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Animation Headline News

2011 Ursa Major Awards Voting Now Open

The annual Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic (“funny animal”) literature and art of the year, is now open for voting for works produced during the calendar year 2011.

International Headline News

CAKE Appoints Helen Blayney VP International Sales

Leading kids’ and family entertainment specialist CAKE has today announced the appointment of Helen Blayney as VP of International Sales, alongside two internal promotions within the sales team.

Series Headline News

Telegael to Produce New 'Impossimals' Animated Series

Ireland-based animation and TV production company Telegael has partnered with SupperTime Entertainment to produce the new animated kids series "Impossimals," based on the colorful, striped characters created by UK-based artist Peter Smith and his wife Jayne.

Story Headline News

9 Story Entertainment Announces Animation Slate

9 Story Entertainment announces its new and returning animation slate for MIPTV, featuring “Fugget About It,” the company’s first foray in producing primetime animation.

Music Headline News

Mind Candy Signs Deal with Sony Music

Global kids phenomenon Moshi Monsters is set to take the music world by storm after parent company Mind Candy confirmed a major partnership deal with Sony Music.

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The Osbournes Get Animated

Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne and his family are returning to TV screens, voicing stop-motion animated versions of themselves in a new comedy sitcom, produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios.

Shorts Headline News

Aardman Creates Comedy Shorts for DC Nation

Aardman Animation has teamed up with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment to create DC’s World’s Funnest, a series of original animated shorts that will be a part of DC Nation, a full hour of exclusive kid’s programming and shorts based on DC Comics characters.

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Turner Hires New VP of Program Acquisitions

Turner Broadcasting Systems has named Valerie Watts Meraz as VP of program acquisitions for Turner Entertainment Networks (TEN) and the Young Adults and Kids Media Group (AYAKM).

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HITN and Zinkia Announce 'Pocoyo' Educational Initiative

Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) announced a Ready To Learn (RTL) educational partnership with Zinkia Entertainment, SA, that will establish Zinkia’s internationally acclaimed “Pocoyo” property as the foundation for the English Language Learning (ELL) component of Project LAMP.

Season Headline News

Nickelodeon Signs Canadian TV Deals

Canadian French-language broadcasters Telequebec, TVA/Yoopa and VRAK TV, along with English-language kidsnet YTV, have acquired and renewed licenses for a raft of Nickelodeon series from Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN).

Cartoon Headline News

Cartoon Movie Tribute Nominations Announced

The European animation industry will pay tribute to the sector's personalities of the year during the Cartoon Movie Tributes ceremony on 9 March in Lyon, France.

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New Pac-Man Series Coming to Disney XD

Namco Bandai Games, Arad Productions and 41 Entertainment LLC (“41e”) announced that they have granted the U.S. television rights to Disney XD for the brand new animated action comedy series tentatively entitled “PAC-MAN - The Adventure Begins” in time for a fall 2013 airing.

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