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Abbey Home Media Gets Moore

Ryan Ball - August 29, 2008

Abbey Home Media, a British independent distributor, rights owner and producer of children's programs, has appointed Stephen Moore partner and shareholder. Moore previously held...

Television

Schroder Wrangles Hellhounds

Ryan Ball - August 29, 2008

Former child star and NYPD Blue actor Rick Schroder has traded in his silver spoons and policeman's badge for a director's chair and some...

MyToons Brings Cartoon Classics to Vuze

Ryan Ball - August 29, 2008

Online animation community MyToons.com has launched the MyToons Cartoon Classics Channel on Vuze, an Internet video platform that boasts 30 million members worldwide. Featuring...

GoAnimate to Shoot the Messenger

Ryan Ball - August 29, 2008

GoAnimate.com has partnered with Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead to create election-inspired animated pieces for upcoming performances and webcasts of Shoot The Messenger, a...

Home Entertainment

Jetix Europe Toons Come to iTunes

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

Jetix Europe today announced that selections from its catalog of classic kids programming are now available for download and purchase in the U.K. iTunes...

Television

More Dinosaur King Stomping to MIP

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

4Kids Ent. will offer 26 new half-hour episodes of the hit animated action show Dinosaur King at MIPCOM 2008. A video game, a trading...

Licensing

WALL’E Desktop Available from Hyperdesk

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

Hyperdesk has debuted its Wall'E Hypersuite, a package that allows kids and fans of all ages to customize their computers with a Windows theme,...

Television

DECODE’s Bo Still on the Go

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

DECODE Ent., the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media Ltd., has announced further international sales of Halifax Film's preschool series Bo on the GO! In...

Home Entertainment

Disney Preps New Platinum Collections

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced five additions to its Platinum Collection of animated features to be released on DVD and Blu-ray. These...

Licensing

Barbie vs. Bratz Victory for Mattel

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

For nearly two years now, Mattel and MGA Ent. have been locked in a heated battle over copyright infringement claims filed by the maker...

Home Entertainment

Paramount, Omnitoons Make Mobile Comics

Ryan Ball - August 28, 2008

The Mission: Impossible franchise and several upcoming Paramount films including the thriller Eagle Eye and the Brit comedy Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging are...

Features

Spielberg Still Helming First Tintin

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

Brussels-based Herge Studios, owner of rights to the classic Tintin comic strip, recently broke word that Peter Jackson would take over Steven Spielberg's installment...

Features

Death Note II Coming to U.S. Theaters

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

The Death Note manga and anime series has another live-action installment set to hit theaters in limited U.S release. VIZ Pictures, the division of...

Festivals & Events

Sleeping Beauty Returns to Hollywood

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

The El Capitan theater in Hollywood is bringing back the Disney animated classic Sleeping Beauty for a special 50th anniversary limited engagement running Aug....

Features

Gnomes and Trolls Invade Europe

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber, a new animated children's movie from Swedish production company Whiteshark Films, is building an audience across Europe and...

Home Entertainment

Charlie Brown Elected to DVD

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

Obama and McCain aren't the only candidates hitting the campaign trail this fall. Charles Schulz' iconic comic-strip creation is out to snag consumer' votes...

Television

Imira to Debut Myo & Ga at Cartoon Forum

Ryan Ball - August 27, 2008

Spainish producer and distributor Imira Ent. will introduce its quirky new 3D animated comedy series, Myo & Ga, at this year's edition of Cartoon...

Home Entertainment

Harryhausen’s Pendulum Swings on DVD

Ryan Ball - August 26, 2008

One DVD release we agregiously overlooked last week is Ray Harryhausen Presents: The Pit and the Pendulum, a stop-motion film exec produced by the...

Festivals & Events

Nick’s Zarghami to Keynote MIP Jr.

Ryan Ball - August 26, 2008

Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, will present the MIPCOM Junior 2008 keynote address on Sunday, Oct. 12. Zarghami will share...

VFX

Maya Goes to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Ryan Ball - August 26, 2008

Lucasfilm Ltd. and Lucasfilm Animation employed Autodesk Inc.'s Maya software to create a distinctive verson of the Star Wars Universe for the theatrical feature...

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