Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com) and Swedbank (http://www.swedbank.com) have launched a brand new television advertising campaign directed by Steve Harding-Hill with Lowe Brindfors and Colony, Sweden.

Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com) and BBDO Toronto have launched a brand new 30 second television ad directed by Rich Webber for Funcheez Moon and Stars!

Not to Scale’s directors Ubik have created three charming 30” stop motion commercials for the new SAGA campaign.

UFO has just finished work on two ident packages for VIVA Germany. The director team started work developing ideas for the two concepts in early October 2010.

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, today announced that it has secured an ongoing commitment from premium children’s platform, CBeebies, for the UK’s favourite postie and popular pre-school series, Postman Pat®, until 2015.

Ken A. Priebe gives readers a history of stop-motion features in this excerpt from his book The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation.

Walt Disney Studios has moved Tim Burton's FRANKENWEENIE away from Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS and pitted Andrew Stanton's JOHN CARTER OF MARS against it instead, reports Deadline.com.

Dr. Toon offers advice about becoming a competent animation critic.

Boinx Software today announces the availability of iStopMotion, the company's popular stop motion animation application, at the Mac App Store.

According to a report in Variety, famed director Terry Gilliam has joined the production team of the animated 1884 as a creative adviser.