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Academy Announces Key Dates

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The Academy announces dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar presentations.

LOGAN and 72andSunny Team for Skylanders SWAP Force

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LOGAN teams up with 72andSunny and Activision Publishing to create an all new spot for “Skylanders SWAP Force.”

Oculus Announces Custom UDK

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Oculus announces it will provide a custom UDK with all Oculus Rift Developer Kits.

OptiTrack Reveals Prime 17W Mo-Cap Camera at GDC

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OptiTrak reveals Prime 17W motion capture camera, the latest in the Prime Series line of high performance motion capture and tracking cameras, at GDC.

Aardman Creates First-Ever 2D Campaign for Trunki

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Aardman creates their first ever 2D campaign for Trunki by helping to bring their new Tropical PaddlePak range to life.

CMC Announces UK Tax Break Event

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Children’s Media Conference announces Animation Exchange, a one day event to explain the new UK Animation Series Tax Break.

Croods Debut Boosts DWA Stock

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Wall Street analysts point to the early success of “The Croods” to help ease concerns about DreamWorks' competitive position within the CGI animation space.

Box Office Report: The Croods Win the Weekend

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DreamWorks Animation’s newest feature, “The Croods,” debuts this weekend in first place with a solid $44.7 million showing at the domestic box office.

Bent Image Lab Creates Stop-Motion Ad for Arrowhead

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Bent Image Lab produces a stop-motion commercial, “Recycling Is A Beautiful Thing,” for Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water.

Stevenson & Hood Tapped for Noah’s Ark

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United Pictures taps the talent of John Stevenson and Cameron Hood for their CG-animated feature “Noah’s Ark.”

MPC Helps Virgin Mobile Get Surreal

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MPC, Mother NY and Traktor help Virgin Mobile to “Retrain Your Brain” in a surreal new spot.

Trollbäck Redesigns China’s CCTV-9

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China’s Documentary Channel CCTV-9 gets a new branding package and logo redesign from T+Co.

Silver Dolphin Launches Little Critter App

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Silver Dolphin launches an all new app, “The Trip – Little Critter Reading Adventure,” available for iOS, Android, Nook and Kindle platforms.

New Deals Secured for Figaro Pho

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Chocolate Liberation Front announces new global deals for “The Adventures for Figaro Pho” and the release of an app based on the show for iOS and Android devices.

Engine Room Helps Rev Up NASCAR

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Engine Room teams up with FOX Sports to create custom animation pieces involving intensive and rapidly produced, animated comic-style CG recaps of each weekly NASCAR race.

Moody Gardens Installs 4K 3D System

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Qube Cinema installs its 4K 3D system at Moody Gardens for the GSCA Film Expo and Digital Symposium.

Digital Domain Appoints Terry Clotiaux Head of Feature Film

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Digital Domain names Terry Clotiaux VP of Feature Film, as well as elevating Joanna Capitano to Executive Producer and Lisa Beroud as a member of the company’s senior management team.

Bent Image Lab Helps Animate Comedy Central's Kroll Show

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Bent Image Lab helps animate “Demo Monster” skit for Comedy Central’s new sketch comedy series, “Kroll Show.”

Faceware Unveils Retargeter 4.0 with AutoSolve at GDC

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New software upgrade creates quality markerless facial motion capture from video at unprecedented speed.

Calabash Animates More Lucky Charms

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Award-winning studio’s latest project for General Mills amps up the energy and the creativity.