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Assorted Nuts & Frima Team on Tiny Yeti

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Internet and Interactive, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Games, Internet and Interactive, Television
Assorted Nuts and Frima Studio team up to create “Tiny Yeti,” an animated series and interactive game.

Toon Boom Goes Manga with Japan's HeARTBIT

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: Asia, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Places, Technology
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.”

Box Office Report: 42 is the Magic Number

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Films
“42,” the baseball biopic from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, scores at the weekend box office, bringing in an estimated $27.3 million for a first place debut, while horror movie parody “Scary Movie 5,” debuts in second place, and DreamWorks Animation’s “The Croods” comes in third.

Justin Time Re-Discovers Latin America

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television
Guru Studios announces the sale of the second season of Justin Time to Discovery Kids.

Netflix, Hasbro Expand Multi-Year Programming Deal

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Netflix and Hasbro expand their multi-year programming deal making “Littlest Pet Shop” and “Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters” available to Netflix members in the U.S.

Mirada Builds Interactive Installation for Nike

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Business, Music and Sound, People, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Business, Music and Sound, People, Technology
Miranda teams up with Blast Radius Toronto and Nike Canada to create an interactive installation at Sport Chek’s flagship store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre.

Fabio Nardo Joins Digital Pulse

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, People, Visual Effects
Fabio Nardo joins Digital Pulse as its new Creative Director.

Sandro Corsaro Named Fandango New Head of Content

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, People
Fandango names Sandro Corsaro Vice President of Content and Creative.

Loyalkaspar Sparks Fuse Network Rebrand

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Music and Sound, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Music and Sound, Television
Loyalkaspar helps to re-imagine the Fuse brand with a clean, simple yet dynamic identity.

Veteran Disney Animators Receive Pink Slips

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Films, Jobs & Recruiting
About 150 staffers at the conglomerate's filmed entertainment segment are being laid off.

DreamWorks Acquires Trolls IP

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films
DreamWorks Animation acquires IP for Trolls with plans to take iconic dolls' brand (and hair) to new heights. American Girl branding vet Shawn Dennis tapped to head Trolls global franchise.

LOOK Effects Produces VFX for Disconnect

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
LOOK Effects produces seamless visual effects for the Henry-Alex Rubin-directed “Disconnect,” from LD Entertainment and Wonderful Films.

Facilis Boosts End-to-End Creative Workflows

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology
Facilis announces the compatibility of TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video.

Pretend Unveils Pseudo at NAB 2013

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology
Pretend announces previews their latest software, Pseudo, and demonstrations of Stereoid v1.1 at NAB 2013.

VFX Vet George Murphy Joins Reliance

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, People, Visual Effects
VFX vet George Murphy joins Reliance MediaWorks as Chief Creative Officer.

Aron Baxter Joins Poetica as Sr. VFX Artist

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Poetica signs Aron Baxtor as Senior VFX Artist.

Psyop and The Butler Bros Rethink Butts

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Psyop and The Butler Bros partner to create a new PSA, “Rethink Butts,” for Legacy and Leave No Trace.

Academy Announces David Geffen Theater

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The Academy announces the naming of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ theater after David Geffen.

Boris FX Showcases New VFX Browser

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects
Boris FX unveils their new VFX browser, BCC Effects Library Browser.

Studio 100 Strikes Distribution Deal for Molly Monster

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television
Studio 100 Media announces a deal with Molly & The Monsters GbR to sell the international TV rights to “Molly Monster.”