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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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 “Demo Monster” skit for Comedy Central’s new sketch comedy series, “Kroll Show.”

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

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

Ontario’s public educational media organization TVO joins Guru Studio and Home Plate Entertainment to develop new CG Preschool series from FriendsWithYou called “Wish Come True.”

Kids’ and family entertainment content distributor CAKE announces a distribution deal for new pre-school animation series “Space Racers.”

The Popular animated preschool series, “Bubble Guppies,” will air in the UK on Channel 5’s Milkshake! programming block beginning Spring 2013.

Fuhu’s award-winning nabi Jr. tablet features apps, games, videos and more from hit Nickelodeon preschool series, “Dora the Explorer,” “Team Umizoomi” and “Bubble Guppies.”

South Korean entertainment and media company JS Communications withdraws its bid to acquire the El Segundo-based visual effects company Rhythm & Hues.

Thomas Newman, the composer of the musical scores for “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” reveals that he will be collaborating on the upcoming Pixar feature, “The Good Dinosaur.”

CG and VFX artist Andrew Romatz joins the ranks of award-winning visual effects studio a52.

New workflow features, new platform support and future game lighting technology on display at GDC 2013.