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Legoland & CN Launch World of Chima

Immersive new interactive water ride, THE WORLD OF CHIMA, being built simultaneously with roll-out of major new product line and a national television series.

NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance

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NVIDIA GRID VCA delivers remote GPU acceleration and turnkey simplicity for small and medium-size businesses.

Adobe and MAXON Form Strategic Partnership

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MAXON and Adobe announce strategic alliance to bring creative professionals new levels of digital media content creation.

EA CEO John Riccitiello Resigns

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Electronic Arts announces change in executive leadership; Larry Probst appointed Executive Chairman.

Hornet Delivers New Stop Motion Spot

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Hornet’s Peter Sluszka creates a new stop-motion commercial campaign for Ireland's Permanent TSB.

Rhythm & Hues Posts 200 Taiwan Job Openings

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Two weeks after reports that troubled VFX studio Rhythm & Hues would be establishing operations in Taiwan, the company courts new employees for its facility in the city of Kaohsiung.

Gaumont Signs Digital Deal for Calimero

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Gaumont Animation signs a digital deal with BulkyPix to produce an app for iOS and Android based on the animated series “Calimero.”

Vision Globale Turns World Upside Down

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Vision Globale provides postproduction for Juan Diego Solanas’ “Upside Down.”

Trunk & Peepshow Animate Cyber Safety for Kaspersky

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Creative partners Trunk Animation and Peepshow collaborate on a new approach to cyber war infomercials for IT Security giant Kaspersky Lab.

Psyop Creates Interactive Experience for The Defector

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Psyop collaborates with Fathom Films and Jam3 to create a first person interactive documentary experience in Ann Shin’s “The Defector: Escape from North Korea.”

Intelligent Creatures Taps eyeon Fusion

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Intelligent Creatures returns to their production roots with eyeon Fusion.

César Pesquera Joins Cortez Bros

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Spanish filmmaker and visual artist César Pesquera joins The Cortez Brothers

Peppa Pig Strengthens Foothold in Asia

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eOne announces new licensing and broadcast deals for “Peppa Pig” in Asia.

Collider Digital Production Conference to Debut in NY

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Stash Media announces Collinder, a new three-day digital production conference for the visual effects, animation and interactive industries to take place this June.

Disney’s Nikki Reed Joins The Hub

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Disney executive Nikki Reed is named Senior Vice President, Programming & Development at The Hub Network.

Disney Delays Infinity Video Game

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The launch of the new Disney “Infinity” gaming platform is delayed until August 18 in order to capitalize on the critical fall retail season.

Poetica Takes a CG Journey with Trek

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Creative collective Poetica’s beautifully monochromatic spec film for Trek Bicycles bares the distinct look and feel of a surreal mindscape.

LOOK Effects Now in Germany

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Visual effects company is open for business in Stuttgart.

Toby’s Travelling Circus Goes Global

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Komixx announces new international sales for “Toby’s Travelling Circus.”

Game On For iPi Soft And Halo 4

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iPi Soft motion capture software plays a key role for The Sequence Group’s work on “Halo 4.”