Tag "Nino Pagot"

Gaumont Plans a 50th Anniversary Bash for Calimero

May 20, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Gaumont Animation (formerly Alphanim), is hosting a big bash to promote its upcoming CG-animated series Calimero on June 12 at the opening night of the the Annecy International Animation Festival. The new 104 x 11 series is produced by Gaumont with the property owner Calidra and Italy’s Studio Campedelli. The [...]

TV Bytes: Calimero, Pac-Man & Bubble Guppies

March 18, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As international companies gear up for the MIP-TV market in France next month, we are getting bombarded with news about about global franchises. Here are today’s latest TV toon newsmakers: UK broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the broadcast rights for the Nick Jr. preschool series Bubble Guppies. The series, [...]

Alphanim’s ‘Calimero’ Makes Toy Fair Playdates

January 22, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

In advance of Nuremberg and New York Toy Fair, European kids’ entertainment producer/distributor Alphanim has announced that it has recently secured key licensees for it’s brand new CG animated series Calimero. Based on the character created by Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi (which is celebrating its 50th anniversary [...]

Alphanim’s ‘Calimero’ to Hatch on Italy’s RAI

June 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Alphanim and Studio Campedelli’s new CG-animated Calimero series will air on RAI in Italy. Created in 1963 by Nino Pagot, Toni Pagot and Ignazio Colnaghi, Calimero originated as a series of animated advertisements part of the “Carosello” advertising show broadcast on RAI through the 1960s and 70s. More than 70 [...]