s CG animated series Dream Defenders is set to debut in stereoscopic 3D in the United States on 3net. The new deal gives 3net — a 3D network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX — the rights for 3D broadcast, home video, publishing and merchandising in the U.S. Dream [...]
Harry Potter: The Exhibition Set to Take Manhattan
Look out wizards, Harry Potter is hitting the Big Apple. Harry Potter: The Exhibition, featuring original items from all films in the series, is extending its popular tour of North America with a previously unannounced stop at Discovery Times Square in New York City starting April 5. The traveling show [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
Global TV News Bytes: Guru,...
+ Canadian indie Guru Studio and publishing partner Immedium have released a...
