The Oscars ceremony on 24 February will be hosted from Hollywood by Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hit US TV comedy animation series Family Guy.

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Following Hanna's death in 2001, Joseph Barbera remained active as an executive producer for Warner Brothers Animation on TV series such as What's New, Scooby-Doo? and Tom and Jerry Tales.

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Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences worldwide.

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These are traditional animation productions, and both are classic TV Christmas specials.

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"You can now play Sonic on a small screen or a big HD TV, screen and this technology allows us to bring a totally reimagined Sonic with beautiful HD backgrounds, great character animation and all the speed console gamers are used to with this character, " he said.

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