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News |
 Andhra
Pradesh Govt. interested in animation
While
the Indian animation industry keeps trying
to draw the Central Government's attention
to it, the state Governments it seem, are
more sensitive to it. Read |
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Toonz
Animation India to animate Willo the Wisp
The
Thiruvananthapuram based studio has landed
up a host of new assignments in the new year.
Amongst the new assignments is Willo the Wisp
(26 episodes * 6 minutes each) a 2D series
for UK based Willo TV
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| Special
coverage on Nasscom's Animation India '05
- Session wise reports |
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"Lot
of intl. VCs looking at Indian animation "
: Karnik
Kickstarting
Animation India 2005, NASSCOM President Kiran
Karnik spoke about the steps needed to be
taken by the animation industry to face the
challenges in it's way to growth.
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Future
of animation industry in India
Crest's
Madhavan, Animation Bridge Biren Ghose, MEL's
Sangari, and Escotoonz Aspi Mehta all
gave their insights and inputs on what they
felt the future of the industry would be.
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 Growing
Apetite of Indian audience
"Serious
socio economic growth is happening in India.
With the growth of this particular segment
there is going to be higher demand for better
content. It also means a lot more pester power
or buying power": UTVToons' Moy.
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The
ultimate future - Creating original content
Be
it Kireet Khurana or Jayakumar, Ashish Kulkarni
or Suryanarana all panelists in this session
unanimously
agreed as to the importance of creating original
content. They had different views however
when it came to approaching the subject.
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The
Gaming challenges in India
Nothing
succeeds like success. The spunk and zing
with which the young leaders of the Indian
game development industry spoke and made presentations
was a clear indication that they had arrived
and how! Read |
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 Animated
feature films & funding challenges
"Barring
few fortune 500 companies majority of the
animation production globally is funded through
complex co production partnerships. Including
and involving creator or owner of concept,
producer, B'casters from various countries,
Govt subsidies and grants": DQE CEO Tapas
Chakravarti Read |
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Amit
Khanna stresses on creativity, asks industry
to grow
Asking
the industry to get its act together and grow,
Khanna said"It is my earnest plea to
all of you. From a cottage industry let's
at least grow to a medium sized industry.
Let's have at least a 100 studios which employ
over a 1000 people"
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Master
class : Ninad Chaya
Game development and requirements
 10
sessions 26 speakers and presenters, all speaking
sense, all sharing valuable insights, yet
there was one special session that got the
audience on its feet. Paradox Studios' Ninad
Chaya flew done from Mumbai inspite of suffering
from Malaria and Jaundice to take his master
class on game develoment. That's called commitment
and dedication. Read |
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Master
class : Krishnakant Mishra
Post Production
The
earnest and passionate COO of Frameflow India,
Krishnakant Mishra has always been very vocal
about the need for improving the quality of
our work in every aspect. In an insightful
mastercalss on post production Krishnakant
took the audience through the various stages
involved in Post Production. Read |
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| Animation
News from Indiantelevision.com |
Sesame
Workshop & Turner to co-produce 'Sesame
Street' in India
MUMBAI: Sesame Workshop and Turner International
India have teamed up to co-produce Sesame
Street in India. The development phase of
the Sesame India was provided through the
support of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) and ICICI Bank...More
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Animax
claims success with school contact programme
MUMBAI: The anime channel Animax's school
contact programme Get Irfan to School contest
has received nearly one lakh entries from
500 schools across the country. ..More
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Cartoon
Network premiers 'Quest For Camelot' on Republic
Day
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network's Megatoon Movie will
celebrate Republic Day on 26 January by featuring
back-to-back animated movies through the day
beginning 9 am. Quest For Camelot will premier
at 12 pm on the Republic Day...More
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Padmalaya
animation director Rajeev Sangari joins MEL
as COO
MUMBAI: Padmalaya animation division director
Rajeev Sangari has joined Maya Entertainment
Limited (MEL) as chief operating officer.
Sangari was also serving as the president
of Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA)...More
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Kids
channels boost UTV's dubbing business
MUMBAI: With kids channels crowding the Indian
market and localising their content, Mumbai-based
production house UTV's dubbing business unit
has many takers. The prominent broadcasting
clients UTV has roped in include Walt Disney,
Nickelodeon, National Geographic Channel (NGC)
and The History Channel...More |
Indiatimes' Madan joins Mauj as AVP business
development
MUMBAI: Indiatimes' chief manager of 8888
services Kavi Madan has joined Mauj as assistant
vice president business development. Madan
will be driving the Mauj business for North
India and will be based in Delhi...More
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ESPN
US aligns with EA for video games promotion
MUMBAI: Electronic Arts (EA) and sports broadcaster
ESPN US have announced a long-term agreement
for the development and integrated marketing
of EA Sports games containing ESPN content...More
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Nat
Geo US targets the interactive gaming market
MUMBAI: National Geographic Film Library in
the US has signed a licensing deal with Microsoft
Game Studios...More
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