Disney Shutters Pixar Canada
Disney shutters Vancouver facility in the wake of reduced tax incentives; 100 employees laid off.
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Cartoon Connection Kicks off Oct. 28
Cartoon Connection Canada returns this year October 28-31 at the Loews Hôtel Le Concorde in Quebec City, with producers and buyers from 15 different countries taking part in the Speed Meetings aimed at connecting international collaborations and productions.
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Bardel Rolls Out 'Lah-Lah’s Adventures'
Bardel Distribution heads to MIPCOM with the new musical preschool series, Lah-‐Lah’s Adventures.
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Rosto and 'Tito' Win Grand Prizes at OIAF
Rosto’s Lonely Bones and Tito on Ice by Max Andersson & Helena Ahonen take home top honors at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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Netflix Extends Scholastic Deal
All episodes of fan favorites Goosebumps and The Magic School Bus available for SVOD exclusively on Netflix.
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The Ebeling Group Brings Family Values to Wendy’s
The Ebeling Group animates an original music video, The Story of I, for Wendy’s and The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption Canada.
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Nelvana Starts Production on Three New 'Beyblade' Series
Nelvana partners with d-rights to begin production on three new Beyblade series.
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Hulsing’s 'Junkyard' Takes Grand Prix for Best Short at Ottawa
Hisko Hulsing's haunting and visually stunning short took home the Grand Prix at the 2012 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
The Muppets Come Home March 20
Disney’s The Muppets debuts March 20 on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, Digital Download and On-Demand formats
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Nick Consumer Products Canada To Represent Viacom In The Region
Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP), a division of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) today announced plans to take its Canadian licensing and merchandising business in-house as of 1 October 2011.
Nelvana Breaks Out Four New Comedy Series
Nelvana Enterprises puts the spotlight on laughter this spring as it heads to MIPTV next week with three new animated comedies: Sidekick, Spliced and Scaredy Squirrel, and the live-action sitcom Mr. Young.
Cookie Jar Rolls Out Primetime Slate
Canadian children's producer Cookie Jar Ent. has offered up its slate of primetime programming, reports Deadline.com.
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Nelvana Announces New Max & Ruby, Beyblade, Bakugan Episodes
Nelvana Enterprises announces new episodes of the hit animated series Max & Ruby, BEYBLADE and Bakugan, along with exciting new licensing opportunities for each property.
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Nickelodeon Presents Power Rangers Samurai
Corus Entertainment’s Nickelodeon (Canada), a leading entertainment brand for kids, is bringing one of the most popular franchises in kids television history to an entirely new generation with the Canadian broadcast premiere of Power Rangers Samurai this Friday, February 11 at 8 p.m. ET.
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Nelvana, Vivendi Enter Into Home Entertainment, VOD Deal For New Beyblade Series
Nelvana Enterprises has entered into a licensing agreement with Vivendi Entertainment for home entertainment and digital downloading for the new animated series BEYBLADE: Metal Fusion in North America.
Not To Scale Announces Exclusive Representation in Canada by JP Reps
Upwardly mobile London-based Animation Studio Not To Scale have signed an exclusive representation deal with JP Reps for them to represent Not To Scale in Canada.
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National Film Board Of Canada Launches iPad App
Starting today, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has its own iPad app, available free of charge at the iTunes Store or at the NFB's download page at NFB.ca.
New Broadcasters And Licensees On Board For Babar And Max & Ruby
Nelvana Enterprises is packing a suitcase full of new broadcasting and licensing deals for Licensing Expo for its animated properties Babar And The Adventures Of Badou and Max & Ruby.
National Film Board of Canada Gets Three Nods at Sundance
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is back at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival – the premier showcase for U.S. and international independent films, taking place January 21 to 31 – with another outstanding selection of animated shorts. Cordell Baker’s satire Runaway, Bruce Alcock’s Acadian tale, Vive la Rose, and David Coquard-Dassault’s meditation on the rhythm of human activity, Rains have been selected for this year’s festival lineup.
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The Spine Wins Best of Fest at Melbourne
Press Release from the National Film Board of Canada
Toronto, June 29, 2009 -- Chris Landreth's animated short THE SPINE, produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Copperheart Animation and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, was honoured with the Best of the Festival award -- the top prize -- at the 2009 Melbourne International Animated Festival on Sunday, June 28. Landreth received this same honour in 2005 for his Academy Award winning short RYAN.
Game Developers Conference Canada 2009
Begins: May 12, 2009
GDC Canada plans to serve this fast-growing region by providing a forum for Canadian developers to share best practices for fostering ingenuity and quality within their globally distributed games. Unique to GDC Canada's content lineup is an emphasis on the production cycle of game development, with tracks focused on: Concept/Preproduction, Production, Finalling and Post Launch/Analysis. By organizing the conference tracks according to the stages of development rather than specific fields, participants can better understand production cycle efficiencies and their teammates' point of view.
Nelvana to Represent Mr. Men, Little Miss in Canada
Nelvana Enterprises has reached an agreement with Chorion to become the Canadian licensing agent for its MR. MEN and LITTLE MISS brand, to include merchandise such as apparel and accessories, toys and novelty items, as well as live stage shows and character appearances.
Based on the classic 1970s book series by British author Roger Hargreaves, the property has a global presence with both children and adults.
Join Canada's most Speck-tacular Egg hunt
M&M's is asking Canadians to "Join the Hunt." Created by Proximity Canada, BBDO Toronto, and Firstborn Multimedia based in New York, the campaign uses television, point of sale and online media inviting consumers to find and collect eggs with PIN codes and point values hidden on the web and inside specially marked packages of M&M's Speck-tacular Eggs. The more points collected, the better the chances of winning thousands of instant prizes or one of three grand prize getaways to New York, Las Vegas or Orlando, Florida.
Nelvana Brings In The Night Garden To DVD For First Time in Canada
Corus Ent.'s Nelvana Enterprises has announced the first Canadian DVD release of the popular preschool television show IN THE NIGHT GARDEN. The initial DVD, "Welcome to the Garden," features four episodes and is set for release on April 28, 2009.
Launched under Nelvana's Treehouse Presents label, the DVD series will be distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment Canada. Nelvana Enterprises acquired the Canadian home entertainment rights from BBC Worldwide Americas and further DVD releases are planned for fall 2009 and beyond.
Microsoft's Don Mattrick to Deliver GDC Canada Keynote
Don Mattrick, SVP of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural Game Developers Conference Canada (GDC Canada). Mattrick leads the Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows businesses at Microsoft.
