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FICCI
forms Animation & Gaming Forum
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI) has further increased
its thrust on animation and gaming.Read
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Exim
Bank to lend Crest $7 million
Export-Import Bank of India (Exim
Bank) is for the first time funding an animation
film project. It has agreed to lend $7 million
to crest Animation Studios Ltd which has signed
a three-picture co-production and co-financing
agreement with Lions Gate Entertainment. Read
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Color
Chips plans $10 million GDR issue
Hyderabad-based Color Chips (India)
Ltd is considering a global depository receipts
(GDR) issue of up to $10 million to fund its
expansion plans.Read |
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UTV
pumps in Rs 240 million into animation business
UTV has invested approximately
Rs 240 million in its animation division.
The investments have gone into an animation
facility with 225 workstations replete with
blade render farms and Max software, at its
Andheri Studio in Mumbai.Read
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Gaming
industry leaders join forces with Promax/BDA
to form MI6
Fueled by the interactive entertainment
marketing industry’s demand for recognition,
Microsoft and G4 have joined forces with Promax/BDA™
to develop MI6: Marketing Interactive ‘06,
a special conference addressing the needs,
challenges and accomplishments of today’s
marketers in the interactive entertainment
sector. Read |
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Turner makes two-step move into
theme parks business in India
Turner International, which owns
and operates the leading kids channel brands
in India Cartoon Network and Pogo, has announced
its entry into the theme parks business.Read
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Jakks Pacific, MGM Consumer Products
sign licensing agreement for 'Rocky'
The franchise includes Rocky, Rocky
II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V and the film
Rocky Balboa, which is scheduled to release
in December this year. Read
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Trudy announces publishing license
from Sesame Workshop
Trudy Corporation has inked a deal
with Sesame Workshop for a new publishing
license focusing on book and audio CD formats.
The license territory includes distribution
into North America. Read
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Dora The Explorer wins 'Toy
of the Year' award at AITF
Dora the Explorer won her second
T.O.T.Y (Toy of the Year) Award as "Most
Popular Property" of the Year by the
Toy Industry Association. Read
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Animaster to host seminar in Bangalore
Bangalore based Animation training
academy Animaster is hosting a seminar in
the Garden City on 3rd March at Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan.Read
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Interview
with MDA's Seto Lok Yin
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"Our
intention is to grow exportable,
Made-by-Singapore animation
and gaming content for
international markets"
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MC3
incorporated into FTPL
Set up by Sun Microsystems, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) and the
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
(IDA) in Nov 2003, Singapore based Managed
Computing Competency Centre (MC³)
was yesterday announced incorporated
into Singapore based Frontline Technologies
Pte Ltd (FTPL) Read
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South
Park Studios Integrates Qube! into
production pipeline
PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™ software have recently announced
that South Park Studios has chosen
Qube! as their render farm management
system. Read
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Disney,
Cisco Systems, Intel invest in MovieBeam,
Inc.
The Walt Disney Company, Cisco Systems
and Intel Corporation, through its leading
investment arm Intel Capital have invested
in MovieBeam, Inc., a newly formed digital
entertainment venture Read |
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 Animax
to woo teens with three new shows
Animax is all set to woo teens
with a whole lot of gaming. The Channel
premiered GameMax (Season 2) on 18 FebruaryRead |
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 PGI
Exhibit 'A' at Kamala City Studio Mumbai,
Feb 18 -27
Organised by Photographers' Guild of India (PGI) Exhibit 'A' a photographic
exhibition of personal images created
by India’s foremost advertising
photographers is currently on at Kamala
City Studio, in Mumbai.Read
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