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Kilkenny, Ireland-Based Studio to Create 140 Jobs and develop Animated Children’s and Family Television Entertainment, for Multiplatform Global Distribution Significantly bolstering animation production in Ireland, Mercury Filmworks, one of Canada’s most prolific independent animation studios, has joined forces with acclaimed Kilkenny-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon to create an all-new 2D-focused animation studio in Ireland, Lighthouse Studios.  The joint venture, supported... Read more...

Irish Animation Awards Announce a NEW category for “Best Irish Feature & Special” This year we see the second Irish Animation Awards taking place on Saturday 25th March 2017 at the Dingle Skelligs Hotel in Dingle. With the growing success of animation throughout the international arena the Irish Animation Awards are delighted to announce the introduction of a new category... Read more...

  Animation Dingle are delighted to announce their sponsorship with Disney Channels UK & Ireland. With Disney Channels UK & Ireland, Animation Dingle has started the search for the ‘Young Animator Of The Year’. Secondary school students are invited, from all over Ireland, to submit their short animations for entry to the national YAOTY awards. A Disney Channels executive will... Read more...

JAM Media, a multiple award-winning production, distribution and licensing company based in Dublin, has scored a key deal with ABC KIDS in Australia for its brand-new preschool series Becca’s Bunch (52 x 11). ABC KIDS will also be home to JAM’s new hybrid series Little Roy (52 x 14), coming to broadcast this year. The down-under deal follows the recent... Read more...

Brown Bag Films‘ Octonauts has been nominated by the Producers Guild of America in the Outstanding Children’s Program category for the 2017 PGA Awards. Octonauts (Season 4) has been nominated alongside Girl Meets World (Season 2, Season 3), School of Rock (Season 1), Sesame Street (Season 46) and SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 9)! The winners of the 28th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony will be announced on January 28, 2017 at... Read more...