Saban Brands appoints Janet Scardino as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company’s media operations across television, digital and games.
Nickelodeon launches its first-ever global animated shorts program to identify and develop new animation creative talent from around the world, receiving over 100 submissions from artists, designers, writers, directors and comedians representing more than 20 countries across six continents at this year’s Annecy International Film Festival.
Fox announces changes to its animated release schedule, including the release of five animated movies in both 2017 and 2018.
Focused caustics, procedural textures and toon shading are just a few of the new features coming to KeyShot 4.1.
Computer graphics and visual effects software developer The Foundry announces that MARI will be coming to the Mac later this year.
TELETOON Canada announces two new original series, Inspector Gadget and Pirate Express, as well as the renewal of four others.
A crowdfunding campaign is started to fund an animated comedy series starring comedian Jonathan Katz, best known for playing the title character on TV's Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
Family entertainment company Mind Candy announces plans to produce an animated series based on its hero kids brand Moshi Monsters.
Biggest expansion to reporting and performance capabilities yet; detailed cost tracking for VFX studios working across multiple shows and clients.
Drafthouse Films picks up North American rights in a deal with Films We Like to Ari Folman’s sci-fi feature, The Congress.
Blacklist’s Dvein creates dynamic network IDs for the Science Channel, inspired by the collision of the natural and imagined worlds.
Stardust launches a new, global, creative collective and integrated talent arm, Falcon.
Shotgun Software promotes Matt Daw to Chief Technical Officer.
Megan Kelly joins Click 3X as executive producer and managing director of live action.
a52 provides subtle VFX for the all new season of the Netflix exclusive series from David Fincher, House of Cards.
m4e signs a home entertainment deal with Svensk Filmindustri for the hit series, Mia and me.
Tracey Taylor joins Digital Pulse as Executive Producer.
Universal's micro-budget horror film The Purge beats out director Shawn Levy’s The Internship at the North American box office.
Motion design and production studio Royale completes a series of station IDs for “Pulse,” MTV France’s block of rock video programming, in a cinematic package that combines CG and live-action.
Cable upstart FXX picks up its first original series, giving orders to an animated comedy from the team behind HBO series Eastbound & Down and FX series Archer.
Former Lucasfilm head Rick McCallum signs on to produce sci-fi feature R’Ha, based on the short film by director Kaleb Lechowski.
Psyop partners with TBWA Paris and Quad’s Wizzdesign to create ‘Le Manege,’ a whimsical spot for McDonald’s McFlurry.
Peter Curtis and Nick Barrington announce the creation of kids' entertainment company Nurture Rights, along with the company’s acquisition of best-selling literary property Dinosaur Roar!
Global Pursuit signs a representation deal with Pretty Ugly to bring the Uglydoll brand to China.
TELETOON orders 26 more episodes of the comedy-adventure animated series, Rocket Monkeys, from Breakthrough Entertainment.
