Tag: National Geographic
LIMA Unveils 2019 International Licensing Awards Nominees
The Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association has announced its 154 nominees for the 2019 International Licensing Awards. LIMA’s nominees were selected from a panel of...
LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’: Around the World in Stop-Motion
A Victorian-era London cryptologist, a mysterious creature, and a Latina adventuress from California set out on a whirlwind adventure around the globe in search...
BFI Opens Applications for £57M Young Audiences Contents Fund
The BFI launched on Monday the U.K. Government’s Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), and revealed the team, led by Head of Fund Jackie Edwards,...
VES Reveals 2019 Board of Directors, Award Presenters
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced its 2019 Board of Directors officers, elected at the January 2019 Board meeting. The officers include Mike Chambers,...
RTS 2018 Craft & Design Awards Announced
The Royal Television Society (U.K.) announced the winners of its 2018 Craft & Design Awards Monday night at a ceremony at the London Hilton,...
Lamorne Morris to Star in Hulu’s Hybrid Series ‘Woke’
Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Game Night) has been cast as the lead in the new comedy Woke -- a live-action series featuring animated sequences...
Nickelodeon CP Prez Pam Kaufman to Keynote BLE
Viacom Nickelodeon Consumer Products president Pam Kaufman will take part in a fireside chat with LIcense Global content director Amanda Cioletti as the opening...
Meg Guidon to Lead nineteentwenty’s New Longform VFX Dept.
VFX post-production vet Meg Guidon has joined London-based nineteentwenty to lead the company’s new longform visual effects department. Guidon will apply her two decades...
Producer Melissa Taylor Named Joint Biz Dev Head at Framestore
Oscar-winning VFX company Framestore has appointed Melissa Taylor as Global Joint Head of Business Development. The highly regarded producer has worked with some of...
Disney Acquires Majority of Fox in $66 Billion Deal
The Walt Disney Co. has acquired a majority of 21st Century Fox in a deal valued at $66.1 billion, including assumption of debt, which...
Studio 100’s ‘Blinky Bill’ Sets Out on New Nat Geo Kids LatAm
Studio 100 Media has inked a deal with National Geographic for the exclusive pay TV rights for CG animated series The Wild Adventures of...
Imira Inks Multiple Deals Ahead of NATPE
Spain-based Imira Entertainment has closed key deal with leading broadcasters and digital platforms around the world in the run-up to NATPE -- taking place...
Animatrik Teams with NantStudio for LA Expansion
Vancouver-based performance capture and virtual production solutions provider Animatrik has signed an agreement with next generation soundstage and virtual production studio NantStudio, expanding its...
Rovio Takes ‘Angry Birds Movie’ Licensees Under Wing
Rovio Entertainment’s first ever theatrical feature release will fly the coop on May 20, and ahead of the launch the company announces an impressive...
Rovio’s ToonsTV Comes to Apple TV
Rovio Entertainment's kid-friendly ToonsTV video on demand app -- which has so far accrued over 5.6 billion views -- is now available worldwide through...
Cancer Claims Hungarian Animator Andras Erkel
Animator Andras Erkel, founder of Hungary-based Studio Baestarts, died Dec. 29 from brain cancer. He was 52.
Erkel started his animation career in the 1980s,...
Malaysian Flick ‘Ribbit’ to Premiere at Niagara Fest
Ontario, Canada's Niagara Integrated Film Festival (NIFF) is taking place June 19-22, showcasing a hand-picked selection of films from around the world. One of...
Toon Hero Launches HTML5 Social Network
Toon Hero app creators Trigger Happy has launched its own social network at www.toonhero.com that allows users to quickly publish their creations using HTML5...
Toon Hero Adds SO SO Happy Characters
Trigger Happy, the creators of the animated storytelling app, Toon Hero, have teamed up Entertainment One's popular lifestyle brand, SO SO Happy, to offer...
Toon Hero App Offers Animation for All Ages
Auckland, New Zealand-based developer Trigger Happy has launched its first social storytelling app called Toon Hero, which will allow iPad users of all ages...
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