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.

Nominees for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards are announced.

Integrated creative studio MPC NY further bolsters its roster with the addition of Director of Interactive Technology, Adam Chapman.

Registration opens for the 2013 edition of Cartoon Movie in Lyon, France.

The American Cinematheque and The Japan film Society present LA EigaFest: New Films from Japan, December 14-16 at the Egyptian Theatre.

Malaysia’s Young Jump Animation announces the company’s first children’s animated co-production venture, “Pumpkin Reports.”

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

Kidscreen Summit unveils its full 2013 conference agenda.

An all-star reading of the classic Charles Dickens holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol,” in support of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, takes place on Sunday, December 9, at the Jon Lovitz Comedy Club in Universal City, California.

Haarlem-based animator Gerrit van Dijk passed away on December 4 at the age of 73.

Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios’ Tim Burton-directed black and white stop-motion feature, “Franken­wee­nie,” is named the Best Ani­mated Film of 2012 by the New York Film Crit­ics Cir­cle.

Fast Company Editor Robert Safian to present “The Secrets of Generation Flux” at iKids 2013.

Fyodor Khitruk, the creator of the former Soviet Union's animated version of A.A. Milne's classic “Winnie the Pooh” tales, has died in Moscow at the age of 95.

Chris Sullivan's animated dystopia “Consuming Spirits” opens on December 12 at Film Forum.

Autodesk Kicks Off 14th Annual 3December Celebration on December 3 honoring 3D computer graphics and artists from around the world.

The Visual Effects Society hosts “Understanding Unions: The Good, The Bad & Unknown of Forming a Visual Effects Collective Bargaining Organization” at the L.A. Film School on Saturday, December 1, 2012.

Rushes announces it will be discontinuing its annual Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.

Chris Noellert joins Carbon VFX as Creative Director/Lead Flame Artist and VFX Supervisor.

Flame artist Vin Roma promoted to head of VFX; Colleen Valentino joins the company as a senior VFX producer.