Syfy’s groundbreaking transmedia event “Defiance” becomes the channel’s most-watched scripted series premiere since 2006 with 1.3 million adults aged 18-49, matched by more than six million hours of gameplay since the game’s April 2 launch.

Open Road Films acquires all U.S. distribution rights to the 3D animated family film “The Nut Job,” and sets January 17, 2014 as the release date.

Brickyard creates a new spot, “Truck to Store,” for Callaway Golf and Dick’s Sporting Goods, which features pro golfer Gary Woodland.

DreamWorks Animation releases Open VDB 1, open source framework developed by DWA engineers for sparse volume data.

Lucian Grainge and Jason Kilar are nominated for election to DreamWorks Animation's Board of Directors; Current Directors Nathan Myhrvold and Richard Sherman to retire from leadership positions.

Assorted Nuts and Frima Studio team up to create “Tiny Yeti,” an animated series and interactive game.

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.”

“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.

Guru Studios announces the sale of the second season of Justin Time to Discovery Kids.

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.

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 as its new Creative Director.

Fandango names Sandro Corsaro Vice President of Content and Creative.

Loyalkaspar helps to re-imagine the Fuse brand with a clean, simple yet dynamic identity.

About 150 staffers at the conglomerate's filmed entertainment segment are being laid off.

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 seamless visual effects for the Henry-Alex Rubin-directed “Disconnect,” from LD Entertainment and Wonderful Films.

Facilis announces the compatibility of TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video.

Pretend announces previews their latest software, Pseudo, and demonstrations of Stereoid v1.1 at NAB 2013.

VFX vet George Murphy joins Reliance MediaWorks as Chief Creative Officer.