Framestore restructures its senior commercials management team to reflect the company’s increased global reach and ongoing evolution into an integrated advertising partner.

Animator John Coates dies while working on an updated version of the British Christmas classic, “The Snowman.”

The VIEW Conference announces the European premiere of Pixar Animation Studios’ latest short film, “Partysaurus Rex.”

Fifteen finalists have been selected to submit their never-before-aired programs to an all-kids jury in three different age groups at MIP Junior.

Cartoon Forum participants vote for the Producer, Investor/ Distributor and Broadcaster of the Year to honor outstanding contributions to European animation.

The award for the best European animation short film was taken by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels for “Oh Willy...“

Digimania has released a new expanded Superheroes & Villains asset pack for Muvizu.

CBeebies Controller Kay Benbow has commissioned a second series (26 x 22’) of hit pre-school action adventure series “Tree Fu Tom.”

Millimages has secured a number of new broadcast deals across Scandinavia for its hit children’s property “Mouk.”

Based on the hugely popular “Invizimals” videogame franchise created by Novarama, the cartoon series will incorporate enhanced reality techniques and will be presented for the first time at MIP JR.

Italy’s leading computer graphics symposium announces highlights from its upcoming 13th annual confab.

A record number of participants are registered to attend this week’s Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France.

Boris FX announced Final Effects Complete 7 AE (FEC 7 AE) at IBC.

Imagineer Systems announced a series of licensing agreements and strategic partnerships that significantly expand market presence.

Imira Entertainment has signed a raft of sales in Spain from its extensive library of third party content.

Season 3 of “The Garfield Show” started Tuesday, September 4, on Cartoon Network US.

Dimenco announced that it will showcase the capabilities of its 3D content-enabling software @DEPTH at IBC in Amsterdam.

At the International Broadcasting Convention 2012 Autodesk, Inc., will demonstrate the powerful new Flame 20th Anniversary Edition software.

The Pixel Farm Ltd announced the immediate availability of PFDepth: a new, fully integrated toolset for total scene reconstruction, 2D-to-3D conversion and depth map creation.

Visual effects software developer The Foundry announces its latest version of HIERO.