Animation studio LAIKA has purchased a site license of Shotgun to manage production and enhance collaboration for stop-motion and VFX work throughout its Portland, Oregon studio.

SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif.

Pixomondo has hired Steve Pugh as an Executive Producer to help oversee projects from the Burbank office.

Recent projects from NYC VFX studio Light of Day include “The Official Someday by Justin Bieber” for Give Back Brands, John Varvatos “Star USA,” and Hugo Boss “Something Different.”

Call for entries to the fifth edition of the International Animated Film Competition in Poland.

D3Publisher announced a worldwide publishing agreement with DreamWorks Animation SKG.

Viacom announced that it will launch leading pre-school children’s channel Nick Jr. in Israel on February 7.

The deadline for registration for the European Animation Masterclass, to be held in Helsinki, Finland February 23-24, is February 10, 2012.

CCTV ANIMATION, INC., along with production partners Dalian Tsanghao Digital Technology Co., Foxfield Entertainment, and Studio CHOPS, announce the production of Mr. Dragon’s Park, a 26-episode preschool series already in production for delivery in early 2013.

Melanie Wickham joins Absolute Post New York as Executive Producer