Aardman Rights partners with Kite Entertainment as the international distributor for animated kids series, “Science Fiction.”

Studio 100 Media signs a distribution agreement Montreal-based DVD distributor Imavision for the French-Canadian rights to the company’s new re-mastered classics.

FME announces a series of international TV deals for the kids’ comedy series about a wannabe rock band, “Grojband.”

Sky Vision inks a new television distribution deal with leading digital Russian broadcaster Carousel TV for the hit pre-school show “City of Friends.”

UK broadcaster ITV secures season one and season two broadcast rights for Nickelodeon’s hotly anticipated new animation s eries, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

Planet Nemo joins forces with several major broadcasters to produce a brand new pre-school series, “What’s the Big Idea?”

Toei Animation Europe appoints Helene Virenque as Senior Licensing Manager.

German broadcaster KiKA snaps up “How to Be Indie” and “dirtgirlworld.”

Award-winning VFX artist Andy Hayes returns to Framestore’s film division as Head of Effects.

Saddington Baynes completed a series of works for Chase Bank’s latest print and digital campaign.

84 documentaries and 114 short animated films will make up the official programme of this year‘s DOK Leipzig.

Mattel and FremantleMedia Enterprises announced a premier slate of international television sales including a major US broadcasting deal with Disney XD for “Max Steel.”

IFE Services wants you to create a fantastic, inspiring video about the subject of IFE to help promote the industry to a wider audience.

Turner Broadcasting announces that it has commissioned a third season of acclaimed hit series, “The Amazing World of Gumball.”

The VIEW Conference announces 2012 master classes and workshops, with topics ranging from fighting robots to animation, product design to sound design, character creation to camera mapping, and game design to storytelling.

Bulldog Licensing announces that it has signed an agreement with DreamWorks Animation to act as UK licensing agent for three new CG animated event releases: this November’s “Rise of the Guardians” and 2013’s “The Croods” and “Turbo.”

Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) will participate at MIPCOM & MIPJunior exhibitions due to be held in Cannes, France, early in the coming week.

41 Entertainment announced that it has secured a strong list of major licensees in all key categories in advance of the Brand Licensing show in London for “PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures.”

Space Enterprises has announced that The Hive is swarming over the competition in Australia, where the latest figures show it to be the most watched kids show for the whole of August on ABC2.

From the 1st of October 2012, Sandra Vauthier-Cellier will commence her appointment for the Studio 100 Group as Chief Brand Officer.