 Needed:
Long Term campus based training
NASSCOM Animation India 06: The
need for long term campus based training as
well as the urgent need to set up a governing
body that defined education standards was
the essence of the presentations. Another
critical point discussed was that of encouraging
the practice of faculty that freelances and
works in the industry even while teaching.Read |
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 Indian
animation on global map: Challenge now to
stay there
Maintaining the good reputation
that it has painstakingly earned as a destination
for high quality animation, and growing upwards
from thereon was the topic around which the
Power Panel on TV animation broadly focused
at NASSCOM Animation India 2006. Read |
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Financing in Animation:
Making the Figures on Paper come Alive
There is one big challenge in animation,
both for the animator as well as for the entrepreneur,
the challenge of Making the Figures on Paper
come Alive. Read
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Producers to Networks : Let's work
out a win win model
"For the local content market
to grow, producers and broadcasters have to
work at a funding model where at least the
basic production costs have to be covered
by the broadcaster": Graphiti's Munjal
Shroff Read
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B'casters stress on audience research
NASSCOM Animation India 06: Who
better to inform the Indian studios about
how to keep a tab on 'What kids want?' than
the Kids Broadcasters themselves? Read
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Power Panel on Mobile Gaming
NASSCOM Animation India 06: the
speakers at the Mobile Gaming session seeked
to draw the audience attention towards the
way the increasing penetration of the mobile
in the Indian populace would create a huge
demand supply gap for content, a good part
of which uses animation.Read
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Playhouse Disney launches broadband
service in the US
Disney Online and Disney Channel
are teaming for a new broadband subscription
product called Playhouse Disney Preschool
Time Online Read
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4Kids in tie up with Microsoft
As part of a new agreement with software
major Microsoft, the New York based 4Kids
Entertainment which identifies, acquires,
develops, repositions and markets children's
content through all forms of media will serve
as the global licensing agent for an upcoming
children’s entertainment property.
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Nick Online's 'New Game of the
Week'
To kick off the New Year, Nickelodeon Online
HAS unveiled its latest addition for fans
and has launched its "New Game of the
Week" feature on Nick.com. Read |
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Disney's new show- multi platform
US kids channel Disney's new animated
comedy series The Emperor's New School
will premiere on four platforms—Disney
Channel, Disney Channel on Demand, Toon Disney
and the ABC Television Network's ABC Kids.
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Nick to host monthly kids birthday
bashes
Hardly has the year begun, that action
on kids channels has starting hotting up.
While last year Cartoon Network announced
that it would be organising birthday parties
for kids, Nick is now treading the same
path.Read
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Five
new facilities including three international
ones (one each in US, UK & Dubai)
are being planned in the Prime Focus
pipeline which already boasts of three
facilities in Mumbai (Santacruz, Film
City and Andheri). 
FX
Labs to release 3D Game on Archie's
Comics in 07
Legend
Of The Dragon launches in Germany
with strong ratings
Students
create 3D animated song featuring Big
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