Protecting the Planet in 'Mia and the Migoo'
Jacques-Rémy Girerd discusses the making of his latest animated feature.
Category: Cartoons
FOX Renews Family Guy & The Cleveland Show
FOX has renewed ANIMATION DOMINATION favorites FAMILY GUY for a tenth season and THE CLEVELAND SHOW for a fourth season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.
Imira Ent. Goes On Latin American Sales Spree
Imira Entertainment, Spain’s leading production and distribution company specialising in youth programming, has signed a number of deals across its portfolio in Latin America, with sales to Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador.
Zinkia Partners With Langer Juice Co. On National Pocoyo Promotion
Zinkia Entertainment, the creators of the award-winning children’s entertainment property POCOYO, are partnering with Langer Juice Company on a nationwide promotional campaign in August that provides consumers with the opportunity to receive a free Dance, Pocoyo, Dance! DVD with the purchase of every 10 Langer’s juice bottles.
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Classic Media to Launch PBJ Cartoon Channel
Classic Media and Luken Communications, which runs Retro TV and TUFF TV, will partner on a new retro-kids network called PBJ, reports Kidscreen.
JimJam Secures Hello Kitty and Denver: The Last Dinosaur for Italian Feed
International pre-school entertainment channel JimJam, today announced two new acquisitions for its Italian feed - Hello Kitty and Denver: The Last Dinosaur.
PBS Kids Greenlights Martha Speaks For Fourth Season
WGBH Boston and DHX Media announced today that they have begun production of the fourth season of the popular PBS KIDS animated preschool show Martha Speaks.
Rebooting 'The Looney Tunes Show'
Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the gang are back sitcom-style.
Cartoon Network’s new The Looney Tunes Show
Lord knows I had my reservations about the entire affair. Trying to do something with these characters outside of the short cartoon format where they were at their best has always been risky; with one or two exceptions (like say, Taz-mania), the less said about efforts like Loonatics Unleashed, Space Jam or Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the better. But in brief, my personal reaction to the first episode… The Looney Tunes show works. I like this show – a lot, as a matter of fact.
Gumball Debuts on Cartoon Network Monday
Cartoon Network’s newest animated comedy series, The Amazing World of Gumball, is the first UK-produced full-length animated series out of Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe.
The Hub Adds Jem And The Holograms
The Hub Television network, a destination for kids and their families, has acquired two popular animated hit series that build on the network’s strategy of providing programming that kids and families can enjoy together.
Coolabi Secures Golden Bear For Poppy Cat
Leading entertainment producer and rights management company Coolabi has secured Golden Bear as master toy partner for its much-loved hit property Poppy Cat.
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Dora The Explorer: It’s Haircut Day on DVD
America’s favorite explorer is back with Dora the Explorer: It’s Haircut Day! This four-episode DVD set includes “Dora’s Hair-Raising Adventures,” where Boots receives his first haircut.
Family Guy Hurricane Crossover Pulled
Fox has decided to pull a hurricane-themed crossover event from its animation lineup due to the recent tragic events in the American South that have killed more than 300 people, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Creative Momentum
Do you write part time? Do you write for just a few hours a day? Are you writing a spec screenplay a few days a week or month? If you answered any of these questions in the affirmative you may be losing more time (and creativity) than you think. Let me give you a few suggestions that will help you get a lot more writing done...
Cate Blanchett To Voice Family Guy
Cate Blanchett is set to lend her voice to FAMILY GUY, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe Posts Six Shorts
The following six animated short films came out of the Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, based in London.
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No Excuses: New Global Campaign to Prevent Domestic Violence and Abuse
Firdaus Kharas, Chairman of Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift launched today a new global campaign to prevent domestic violence and abuse. The campaign targets are adaptation in 73 languages, use in 100 countries, to be viewed by 1 billion viewers.
Turner Broadcasting To Launch Cartoonito Across EMEA
Turner Broadcasting has announced it will rollout its UK preschool channel Cartoonito across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, increasing the brand’s distribution to 125 million homes in 112 territories.
Nickelodeon Debuts Branded Block In Bulgaria With TV7
Straight out of a successful MIPTV, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), today announced a partnership with Bulgarian entertainment broadcaster, TV7, to launch the first localised Nickelodeon branded block for TV viewers in Bulgaria.
Al Jazeera Children's Channel Acquires Multiple Properties From DQE
DQ Entertainment, the Global entertainment production and distribution company together with Al Jazeera Children's Channel ("JCCTV"), are pleased to announce the signing of multiple exclusive broadcast agreements with 22 Arabic states for the broadcasting rights of three iconic DQE animated productions - 'The Jungle Book', 'New Adventures of Lassie' and 'Mysteries and Feluda'.
Captain Planet: Season One Lands on DVD
Move over Iron Man, Spider-Man and Batman, the world’s first environmentally-conscious superhero on the block plans to offer kids action-packed adventure and a chance to help save the environment.
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Breakthrough Entertainment Completes Middle East Deals
Following on the heels of MIP-TV, Breakthrough Entertainment has finalized a record-breaking company array of license deals totaling over 200 hours of children’s, documentary, lifestyle and factual programming for the Middle East, it was announced by Nat Abraham, Vice President, Distribution.
SpongeBob SquarePants Head Writer To Pen Governator
Steven Banks, the former head writer on SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, will serve as head writer on THE GOVERNATOR, reports Variety.
Looney Tunes Show Premieres in May
Animation’s most beloved characters are back in an all-new series, The Looney Tunes Show, premiering Tuesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network.
