Atlantyca Fixes Up Global ‘Fixies’ Sales

April 3, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

Italy-based trans-media entertainment company Atlantyca Entertainment has announced new sales for Russia’s top toon series, The Fixies (104 x 6). The series has been acquired by Minimax in a Pan Eastern Europe deal, ERR in Estonia and D-Smart in Turkey. Atlantyca’s distribution arm took over rights for the show from [...]

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Atlantyca Flies with Aeroplane’s ‘The Fixies’

October 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Italian children’s entertainment producer and distributor Atlantyca recently signed a deal with Russian animation studio Aeroplane Productions to bring Russia’s top-rated animated series The Fixies in Europe, Malaysia, Singapore and Korea. The announcement was made jointly by Claudia Mazzucco, CEO of Atlantyca, and Michael Mennies, director of intl. productions for [...]

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What Animation Means to Me…

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

On the occasion of our 25th anniversary, we asked our readers and the top movers and shakers in the industry to tell us what animation has meant to them and how it has changed their lives. Here is just a sampler of the many wonderful and touching responses we received. [...]

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Mennies Named New Director at Russia’s Riki Group

September 6, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Russian multi-platform studio Riki Group has named  American animation veteran Michael Mennies as its new  director of international development and production. Based at the newly established U.S. offices in Philadelphia, Pa., Mennies is responsible for the trans-media development of Riki’s rich library of IP’s and sourcing new concepts from in-house [...]

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