Ĭhief Executive Officer and President Joan Vogelesang stepped down in September 2014 after over 16 years at Toon Boom, and Paul Gardner was appointed as interim CEO. In 2012, Toon Boom was acquired by Corus Entertainment. Since the acquisition, the software has not been updated and can no longer be purchased. In 2009, Toon Boom acquired the British company Cambridge Animation Systems, developer of Animo. In 2006, Toon Boom acquired French company Pegs'n Co, developer of the 2D bitmap animation software called Pegs. It has since become Toon Boom Harmony.įounding President and Chief Executive Officer Jacques Bilodeau left the company in May 2003, and the company's board of directors appointed Chief Operating Officer Joan Vogelesang to take his place. Toon Boom Animation continued the development of USAnimation software which became Toon Boom Opus. That merger never took place, and USAnimation's studio changed its name to VirtualMagic Animation in 1996 and operated independently. Its animation production services were to be merged into CST Entertainment according to a premature press release from CST. In 1996, Toon Boom purchased the software development business of USAnimation studio.

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