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Teletoon Announces Two New Series

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TELETOON Canada announces two new original series, Inspector Gadget and Pirate Express, as well as the renewal of four others.

Jonathan Katz Goes on Death Row Diet

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A crowdfunding campaign is started to fund an animated comedy series starring comedian Jonathan Katz, best known for playing the title character on TV's Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

Mind Candy Unveils Plans for Moshi Monsters Animated Series

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Family entertainment company Mind Candy announces plans to produce an animated series based on its hero kids brand Moshi Monsters.

PipelineFX Releases Qube! 6.5

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Biggest expansion to reporting and performance capabilities yet; detailed cost tracking for VFX studios working across multiple shows and clients.

Drafthouse, Films We Like Acquire The Congress

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Drafthouse Films picks up North American rights in a deal with Films We Like to Ari Folman’s sci-fi feature, The Congress.

Dvein Creates Dynamic IDs for Science Channel

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Blacklist’s Dvein creates dynamic network IDs for the Science Channel, inspired by the collision of the natural and imagined worlds.

Stardust Launches Neon Falcon

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Stardust launches a new, global, creative collective and integrated talent arm, Falcon.

Shotgun Promotes Matt Daw to CTO

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Shotgun Software promotes Matt Daw to Chief Technical Officer.

Executive Producer Megan Kelly Joins Click 3X

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Megan Kelly joins Click 3X as executive producer and managing director of live action.

a52 Continues Fincher Collaboration

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a52 provides subtle VFX for the all new season of the Netflix exclusive series from David Fincher, House of Cards.

m4e Announces Home Ent Deals for Mia and me

m4e signs a home entertainment deal with Svensk Filmindustri for the hit series, Mia and me.

Tracey Taylor Joins Digital Pulse

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Tracey Taylor joins Digital Pulse as Executive Producer.

Box Office Report: The Purge on Top

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Universal's micro-budget horror film The Purge beats out director Shawn Levy’s The Internship at the North American box office.

Royale Creates VFX for MTV France IDs

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Motion design and production studio Royale completes a series of station IDs for “Pulse,” MTV France’s block of rock video programming, in a cinematic package that combines CG and live-action.

FXX Picks Up Danny McBride’s Chozen

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Cable upstart FXX picks up its first original series, giving orders to an animated comedy from the team behind HBO series Eastbound & Down and FX series Archer.

Former Lucasfilm Head Boards Sci-Fi R'Ha Feature

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Former Lucasfilm head Rick McCallum signs on to produce sci-fi feature R’Ha, based on the short film by director Kaleb Lechowski.

Psyop Creates Delicious Spot for McDonald's McFlurry

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Psyop partners with TBWA Paris and Quad’s Wizzdesign to create ‘Le Manege,’ a whimsical spot for McDonald’s McFlurry.

Peter Curtis and Nick Barrington Launch Nurture Rights

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Peter Curtis and Nick Barrington announce the creation of kids' entertainment company Nurture Rights, along with the company’s acquisition of best-selling literary property Dinosaur Roar!

Global Pursuit to Bring Uglydoll Brand to China

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Global Pursuit signs a representation deal with Pretty Ugly to bring the Uglydoll brand to China.

Teletoon Orders More Rocket Monkeys

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TELETOON orders 26 more episodes of the comedy-adventure animated series, Rocket Monkeys, from Breakthrough Entertainment.