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RTT Boosts Canon's MREAL Mixed Reality Platform

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RTT and Canon partner to combine RTT DeltaGen with Canon’s new advanced Mixed Reality platform.

Boris FX Rolls Out New Product Family

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BorisFX announces that each category of Boris Continuum Complete filters is now available as a separate Boris Continuum Unit.

Assimilate Offers Free Trial of Scratch v7

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ASSIMILATE announces a free trial of SCRATCH v7.

Poetica Signs Director Douglas Purver

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Poetica announces the signing of director Douglas Purver to its roster of artists.

Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep Returns for Season 3

Aardman Animations’ “Shaun the Sheep” makes his highly anticipated return to the UK small screen this month with 20 brand-new episodes and five new digital games.

King And Country Help Honda Fly High

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Production company King and Country works with ad agency RPA to direct and produce a new campaign for the 2013 Honda Civic.

Nickelodeon Launches The Nick App

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The newly-launched “Nick App” features over 1,000 pieces of Nick content, including original short-form video, games and full-length episodes, allowing kids to watch and play Nick in a whole new way.

Thinkbox Releases Krakatoa MY

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Thinkbox Software announces the release of Krakatoa MY, the high-volume particle renderer for the Autodesk Maya 3D software running on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

Head of Animation Jennifer Howell Exits Fox TV

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The head of 20th Century Fox TV‘s animation department leaves the studio to pursue additional opportunities.

Ireland's Telegael Launches New Stop Motion Studio

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Telegael launches a new stop motion studio, Beochan, to create the second season of prehistoric preschool series, “Igam Ogam.”

Reel FX Taps Shane Acker for Beasts Feature

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Reel FX announces that Shane Acker will direct their upcoming untitled CG-animated feature based on the comic series “Beasts of Burden.”

Kent Pritchett Joins Colorflow

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Kent Pritchett joins Colorflow as Lead Colorist.

Rocket Monkeys Blast onto Nickelodeon

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Breakthrough licenses “Rocket Monkeys” to Nickelodeon for launch in Spring 2013.

UtopiaPeople Launches Global UtopiaBook

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UtopiaPeople announces the launch of UtopiaBook, cloud-based system that works simultaneously as a booking tool, as well as a management and organizational hub.

Rainmaker Announces New CG Feature

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Rainmaker’s newest CG-animated feature film follows on the heels of company’s release of the box office hit, “Escape from Planet Earth,” with the Weinstein Co.

Poeticgem Set to Launch Annoying Orange Apparel

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Poeticgem announces plans to produce an adult apparel range based on the internet comedy “Annoying Orange.”

Adventures in Zambezia Takes Flight

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CMG announces the initial theatrical results of their film “Adventures of Zambezia.”

Hornet Animates Bat for Lashes’ Lilies

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Hornet mixed-media director and stop-motion specialist Peter Sluszka is tapped to direct a music video for “Lilies,” the fourth single from Bat for Lashes from the acclaimed album, “The Haunted Man.”

FOX Restructures Programming Team

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Fox Broadcasting restructures its current programming team and adds new event series & multi-platform programming department. James Oh is promoted to SVP, Current Programming; Shana C. Waterman is named SVP, Event Series & Multi-Platform Programming; Kiliaen Van Rensselaer joins network as SVP, Multi-Platform Programming.

East Side Games Launches Dragon Up

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Artist-led East Side Games launches a new version of Dragon UP, the mobile game that's all about hatching and raising dragons in a variety of flavors, and sending them on quests to find gold and treasure.