North America

Galaxy 61 Brings Game to Nick at Nite

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Galaxy provides a design driven promo, Game On, for Nick at Nite’s new block of children’s programming.

PipelineFX Debuts Burst License Program for Education

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PipelineFX’s new Burst License Program allows education customers to double current license capacity two a year for no additional cost.

Vortexx on The CW Launches New Series

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Vortexx on the CW announces their new 5-hour programming block beginning July 13.

Kung Fu Panda 3 to Get August Start

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Slated for release in December 2015, DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3 will see one-third of its production done in China.

NBC Orders Murray Christmas Special

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NBC greenlights the animated holiday musical special How Murray Saved Christmas, from Simpsons’ writer and executive producer Mike Reiss.

Cartoon Network Gets Summer Refresh

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Cartoon Network receives a summer makeover with a new set of brightly colored images and a video seamlessly blending the work of top animators around the globe, including Australia’s Rubberhouse, France’s CRCR, the UK’s Alex Grigg and Eamonn O’Neill, and the US’s Impactist and Awesome Incorporated.

Academy Sci-Tech Council Announces 2013 Internship Selections

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The Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the selection of five students to participate in its 2013 summer internship program, with placements at the Tech Council, Dolby Laboratories, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Silvergate Signs New Octonauts Deal

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Independent entertainment company Silvergate Media signs US children’s home entertainment distributor NCircle Entertainment as DVD and download-to-own partner for its hit property Octonauts.

Reel FX & Relativity Release First Free Birds Trailer

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Relativity Media and Reel FX Animation Studios have released the first trailer for the forthcoming animated feature, Free Birds, starring Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson as two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks.

WIA to Host ‘They Said Yes! Now What?’ Panel on June 27

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Find out what happens after a project gets the green light at ‘They Said Yes! Now What?’ panel at the Women In Animation general meeting on Thursday, June 27.