Chello Zone announces the acquisition of “Heroes Of The City” for JimJam.

Buckinghamshire New University announces a new BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects program to be led by Alex Williams.

Design and production studio Süperfad, with offices in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, and London, closes its doors.

eOne Family signs a new deal with Discovery Kids to bring “Peppa Pig” to Latin American.

Technology developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions announces a new live 3D pipeline between CINEMA 4D and Adobe After Effects.

V&S Entertainment and Al Jazeera's JCC extend their co-production of “Everything’s Rosie” for a third season.

m4e and Rainbow Srl announce new global broadcasting deals for “Mia and me” ahead of MIPtv.

Dimension 3 Festival launches a call for entries and announces that they will now accept productions in 4K.

“365” is an improvised film from BAFTA-winning The Brothers McLeod made up of a second a day of animation, which will continue through 2013, culminating in a film that will chart the comings and goings of the year, real and imagined.

Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop secure pre-MIPtv broadcast sales for animated series “Geronimo Stilton.”

th2ng’s Justin Dickel returns to music videos with the directing of Misha B’s, “Here’s to Everything.”

The world’s longest-running and largest animation festival, Annecy, announces short film and TV selections for its 2013 edition, taking place this year June 10-15.

“Life Of Pi” director Ang Lee headlines the bill at the opening of the 3D Creative Summit in London, appearing via satellite to discuss the visual work for the BAFTA and Academy Award-winning 3D feature.

London-headquartered VFX company The Mill reveals plans to close its Mill TV visual effects unit with a possible loss of 25 jobs.

Imagineer Systems partners with CoreMelt to integrate Imagineer’s Planar Tracker into SliceX, which will be demonstrated at NAB 2013.

Markerless motion capture software iPi Motion Capture is now available through the Valve Steam Store, allowing 50 million gaming community members gain access to iPi Soft’s popular and affordable motion capture solution.

Aardman creates their first ever 2D campaign for Trunki by helping to bring their new Tropical PaddlePak range to life.

Children’s Media Conference announces Animation Exchange, a one day event to explain the new UK Animation Series Tax Break.

Hisko Hulsing receives the first Grand Prix prize in Dutch animation for his film, “Junkyard,” at the 2013 competition for the Holland Animation Film Festival.

New domestic and international trailers for DreamWorks Animation’s “Turbo” arrive online.