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Syfy’s Defiance Makes Record-Breaking Debut

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Syfy’s groundbreaking transmedia event “Defiance” becomes the channel’s most-watched scripted series premiere since 2006 with 1.3 million adults aged 18-49, matched by more than six million hours of gameplay since the game’s April 2 launch.

Open Road Acquires The Nut Job

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Open Road Films acquires all U.S. distribution rights to the 3D animated family film “The Nut Job,” and sets January 17, 2014 as the release date.

Brickyard VFX Goes Long for Callaway

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Brickyard creates a new spot, “Truck to Store,” for Callaway Golf and Dick’s Sporting Goods, which features pro golfer Gary Woodland.

DreamWorks Animation Releases OpenVDB 1

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DreamWorks Animation releases Open VDB 1, open source framework developed by DWA engineers for sparse volume data.

Tree Fu Tom to Premiere On Sprout

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Fremantle’s CG animated series “Tree Fu Tom” heads to Sprout, premiering April 22.

Grainge & Kilar Nominated to DWA Board of Directors

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Lucian Grainge and Jason Kilar are nominated for election to DreamWorks Animation's Board of Directors; Current Directors Nathan Myhrvold and Richard Sherman to retire from leadership positions.

emotion3D Announces SSX3 for Nuke

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emotion3D announces the release of stereoscopic plugins, The Stereoscopic Suite X3, for The Foundry’s Nuke.

ANIMA BRUSSELS – The Brussels Animation Festival 2013

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Each year I look forward to Anima Brussels because it is my first festival of the year and an opportunity to see a large number of new Belgian animated films. Over the ten days of ANIMA there are also many noted guests and old friends.

Toon Boom Goes Manga with Japan's HeARTBIT

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Toon Boom Animation announces the use of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Harmony by Japanese animation studio HeARTBIT Digital Creation for its upcoming production, “Francesca.”

Golaem Releases Crowd Character Pack

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Golaem Crowd speeds up stadium & concert creation with free ready-to-use characters and motions.