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Annecy unveils online animation film contest
INTERACTIVE / NEWSThe Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2013 and Dailymotion are launching a new free online animation film contest entitled “+ de courts!”
Corus launches new YTV prank series
TVCanada’s Corus Entertainment is launching Extreme Babysitting, a brand new original prank series for families set to air on its YTV channel on January 5 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Ruth Alltimes joins HarperCollins Children’s
PEOPLE MOVESHarperCollins Children’s Books UK has welcomed Ruth Alltimes as its new publishing director of fiction.
Union Media to distribute Calamity Island internationally
TVUK-based Union Media has been appointed as the international distributor for the new stop-motion comedy series Calamity Island.
Franklin plunges into Sea World
COMPANIES / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / TVCanada-based Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises has secured a multi-platform partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment that will incorporate its preschool property Franklin and Friends into the new SeaWorld Kids brand.
Fred Rogers Center names two new senior fellows
PEOPLE MOVESDavid Kleeman, president of the American Center for Children and Media (ACCM) in Chicago (pictured), and New York-based independent media producer Dr. Alice Wilder have been named senior follows by The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College.
Ruckus launches new universal app for kids content
INTERACTIVE / NEWSDigital entertainment company Ruckus Media Group has launched its new Ruckus app for iOS devices that puts all of its bestselling storybook and video libraries in one shop.
Day Out With Thomas program refreshed for 2013
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAILHIT Entertainment’s Day Out With Thomas program, which offers special Thomas & Friends events for parents and kids at heritage railway stations in the UK, is getting a new look for 2013.
New international licensing deals for The Trash Pack
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILUK agent Lisle International has inked three new licensing deals for boy-skewing gross-out toy property The Trash Pack.
DHX begins production on new comedy Dr. Dimensionpants!
TVCanada’s DHX Media has started production on Dr. Dimensionpants!, a brand new 26 x half-hour animated comedy series for Teletoon Canada.
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MIPCOM 2012 - Emma Petry Servin of Paris, France-based prodco Dandelooo