By Mercedes Milligan | April 7, 2019 Paris- and Los Angeles-based producer/distributor Cyber Group Studios and major kids’ content producer and digital media company YoBoHo have teamed up to co-produce and distribute original content for toddlers and preschoolers across digital and traditional media outlets. Under the terms of the agreement, YoBoHo and Cyber Group Studios will coproduce[…..] […]
Is the Chinese film industry set to take Hollywood by storm? There’s no question about it. China has become a world power. It is now the most powerful and influential country in the Asia Pacific area, and given its trajectory, could easily become the most powerful and influential country in the world. And for some[…..] […]
New Free App for Kids Now Available in the U.S. Across OTT Platforms, Including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV. Menlo Park, CA & Los Angeles, CA; April 3rd, 2019 – Future Today, the multi-platform video distribution company, has entered into a partnership with Paris and Los Angeles based producer and Distributor, to launch YayToons,[…..] […]
Distributor Meta Media Entertainment secures international sales for the award-winning preschool series produced by Studio Film Bilder. By Jennifer Wolfe | Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 4:39pm Animanimals has just been awarded the prestigious 2019 Grimme Prize in Germany, to add to the 50+ awards the series has won to date around the world. The series’ distributor, London-based[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 3, 2019 The 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) — taking place April 30-May 5 — will combine science and animation in a special program, “She Blinded Me with Science – Science, Games & Animation.” Animation and computer games can play a role in the depiction and mediation of natural[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | April 3, 2019 The Society of Illustrators announced on Tuesday the winners for this year’s MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence, which recognize the most outstanding work on view at the festival, and are open to all artists tabling at the 2019 MoCCA Arts Festival. Judges included Patrick Crotty, Rebekka Dunlap, Maria Hoey,[…..] […]
Linear debut via U.K. IPTV provider TVPlayer follows last year’s XUMO launch in the U.S. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, April 1, 2019 at 4:31pm LONDON — Arcade Cloud, the multi-platform entertainment brand for gamers, continues to expand its linear reach with its launch on U.K. IPTV provider TVPlayer. Available outside the paywall of TVPlayer’s basic tier, gamers[…..] […]
With production underway in Vancouver at Cinesite Studios, ‘The Addams Family’ arrives in theaters from distributor MGM on October 11. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, April 1, 2019 at 5:14pm MGM has released the first poster for its forthcoming animated reboot of The Addams Family. Based on the famous New Yorker creations of Charles Addams, this animated action-comedy follows the[…..] […]
By Ramin Zahed | March 29, 2019 Indie studio GKIDS and Beijing Film Panorama are presenting the Animation Is Film Beijing as part of the upcoming Beijing Intl. Film Festival (BJIFF), April 13-20. This spin-off of the popular L.A. animation festival which runs in October will be the largest slate of non-Chinese feature animation titles to be[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | March 28, 2019 The Rickmobile is heading to Toronto! To celebrate the world’s first ever 24-hour Adult Swim channel launching in Canada, the Rickmobile – a giant Rick-shaped truck / mobile pop-up shop inspired by Adult Swim’s hit animated series Rick and Morty – is hitting the road for its first Canadian visit. On Monday,[…..] […]
