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The children's entertainment group Cinar, best known for creating Arthur the Aardvark, has agreed to a $143.9 million cash bid from a group led by Michael Hirsh, co-founder of the Teletoon animation channel, in partnership with the private equity arm of Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Mr. Hirsh, co-founder of the Teletoon animation channel, and his partners -- including Toper Taylor, a former Hollywood agent, and the private equity arm of Toronto-Dominion Baim -- aim to make Cinar the cornerstone of an international children's entertainment and education group to rival the likes of the Disney and LeapFrog Enterprises in brand recognition.
The Angry Birds games have been downloaded more than 2bn times since the first title's launch in late 2009, while videos on Rovio's Toons TV animation channel have been watched more than 3bn times since it went live in March 2013.
Wet Paint is an animation channel.
Israeli-startup AniBoom just went live with an animation channel on Joost to launch, the peer-to-peer Internet TV service.
Angry Birds creator Rovio said its new ToonsTV animation channel has surpassed 1 billion views, demonstrating that entertainment distributed through a mobile game application represents a powerful new way to reach viewers.
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Children's videos are huge on YouTube, with six of its top 10 channels in January aimed at kids: toy-unboxing channels Funtoys Collector and Blu Toys; Minecraft gamer Stampy; Little Baby Bum; and two Russian animation channels, Masha and the Bear and GetMovies.
MJ: Yesterday, we announced a partnership with Feldspar Studios, a digital-first animation startup, to launch a portfolio of branded animation channels and properties for the mobile generation.
In that call, Mr. Katzenberg repeated his intention to start a DreamWorks Animation television channel and highlighted a recent deal to open an indoor theme park as part of a retail mall in the New Jersey Meadowlands, near New York City.
Reruns have aired on Cartoon Network's blocks The Cartoon Cartoon Show and Cartoon Planet, as well as the network's retro animation sister channel Boomerang.
This morning, Intel unveiled new software called Pocket Avatars that captures the magic of animation and channels it into a mobile messaging app with an extremely entertaining twist: using your phone's camera and mic, Pocket Avatars allows users to send 3D-video animations of avatars that speak with your voice.
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