Glasgow-based Muvizu and London-based Zubox merge to form Digimania, headed up by newly appointed CEO Julie Adair.

Springfield, hometown to America’s favorite animated family, The Simpsons, comes to life at Universal Orlando Resort this summer.

International VFX and design company Smoke & Mirrors names Jeff Stevens to serve as creative director at its New York office, and secures its first-ever representation in the Midwest, signing Matt Bucher and his company, Obsidian Reps.

LIMA announces the Licensing University program set to take place Monday, June 17-Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Licensing International Expo.

PGS Entertainment strikes new deals for Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, bringing the show to Quebec, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and Finland.

Highlighting all forms of electronic and digital media art created in the last two years, the SIGGRAPH 2013 Art Gallery demonstrates pieces that explore an idea, tell a story, or create an experience in a novel and engaging way.

Rainbow heads to Licensing Expo with a selection of brands from their portfolio including Winx Club, Mia & Me, and the brand new series GON.

Gentleman Scholar creates a Toyota RAV4 display, showcasing the car moving through a stylized red landscape, for LA LIVE.

Tiggerfish’s Khumba heads to the Annecy Animation Film Festival where it will screen in competition.

Digital Producer Christine Cattano joins Framestore NY to serve as production lead on digital and integrated projects.

German kids channel Super RTL signs a multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation that will see the animation studio supply the Cologne-based network with around 1,200 hours of programming through 2020.

MOCAtv presents Aboveground Animation screening, featuring new commissions by Kathleen Daniel, Barry Doupe, Erin Dunn, Casey Jane Ellison, Lauren Gregory and Jacolby Satterwhite, on Thursday, May 30.

The Museum of The Moving Image in New York is to open new gallery devoted to Jim Henson, following a major donation of puppets and other objects.

New committee of animation industry experts will ensure Vanas maintains leadership reputation.

From May 28-June 9th, Chew on This will be giving up daily reports of the dastardly stuff unfolding at the Vienna Shorts Festival and the Zagreb Animation Festival. Stay tuned...

Hello from Sofia, Bulgaria. I’m here for the 4th Annual Golden Kuker International Animation Festival. More about the festival, shortly.

Visual effects house Method Studios announces the appointment of Chris Webb as Executive Producer of Method Chicago.

The Manhattan Edit Workshop announces an all-star lineup for the “Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story” event on June 8th, including LOOK Effects' Jeff Wozniak.

Fox announces "wave one" nominees and categories for Teen Choice 2013.

Aardman partners with Sony Music and BinWeevils.com to find the best pop video animator in the UK.