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Television

Cuppa Coffee Brews Big for MIP

Ramin Zahed - March 23, 2006

Toronto-based toon shop Cuppa Coffee will be brewed to the max and totally caffeinated at this year's MIPTV market in France. According to company...

Features

IDT Renames Yankee Irving, Pushes Back Release Date

Ramin Zahed - March 23, 2006

IDT's CG-animated feature about a young boy's heroic cross-country quest has a new name and a new release date. The feature, which was originally...

VFX

Toon Boom Offers New Mac-Ready Software

Ramin Zahed - March 22, 2006

Montreal's Emmy-award winning Toon Boom Animation has released a new version of its Studio V3 software for Intel-based Macs. Toon Boom Studio offers...

Features

FableVision Nabs Library Assoc. and Parents’ Choice Awards

Ramin Zahed - March 22, 2006

Boston-based media developer and publisher FableVision has been raking in the awards in recent weeks. The company's Essay Express K12 writing software was the...

Television

Ethnic Heroes Save the Day on [adult swim]’s Politically Incorrect Minoriteam

Ramin Zahed - March 17, 2006

Get ready for another outrageous new show on this Sunday as Minoriteam makes its much-anticipated debut at midnight, March 19. Created by Adam...

Features

KOCCA Funds $6 Million Toon Studio

Ramin Zahed - March 16, 2006

The Korea Culture and Content Agency has been a familiar force in funding animated projects in the past decade. Now the government agency is...

Commercials

Blur and Lapin Blanc Partner Up to Make TV Commercials

Ramin Zahed - March 15, 2006

Venice, Calif.-based animation house Blur Studio has joined forces with Lapin Blanc, the animation unit of London commercials and film company Lucky Elliot to...

Home Entertainment

History of Violence, Speed Racer DVDs Roll into Stores

Ramin Zahed - March 14, 2006

We know St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, and you'll be needing some help to recover from the brain damage the next...

Festivals & Events

Cartoon Movie Ends on an Upbeat Note

Ramin Zahed - March 13, 2006

The Eighth edition of Cartoon Movie ended on an optimistic note this past weekend as awards were handed out to individuals and companies that...

VFX

Softimage’s New Face Robot Begins Global Invasion

Ramin Zahed - March 10, 2006

Score another one for the proponents of digital cloning! Yesterday, in Los Angeles, Softimage unveiled its state-of-the-art Face Robot, a hot new software application...

Festivals & Events

UCLA Hosts Rare Screening of Band of Ninja

Ramin Zahed - March 8, 2006

If you are in the Los Angeles area this week, you won't want to miss a rare screening of Oshima Nagisa's seminal 1967 feature,...

Television

PBS Paints Picture of Terry Gilliam’s Animation

Ramin Zahed - February 28, 2006

If you're a fan of the highly original and wacky animated sequences featured on the groundbreaking series Monty Python's Flying Circus you shouldn't miss...

VFX

Wondertouch Emits Six New FX Libraries

Ramin Zahed - February 27, 2006

Visual effects artists have six cool new pro emitter libraries to choose from this week. St. Louis-based software developer wondertouch has announced the release...

Festivals & Events

John Lasseter Tribute Dominates 4th Annual VES Awards

Ramin Zahed - February 16, 2006

Last night's Fourth Annual presentation of the Visual Effect Society Awards in Hollywood aimed to honor the best vfx work of 2005 in all...

Licensing