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April 23, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

+ Kids’ production company Sixteen South has appointed Emily Whinnett as its new head of development. Whinnett was formerly the director of production and development for Chapman Entertainment, where she helped develop and produce shows including Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, Raa Raa the Noisy Little Lion [...]

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Toon Boom & Toon Goggles Launch Boom Goggles App

January 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Children’s programming portal Toon Goggles and Emmy-winning software producer Toon Boom Animation have launched Boom Goggles, a new creative app that allows children to create and share animated clips. In addition to the free version of the app, the Google Play Store offers a premium version—for $2.99—which has more templates [...]

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Toon Goggles Launches Viewing App for Sony Tablets

August 6, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Online kids channel Toon Goggles is partnering with Sony to launch an exclusive app to deliver children’s content to  Sony tablet computers via the Google Play app store. The app will have exclusive content available in the U.S. and Canada until early October. The app will provide viewer’s instant access [...]

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FUNimation Goes Mobile, Adds 2 Series

April 6, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

FUNimation is going mobile and adding the series Sankarea and Shangri-La to its slate. The company announced at Sakuracon in Seattle the release of its first-ever mobile app, created with Phunware and available now in the iTunes App Store and Google Play for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. Two versions [...]

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