Climb
Media, Rahul Commerce form Metaphor Studios
Mumbai based Climb Media India has entered
into a joint venture with Rahul Commerce Pvt
Ltd (Kolkata) to form Metaphor Studios, a
new classical animation studio in Kolkata.Read
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Walt
Disney acquires rights to air Sahara's Hanuman
Adding another leg to their localisation
drive, The Walt Disney Company (India) has
acquired the rights from Sahara One Motion
Pictures through their assignee Percept
Picture Company (PPC) to showcase Hanuman
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PTI
partners Tata Elxsi for Advanced Mo-Cap Systems
in India
Tata Elxsi Ltd. and Phoenix Technologies
Inc. (PTI) today announced their partnership
with the appointment of Tata Elxsi as the
authorized India Distributor for PTI's suite
of Real-Time 3D Active Optical Motion Capture
systems.Read |
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Phoebus working on
animated feature
Close on the heels of its deal
with Cartoon Network where the Kids Broadcaster
has taken three years rights for its animated
series Akbar Birbal, Pune based Phoebus
Creations has shared with Animation 'xpress
that it is now working on an animated feature.Read
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| Technical
Column |
Decimal
& Hex Conversions
For all those curious
about what’s the relation between hex
codes and RGB, hex codes and their binary
equivalents here is some interesting information.Read
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 Children's
programs are 'wolves in sheep's clothing':
Parents Television Council, US
The study found that
there was more violence on children’s
entertainment programming than on adult-oriented
television.Read |
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Cartoon Network UK using cinema to create
further brand awareness
Cartoon Network in the UK is using
cinema as a medium to create further brand
awareness. Before a film begins in certain
theatres, the kids broadcaster will air a
cartoon short as a way of promoting its TV
brand to kids.Read |
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Jakks Pacific signs licensing agreement
for 'It's Happy Bunny'
Jakks Pacific, Inc. has inked a
licensing agreement with J.K. Benton Design
Studio to develop and market girls' art activity
items based on the popular It's Happy Bunny
property Read
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Taieb to spearhead Viacom's
consumer products business in France
US kids brand Nickelodeon and Viacom
Consumer Products have appointed Laurent Taieb
as director, consumer products for France.
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"3D Lighting - The Art of Digital Cinematography"
CG meetup@R&H India has announced
"3D Lighting - The Art of Digital Cinematography"
its session for March. To be held on 25th
March at 5.30 pm, the informal & interacive
session will focus on the challenges of high
end 3D lighting. Read |
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Exclusive
Interview with Richard
Hollander,
President, Rhythm &
Hues Feature Film Division
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"Over
the past three years,
R&H India has contributed
to the VFX of over twenty
of our Hollywood feature
films"
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 Cartoons
on the bay announces International jury
Cartoons on the Bay, the
international competition on television
animation, hosted in Positano, Italy
from 5-9 April 2006, and organized by
Rai Trade, has grown steadily over the
last 10 years and has announced a record
number of 340 entries sent in for this
year’s competition.Read
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KOCCA
establishes animation studio
KOCCA (Korea Culture &
Content Agency) has established
a full-service, state-of-the-art
2D/3D animation studio designed
to directly support and foster
the continuing expansion of
Korean animation production
for the global marketplace.Read |
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Recruitment
Classifieds
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 Rhythm
& Hues India is hiring
for "Garfield 2"
& "Night at the
Museum"
Creature Modelers, Character
Animators, 3D lighters &
Compositors.
http://www.rhythm.com/india
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Creative
Commons Licenses Launch In Malaysia
Founded in 2001, Creative Commons,
a nonprofit dedicated to building
a body of creative work free to share
and build upon, recently unveiled
a localized version of its innovative
licensing system in Malaysia.Read
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 Cartoon
Network, Pogo line up new shows, movies
for March
Activity usually heightens on kids'
channels during the sweltering summer
months but this time round, as a run
up to the summer, Cartoon Network and
Pogo have launched a few new shows in
March.
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Hungama
TV takes second position in kids channel
genre
Hungama TV is riding on high spirits as the verdict is finally out.
The channel has climbed up to the second
position in the kids channel genre,
with 97 GRPs and a market share of 21
per cent Read
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Astro
to buy 26 per cent in Hungama TV for
$7 million
Astro All Asia Entertainment Networks Ltd is buying 26.01 per cent
stake in Hungama TV for a consideration
of $7 million (Rs 310 million)Read
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Animaster
seminar draws a full house
More than 400 people attended the seminar on ‘Future in Animation’
organised by Animaster at Bhartiya Vidya
Bhawan auditorium on Thursday, the 2nd
of March, 2006. The seminar was sponsored
by technology giant HP Read
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Chennai
lad's 'Leafy' story wins grand prize
in Disney's 'Start Your Story Contest'
Ten year old Samrudh Canpadee from Chennai has won the grand prize
of 'Start Your Story Contest' presented
by Disney Channel in association with
Microsoft XP. Read |
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