Silvergate Media secure several major new pre-sale deals for CGI animated series “Peter Rabbit.”

A new trailer is released for the Spanish-Argentinian co-production, “Metegol,” a CG-animated soccer adventure directed by Argentina's Juan Jose Campanella.

ASIFA Egypt organizes a workshop for African animators during the second edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, to be held March 15-24, 2013.

ThorstenCoo Productions creates a whimsical and vibrant music video for “Giving Me a Chance” from indie pop artist Gotye.

The Clipster DI workstation is employed by Park Road Productions, the post production company for Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit.”

Hasbro Studios strikes production deal for second season of “Rescue Bots” with Malaysia’s Vision Animation and Australia’s Moody Street Kids.

Henson Awards New Licenses for critically-acclaimed preschool series “Pajanimals” to Disney Junior for EMEA and Latin American territories.

Top visual effects producer Eileen Moran, who worked on such films as “Avatar” and “The Hobbit” dies in New Zealand.

Digital Pulse partners with Mosaic Films to produce the latest television commercial for online betting agency Centrebet.

Animal Logic announces it has taken out the country’s top entertainment and arts export honours at the 50th Australian Export Awards National Ceremony.

Flying Bark Productions announces the first animated theatrical release of international hit property, “Maya the Bee.”

Fuel VFX announces it’s highly experienced front line of producers leading the combined Fuel and Animal Logic advertising post production team.

Ballistic Publishing announces that Massive Black Volume 2 is now available to pre-order.

Ambience Entertainment celebrates the release of The Adventures of Figaro Pho, a 13 x 30-minute animated television series that debuts on ABC3.

Animal Logic CEO, Zareh Nalbandian announced that Animal Logic had accepted one of the Export Awards top honours at its annual NSW Export Awards event.

Studio Ghibli’s “From Up On Poppy Hill” is nominated for a 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Award for best animated feature film.

“Butterflies,” a new stop-motion animation by Australian director Isabel Peppard, is selected to screen in competition at the 2012 Sitges Fantastic Film Festival in Spain.

International Animation Festival will host Animation Director, Rob Coleman as he leads Q&A discussion on dynamics in creative teams.

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

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.