Tag: HIT
Children’s Global Media Summit ’17 Announces First Speakers
Organizers of the Children's Global Media Summit 2017 have already announced the first high-profile keynote speakers of the next edition of the event, taking...
Pam Westman Appointed Head of Nelvana
Industry veteran Pam Westman has been tapped to fill the role of Head of Nelvana Enterprises, tasked with overseeing global brand development and management...
MIPTV News Bytes
+ Imira Entertainment in Spain is teaming up with Italian studio Just for Kids Factory to co-produce Dummysaurs (104 x 2), a non-dialogue slapstick...
YouTube Kids Expands to U.K., Ireland
Following a successful debut in the U.S., the YouTube Kids app has arrived in the U.K. and Ireland. Since launching Stateside in February, YouTube...
OobEdoO Picks Up ‘Charlie & Lola’
U.K. digital service for preschoolers and parents OobEdoO has acquired three major titles to add to its growing roster of quality kids’ programming, including...
80-Plus TV Projects Set for Cartoon Forum
The 26th edition of Cartoon Forum will take over the French city of Toulouse this September 15-18, with more than 80 new animated series...
Cancer Claims Hungarian Animator Andras Erkel
Animator Andras Erkel, founder of Hungary-based Studio Baestarts, died Dec. 29 from brain cancer. He was 52.
Erkel started his animation career in the 1980s,...
Growth Spurt
Canada's deep talent pool, excellent infrastructure and generous tax incentives are fueling a new boom in animation and visual-effects work.
Michael Hefferon
Few countries as well...
Rainmaker Ups Tara Kemes to VP Culture & Talent
Vancouver studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted Director of Talent Development Tara Kemes to the newly created position of Vice President, Culture & Talent. Kemes,...
HIT Appoints Christopher Keenan Global Head of Content & Production
Leading preschool entertainment company and Mattel subsidiary HIT Entertainment has announced the appointment of Christopher Keenan as new VP, Creative & Executive Producer. Based...
Fisher-Price Green Lights ‘Little People’
Fisher-Price and its affiliated HIT Entertainment have announced they are in pre-production on a new CG-animated series based on the popular preschool brand Little...
VFX Heat Up Hit Release of ‘Catching Fire’
Catch up with Katniss Everdeen as she once again fights for her life in the home-video release of the VFX blockbuster The Hunger Games:...
Nexus Partners with ‘Were-Rabbit’ Producer Jennings
London-based animation studio Nexus as announced an exclusive partnership with multi-award winning toon producers Claire Jennings, Christopher O’Reilly and Charlotte Bavasso to develop and...
New DVDs: ‘American Dad 7,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Ben 10'
Get ready for the invasion of three animated TV favorites on the DVD and Blu-ray front this Tuesday (April 17).
American Dad: Volume 7 (Fox, $39.98)....
Apax to Sell All of HIT Entertainment
Apax Partners is putting up for sale all of its HIT Entertainment subsidiary after an attempt to sell just the Thomas the Tank Engine...
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