Tag: BBC
Steve Macallister Takes Over as Zodiak Rights’ CEO
Steve Macallister, former president and managing director of BBC Worldwide's sales and distribution division is the new CEO of Zodiak Rights. Matthew Franks is...
The Jurassic Beasts Are Back!
Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC's acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic giants.
Audiences have had a love affair with animated...
Global TV News Bytes
+ DHX Media has announced a raft of deals for its hit preschool series Yo Gabba Gabba! across several key territories. The award-winning series...
Milk to Deliver VFX for New ‘Doctor Who’ Series
Milk Visual Effects, the company behind the visual effects created for the BBC's Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: The Day of the Doctor -...
‘Room on the Broom,’ ‘Adventure Time’ Win BAFTAs
BBC's acclaimed TV special Room on the Broom, Cartoon Network's Adventure Time and BBC/Aarmdan's Timmy Time were among the top TV winners at last...
Google Doodle Celebrates Doctor Who’s 50th
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of sci-fi cult phenom Doctor Who, Google has unveiled a special interactive Doodle. The animated Doodle pits the long-running...
Redboard Arms Itself with Shotgun
Redboard, a pre-production tool currently used in U.K. toons Tree Fu Tom (Blue Zoo, BBC), Chuggington (Ludorum), Q Pootle 5 (Snapper Prod.) and Fireman...
Quebec City’s Cartoon Connection Focuses on Animation
Quebec City will host the 2013 edition of Cartoon Connection Canada and Mini Pixel October 28 to 31 at Loews Hôtel Le Concorde. Distributors...
Singapore’s Asia TV Forum to Launch Animation Lab
The 2013 edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) in Singapore will introduce a new three-day event called Animation Lab. The new...
CBeebies, Coolabi Will Bring Back Classic ‘Clangers’
It looks like another classic British children's series is making a comeback. The cult class show The Clangers, is ready for a revival on...
Meet the Buyers: 2013 Edition
Before you attempt to rub elbows with key toon buyers at the MIPCOM market, grease those puppies up with the inside scoop on their...
‘Sesame Street’ Muppets to Holiday in ‘Furchester’
In a first-ever partnership, U.K. broadcaster BBC's CBeebies and Sesame Workshop are joining forces on a new children's show, The Furchester, set to debut...
Europe’s EBU Plans Animated Specials
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), an association of 60 national broadcasters negotiating and advocating for pubcasters in Europe, has revealed plans to create half-hour...
Rupert Grint Leads English ‘Foosball’ Cast
Harry Potter's Rupert Grint will be leading the voice cast for the English-language version of Juan Jose Campanella's Spanish-Argentine co-pro CG feature, Foosball. Variety...
Global TV News Bytes
+ SLR Productions and co-producers Telegael and Top Draw Animation have welcomed Nine Network and ZDF Enterprises as broadcast partners for the new kids...
Eight Shows to Track Down at MIP Junior
One of the great draws of the MIP Junior market in Cannes (Oct. 5 and 6 at the Carlton Hotel) is that buyers and...
Guru Appoints Lambur Director of Sales
Guru Studio has appointed Ian Lambur to the new role of director of sales.
Reporting to VP Mary Bredin, Lambur will manage worldwide sales of...
Adam Elliot to Attend Bradford Animation Fest
The organizers of U.K.'s Bradford Animation Festival have announced that acclaimed Australian stop-motion animation director Adam Elliot, creator of Oscar-winning short Harvie Krumpet and...
Channel 5 Welcomes Back the Wombles
The fuzzy ol' Wombles of Wimbledon Common are returning to the small screen in a new CG-animated series for the U.K.'s Channel 5. The...
Aardman Tackles ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ Teaser
Aardman Animation has done it again. The Bristol-based studio's teaser trailer for BBC Radio's adaptation of Sir Tom Stoppard's play Darkside has created quite...
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