Minneapolis-based ad agency Carmichael Lynch recently tapped broadcast design and animation studio motion504 to help create an inspirational animated short for Fueling Good, a charitable giving program by CITGO.

Ireland-based animation and TV production company Telegael has partnered with SupperTime Entertainment to produce the new animated kids series "Impossimals," based on the colorful, striped characters created by UK-based artist Peter Smith and his wife Jayne.

New Zealand animation house Simmonds Bros created a series of animations some time back for the NZ Ministry of Health that have now been translated into Croatian.

Leading European production and distribution company Millimages has secured a major broadcast deal for its new property Mouk with KiKA in Germany.

The 14th Edition of Cartoon Movie ended on Friday with special honors given to Spanish production company Perro Verde as European Producer of the Year for “Wrinkles.” French directors Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie won the European Director Honor for their 2D-animated movie, “Zarafa.”

Gretel has just completed a rebrand of Nick Jr., coinciding with the retirement of animated hosts Moose and Zee.

The Digital Domain Institute (DDI) and the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU), opened its doors to its inaugural class of students in West Palm Beach.

Manic and jumP editorial teamed up to create “How Cool” for Mercedes-Benz.

Production company Digital Frontier used thinkingParticles, one of the flagship VFX products developed by cebas Visual Technology, to create the visual effects for Japan’s 3D computer-animated CG film, “TEKKEN Blood Vengeance 3D.”

New York and Melbourne-based studio XYZ announced that it has added Mat Landour to its artist roster.

Part of the Shop Talk Masterclass Series sponsored by Studio Technique, a masterclass with legendary Disney animator Andreas Deja will be held in Montréal on June 2 & 3, 2012.

Fred Seibert sits down with animation journalist Joe Strike for the latest in Joe’s “Interview with an Animator” conversation series at MoCCA on Thursday, March 15.

Dimension Films confirmed that it has removed “Halloween 3D” from the release calendar.

Hollywood-based VFX company Dilated Pixels created over 60 VFX shots for a special, recently-aired episode of FOX TV’s hit series “Fringe.”

Tradition Studios, the new animated feature film studio of Digital Domain Media Group, announced that Mike Markowitz has signed on to write its next animated feature.

In the latest release from The Gnomon Workshop -- Character Rigging: Production Practices and Techniques -- respected technical director (TD) Axel Stanley-Grossman demonstrates why a quality character rig is important, while also providing a comprehensive set of practices and techniques needed to create character riggings for triple-A video game titles.

Cinesite completed over 800 visual effects shots and converted over 87 minutes into 3D for Disney’s “John Carter.”

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) added to its roster of more than 90 Genie Awards on Thursday, with the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television naming “Romance” as the top Canadian animated short film for 2011.

Director David Rosenbaum of Digital Domain's advertising and entertainment production company Mothership was tapped by Nike to launch its revolutionary new Flyknit technology and shoe collection.

9 Story Entertainment announces its new and returning animation slate for MIPTV, featuring “Fugget About It,” the company’s first foray in producing primetime animation.