Nickelodeon Greenlights ‘Welcome To The Wayne’ for Television
Marking the network’s first digital short-form series to be greenlit for television, 20-episode animated adventure with companion app to debut in 2016.
Category: Interactive
BENT Slam Dunks Interactive Campaign for Ruffles
‘Epic Bracket’ interactive campaign for Ruffles includes fantasy players such as vampires, dinosaurs, sloths and manatees.
In Business, Commercials, Interactive | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Cinesite Launches Feature Animation Talent Program
‘iAnimate at Cinesite’ apprenticeship program provides the opportunity of online training and a two year contract as a trainee animator with Cinesite.
Studio 100 Signs Distribution Deal with FranceTV
FranceTV Distribution to manage channels in France on YouTube and Dailymotion for titles including ‘Blinky Bill,’ ‘Flipper & Lopaka’ and 3D animated preschool series ‘Zigby.’
In Business, Cartoons, Interactive, Places, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe
Studio 100 Extends Multi-Platform Partnership with Sky Deutschland
Agreement extension includes rights for remakes of the classic series ‘Maya the Bee’ and ‘Vic The Viking.’
Toei Animation Introduces ‘Saint Seiya soul of gold’
Latest chapter of Toei’s long-running series launches in Europe following its television and online debut.
In Anime, Business, Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment, Interactive | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: Asia
‘Sofia the First,’ ‘Doc McStuffins’ Renewed for Season Four
Disney Junior orders fourth seasons of hit series ‘Sofia The First’ and ‘Doc McStuffins.’
Cartoon Network, Boomerang to Bring Mattel Lineup to Latin America
Turner’s premier kids channels to air more than 800 minutes of Mattel content including movies, features and short-form content for Barbie, Monster High, Hot Wheels and Max Steel across Latin America.
Red Giant, Adobe to Present NAB 2015 Creative Master Series Panel
Online filmmaking superstars from Red Giant Films, Triune Films and Corridor Digital team up at the NAB Show for ‘Breaking the Hollywood Mold,’ moderated by Adobe’s Dave Werner.
In Business, Event, Interactive, People, Places, Short Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: NAB | Geographic Region: North America
Hoho Entertainment Goes Interactive with ‘Mimi & Bibi’
Kids’ TV production and rights management company to collaborate with new digital platform TotallyTween on 26-episode, two-minute interactive series.
In Business, Cartoons, Interactive, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe
Assimilate Announces Scratch 8.3
Full SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab now in one toolset for a streamlined cloud-based ecosystem for dailies and post-production workflows.
In Business, Interactive, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Digital-Tutors Releases New Unity 5 Tutorial
New tutorial teaches users to create a sharable game; free for 30 days.
‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water’ Heads Home June 2
Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray combo packs from Paramount Home Media Distribution include three exclusive sing-along music videos, eight featurettes, deleted scenes and more.
Season Two of ‘Breadwinners’ Lands on Nickelodeon April 5
‘Harvey Beaks’ and ‘Sanjay and Craig’ kick-off new night of animated premieres.
Genius Brands International Launches New On-Demand Channel on Xfinity
On-demand channel to feature genius brands’ original programming and acquired content from around the world.
Magic Light Pictures Takes Flight With New ‘Room On The Broom’ App
BAFTA award-winning production company releases ‘Room on the Broom: Flying,’ the second interactive games app based on the much-loved classic picture book ‘Room on the Broom.’
Guru Studio Launches ‘Nemesis’ On Teletoon.com
Animated comedy follows the antics of two cousins who go to great lengths to out-prank each other with hilarious and outrageous results, with audiences voting for favorite characters, pranks and videos.
In Cartoons, Interactive, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
FMX 2015 to Host Virtual Reality Pioneer Mark Bolas
FMX 2015 conference on animation, effects, games and transmedia to spotlight ‘Minions’ and ‘Assassin's Creed 4.’
In CG, Event, Films, Interactive, People, Places, Short Films, Stereoscopic 3-D, Technology, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: Animated Travels, FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: Europe
NFB, ARTE Launch Interactive Shorts
Just in time for National Poetry Month, the National Film Board of Canada and ARTE unveil their series of 12 short interactive stories at interactivehaiku.com.
In 2D, Digital Media, Interactive, People, Places, Short Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All, North America
Google Unveils Virtual Reality App with Mirada Studios
Using a VR pipeline two years in the making, Mirada integrates live-action and CG in a first-of-its-kind interactive experience.
Digital-Tutors Announces Free Training for TurboSquid CheckMate Certification
Digital-Tutors releases three new tutorials for Maya, 3ds Max and CINEMA 4D taught by a former Sony Imageworks artist to help 3D artists get CheckMate certified for TurboSquid's online store.
Guru Studio Expands Content Team with Rachel Marcus
Former Nickelodeon producer joins award-winning Canadian studio as Development Executive.
In Business, Interactive, People, Places, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
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AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Jan Pinkava
Jan Pinkava, an Oscar-winning director at Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP), discusses new digital storytelling platforms and technologies, today’s animated film business and more as part of AWN’s series of exclusive video interviews from FMX 2014.
In Event, Films, Interactive, People, Short Films, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: All
Mondo Media and Spin Master Partner to Launch SpindoTV on YouTube
New kid-focused YouTube channel to feature toy-game-hybrid animated series ‘Sick Bricks.’
