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The Hive Takes the Top Spot in Australia

Posted In | News Categories: Business | Geographic Region: Australia, Europe | Site Categories: Business
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.

Animal Logic Re-ignites Fuel VFX

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
Animal Logic finalizes a deal to buy the business assets of Sydney-based studio Fuel VFX.

Cirkus Animates Michael Malone for Australia's iiNet

Posted In | News Categories: Short Films | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Short Films
Cirkus teams with BWM Sydney to create an animated spot for Australian ISP iiNet.

DMCI Dominates Promax Awards

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Television | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Awards, Television
The DMC Initiative (DMCI), has been awarded a staggering nine PromaxBDA Awards at the recent Australia/NZ PromaxBDA Television Promotions and Marketing Awards.

Fuzzy Tales Gets Second Season, Heads Down Under

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Australia, North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Places, Television
Brain Power Studio wins a second season commission from Canada’s CBC for animated/live-action preschool series “Fuzzy Tales.”

Psyop Creates A Little Bit Good

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: 3D, Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Psyop and New Zealand agency Clemenger BBDO create an extraordinary parallel universe in this latest spot for Fly Buys.

Animal Logic Animates Sydney’s GRAPHIC Fest

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, Events, People, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Call for Entries, Events, People, Places, Short Films
Award-winning animation studio Animal Logic completes a spot for the Sydney Opera House promoting the third annual GRAPHIC Festival.

Fuel VFX Set for Sale

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Films, Visual Effects
Just weeks after being placed into voluntary administration, Australian visual effects company Fuel VFX appears set to be sold.

The Glue Society Unveils Watch With Mother

The Glue Society unveils a brand new multi-platform entertainment concept called “Watch With Mother.”

GRAPHIC 2012 Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Short Films | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Short Films
Sydney Opera House announced the return of the GRAPHIC global animation competition, held as part of the GRAPHIC festival of storytelling, animation and music.

Fuel VFX Goes into Administration

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Films, Visual Effects
One of Australia’s most respected independent visual effects houses goes into administration.

Cuppa Coffee Plans Life's a Zoo Spinoff

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Television | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Television
Cuppa Coffee Studios announce a new deal with Australia’s Foxtel for the stop-motion animated series “Life’s a Zoo,” with a spinoff in the works.

Animal Logic Expands Commercials Team

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, People, Short Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, People, Short Films, Visual Effects
Animal Logic expands its advertising creative team with the addition of director Simon Robson and VFX supervisor and lead Flame artist Jonathan Hairman.

CGSociety & ProductionHUB Announce Partnership

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, CG, Jobs & Recruiting, Visual Effects
ProductionHUB announces a new partnership with the CGSociety.

Little Space Heroes Heads to MIPJr

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Events | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Cartoons, Events
Bubble Gum Interactive will be showcasing a trailer for its “Little Space Heroes” animated TV series at MIPJunior 2012.

Paul Mason Animates an Australian Legacy

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, Events, People, Places | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Education and Training, Events, People, Places
Paul Mason turned his life-long love of superheroes into a burgeoning career, recently celebrating the release of the fourth issue in his distinctively Australian series “The Soldier Legacy”.

Latin Agents Named for Pac-Man

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Licensing, Television | Geographic Region: South America | Site Categories: Business, Licensing, Television
41 Entertainment announced that it has appointed new licensing and merchandising agents in all key Latin markets.

Flying Bark Appoints Rebecca Hardman

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, People
Flying Bark Productions announced the appointment of Rebecca Hardman as Head of Legal and Business Affairs.

Get Ace Begins Production

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Television | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Cartoons, Television
Film and television production company Galaxy Pop has commenced production on its latest animated children’s series, “Get Ace,” scheduled to premiere in October 2013 on Network Ten.

AEAF 2012 Winners Announced

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, CG, Commercials, Events, People, Places, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Commercials, Events, Films, People, Places, Television, Visual Effects
The AEAF Awards winners were announced at a gala screening in Sydney on July 24, 2012; the number and quality of entries in the Feature Film VFX category sparked a new Gold, Silver and Bronze system for winners, recognizing MPC, Weta and Cinesite.