Tag: Cookie Jar
Michael Hirsh Recalls Animated Life with Tintin, Babar, Berenstain Bears, Franklin and Beetlejuice
The following is an excerpt from Michael Hirsh’s new book Animation Nation: How We Built a Cartoon Empire, an insightful memoir by the well-respected...
Frederator Gets into the Spooky Spirit with New ‘Costume Quest’ & Holiday Special
Wow! Unlimited Media’s Frederator Studios is getting into the pre-Halloween swing with the news that brand-new episodes of its hit animated series Costume Quest...
WOW! Partners with Music Producer Bob Ezrin for Kids Content
Animation and kids’ media powerhouse WOW! Unlimited Media, led by Michael Hirsh and Fred Seibert, has entered into a partnership with legendary music producer...
Former DreamWorks TV Exec Mark Taylor Joins WOW! Unlimited Media
WOW! Unlimited Media has named Mark Taylor as Consulting Executive Producer and head of Studio Partnerships. Most recently, Taylor was the founding Executive Vice...
Photos: World Animation & VFX Summit Hall of Fame Awards
On Tuesday, November 1, Animation Magazine was delighted to honor a few of the brightest stars in the animation and visual effects universe with...
Frederator, Ezrin Hirsh & Rainmaker Merge as Wow! Unlimited
Fred Seibert’s New York-based Frederator Network has been acquired by Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment (Escape from Planet Earth) in a share purchase deal,...
World Animation Summit: Michael Hirsh Master Class
In the world of animation production few names inspire as much awe and respect as Michael Hirsh, co-founder of Nelvana, Cookie Jar, and current...
World Animation Summit: The Business of Show Business
The business model of entertainment has been disrupted, and studios and individuals are seeing that the old way of creating engaging content must change...
Syfy Kids Beams to Asia July ’13
International kids’ channel KidsCo has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block will launch in Asia this July. The block is a result of...
DHX Moves For-Hire Ops to Canada
Canadian indie toon house DHX Media is moving its Los Angeles-based work for hire production operations to Canada to take advantage of tax credits,...
DHX Media to Buy Cookie Jar for $112 Mil
Canadian children’s entertainment giant DHX Media will buy rival animation giant Cookie Jar in a deal worth $112 million.
Halifax-based DHX Media, which is headed...
Cookie Jar Signs Distrib Deal with Dish
Cookie Jar and Dish Network have signed a deal to provide CJ’s library of animated an live-action shows on the pay-TV provider in the...
Penguins’ ‘Operation Blowhole’ Arrives on DVD
Penguins of Magadascar, Nickelodeon’s CG-animated spinoff of its popular movie series has slowly been building up steam and picking up various awards since it...
Technicolor Announces Three New Exec Hires
Technicolor has added three key execs to its animation development and production team. Producer and SD Entertainment’s former head of production Robert Winthrop is...
Guru Brings Colorful Slate to Cannes
Guru Studio will introduce two new animated series and an animation anthology show at the MIPCOM market in France next week. “We are thrilled...
A Postcard from Ottawa Int. Festival of Animation
A deadpan keynote speech about the rewards of staying true to one’s vision by Moral Orel creator Dino Stamatopoulos kicked off the second day...
Ottawa Fest Reveals Official Selection
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg’s award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the new Pixar short La Luna directed by Enrico Casarosa,...
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