Tag: Canada Media Fund
OIAF Partners with BRIC for Art + Biz Day
In partnership with the BRIC Foundation, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) presents Art + Biz Day: BRIC @ TAC as a part of The Animation Conference (TAC). Accessible...
Paxolotl & Zoot Introduce All-Indigenous Created Series ‘CHUMS’
Dennis Jackson, the creator the award-winning children’s series Wapos Bay, has teamed up with his son, Eric Jackson of Saskatoon’s Paxolotl Media Inc., along...
Epic Story Greenlights ‘Mia & Codie,’ S2 of ‘Luna, Chip and Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go’
Independent content creation, distribution and licensing company Epic Story Media Inc. has started production on new animated series Mia & Codie and a second...
WildBrain Greenlights New ‘Slugterra’ Shorts, Extra ‘Summer Memories’
Canadian kids and family producer WildBrain Television announced that Family Channel, its flagship broadcast network, has greenlit three new content projects across live-action and...
‘Trash Truck’ Scores Four Wins at Kidscreen Awards
The 13th Annual Kidscreen Awards were presented in Miani on Tuesday night, hosted by actor/comedian Grey Griffin and sponsored by the Canada Media Fund....
BGM, Oasis Animation Prep ‘Riley Rocket’ for Liftoff
Toronto-based content-creation company BGM Inc. and Oasis Animation, a Montreal-based 2D animation studio (both owned by Canada’s Sphere Media) have announced a major commission...
Adam Yaniv’s ‘Summer Memories’ Now in Production for WildBrain
A&N Productions (founded by animator/producer Adam Yaniv), Aircraft Pictures (producers of the Academy Award-nominated animated feature film The Breadwinner and Emmy-nominated series Holly Hobbie)...
Knowledge Network Slates First Original Kids’ Series ‘Luna, Chip & Inkie’
Knowledge Network today announced Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go, currently in production with partner Epic Story Media, headed up by Ken Faier....
TV & Streaming: ‘Happy House of Frightenstein,’ ‘Pokémon Master Journeys,’ ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ S2 & Much, Much More
Headspinner Productions (headspinnerproductions.com) has started production on the preschool animated series Happy House of Frightenstein, based on the beloved characters from the 1971 Canadian...
2021 Kidscreen Awards Winners Announced
The annual Kidscreen Awards ceremony was held virtually on Tuesday, hosted by actor/comedian Emma Hunter and exclusively sponsored by the Canada Media Fund. The...
YouTuber Toon ‘Denis and Me’ Premieres Dec. 4 on Crave
Headspinner Productions announced that season one of the animated series Denis and Me, starring YouTube personality Denis Kopotun (DENIS), debuts exclusively on Crave on...
Big Bad Boo Greenlights 3rd Season of ‘Lili & Lola’
Big Bad Boo Studios has announced the return of its award-winning original preschool miniseries, Lili & Lola, to its SVOD platform, Oznoz. The hit...
L&M Bytes: BLE Deals & Debut Announcements
CPLG has secured a number of licencees for MGM’s The Addams Family (Q4 2019). Smiffy’s are on board for dress-up for the U.K., Benelux,...
Pukeko Opens a New Chapter on ‘Book Hungry Bears’ with Broadcast, Publishing Deals
Pūkeko Pictures has unveiled deals with top international publishers and broadcasters for its new CGI preschool series Book Hungry Bears (52 x 11’), as...
‘Corner Gas Animated’ S2 Premieres Canada Day, Guest Starring Michael J. Fox
In a suitably animated appearance on May 27, Brent Leroy told CTV’s Your Morning viewers that season 2 of Corner Gas Animated is set...
2019 YMA Awards of Excellence Winners Announced
This year’s Youth Media Alliance awards gala unfolded before an enthusiastic audience on May 29 at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. The...
Pukeko, Breakthrough & HSK Bring ‘Book Hungry Bears’ to TV
Pūkeko Pictures (New Zealand) has brought on Breakthrough Entertainment (Canada) and Hengxin Shambala Kids (China) as co-production partners for the new CGI picture-book preschool...
Dark Slope’s ‘Scarygirl Mission Maybee’ Goes Global with Zero Latency VR
Toronto-based virtual and augmented reality developer Dark Slope is bringing the beautifully surreal world of its debut VR experience Scarygirl Mission Maybe to Zero...
An Indie Studio and Game Engines: Exploring an Open Relationship
***This article originally appeared in the February ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 287)***
The gaming and animation industries have been flirting with each other...
Sonar Names Jazwares Global Master Toy for ‘Go Away Unicorn!’
Sonar Entertainment has named Jazwares the global master toy partner for its new series Go Away Unicorn!, which premiered on Corus’s YTV (Canada) in...
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