Television

Animation Supervisor Bruce Timm Exits Warner Bros.

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Warner Bros. Animation Supervisor Bruce Timm teps down and is replaced by James Tucker.

Simpsons EP Don Payne Dies at 48

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Don Payne, a four-time Emmy winner for “The Simpsons,” died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 48.

Technicolor Appoints Magic Ruby for The Deep

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Technicolor appoints Magic Ruby to create a second screen experience for their all new CGI action adventure series, “The Deep.”

Treehouse Launches New Toopy And Binoo Series

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Treehouse launches the new series, “Toopy and Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom,” premiering April 6.

Pet Pals Heads to the Baltics

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“Pet Pals” heads to the Baltics as Gruppo Alcuni signs a new Pay TV deal with Baltic Media Alliance.

Dee Bradley Baker to Guest Star on Ultimate Spider-Man

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Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker makes a special guest appearance as super-villain Carnage on Disney XD’s “Ultimate Spider-Man” on Sunday, March 31 (11:00-11:30AM ET/PT).

The Mill Plans to Close TV VFX Department

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

Henson Signs New Deals for Sid and Dinosaur Train

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The Jim Henson Company signs new international broadcast deals for “Sid the Science Kid” and “Dinosaur Train.”

New Eden Launches on HuHa! Channel

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"New Eden,” an indie web comedy, launches on the adult cartoon channel HuHa!

Go Away Unicorn! Series in Development

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Tricon Films & Television and Mercury Filmworks announce the development of a new animated children 4-7 bridge series, “Go Away Unicorn!” based on the popular children’s book written by author and illustrator Emily Mullock.

The Beet Party Lands on Disney Junior Latin America

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Redrover and ToonBox ink a deal with Disney Junior Latin America for the interstitial series “The Beet Party.”

LOOK Effects Creates VFX for HBO’s Phil Spector

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VFX company LOOK Effects produces the visual effects for David Mamet’s “Phil Spector” for HBO Films.

SpongeBob Leads Kids' Choice Awards

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Nickelodeon announces the winners from the 26th Annual Kids Choice Awards, which includes “SpongeBob Squarepants,” Katy Perry, and Johnny Depp.

WB Archive Heads to WonderCon 2013

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The Warner Archive Collection heads to WonderCon with two exciting panels, “Pulp Heroes of Film and TV: Tarzan, Doc Savage, Bomba & More” and “Saturday Morning Extravaganza.”

Trollbäck Redesigns China’s CCTV-9

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China’s Documentary Channel CCTV-9 gets a new branding package and logo redesign from T+Co.

New Deals Secured for Figaro Pho

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Chocolate Liberation Front announces new global deals for “The Adventures for Figaro Pho” and the release of an app based on the show for iOS and Android devices.

Engine Room Helps Rev Up NASCAR

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Engine Room teams up with FOX Sports to create custom animation pieces involving intensive and rapidly produced, animated comic-style CG recaps of each weekly NASCAR race.

Bent Image Lab Helps Animate Comedy Central's Kroll Show

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Bent Image Lab helps animate “Demo Monster” skit for Comedy Central’s new sketch comedy series, “Kroll Show.”

FriendsWithYou Makes Wish Come True

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Ontario’s public educational media organization TVO joins Guru Studio and Home Plate Entertainment to develop new CG Preschool series from FriendsWithYou called “Wish Come True.”

CAKE Gets Ready to Soar with Space Racers

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Kids’ and family entertainment content distributor CAKE announces a distribution deal for new pre-school animation series “Space Racers.”