FICCI
submits memorandum on Animation, VFX, Gaming
to I&B ministry
The
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI) has submitted a Memorandum
on Development of Indian Animation, Gaming
and Visual Effects (VFX ) Industry to the
Information & Broadcasting Ministry. Read |
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Twinkle
Toons: Regional animation live on stage!
Pune
based Thumbnail Animation Studios and Orion
Studios have come up with an innovative
entertainment format with elements including
animation, interactivity, dance, drama,
music, singing as well as action. All this
in the regional, local flavor, live on stage! Read
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UTV
Toons inks new deals with Porchlight, Mike
Young
UTV
Toons, the animation arm of Media Conglomerate
UTV Software Communications Ltd. has announced
two new deals including co productions as
well as an animation service deal with leading
International animation companies. Read
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 Praaji.com
offers animated jokes & content
Here's
something to look out for in the e-entertainment
space. Ghaziabad based animation studio, Adibijustudio,
a division of Amazination studio has launched
Praaji.com.Read |
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Mobile
content, digital lifestyle applications
take centre stage in Singapore
Convergence
has brought together a showcase of overlapping
technologies between the media, telecommunications
and IT industries at BroadcastAsia,
CommunicAsia and EnterpriseIT.Read
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Interactive
entertainment marketers form trade body; Microsoft's
Moore to chair
A
new non-profit trade organization, the Association
of Electronic Interactive Marketers (AEIM),
has been formed in the US.Read |
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Microsoft,
Activision rule at 2006 Senet-Muse Awards
The
Association of Electronic Interactive Marketers
(AEIM) hosted the Senet-Muse Awards, its first-ever
marketing awards for the video game and interactive
entertainment industry, in San Francisco.
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Disney
Online to offer public libraries free access
to Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online
Disney
Online, part of the Walt Disney Internet Group
(WDIG), will offer public libraries free subscriptions
to Playhouse Disney Preschool Time Online,
a safe, ad-free interactive learning experience
for preschoolers.Read
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Disney
taps former P&G's John E. Pepper as chairman
The
Walt Disney Company has elected independent
Disney director and former Procter & Gamble
chairman and CEO John E. Pepper, Jr., to serve
as non-executive chairman of the board with
effect from 1 January 2007.Read |
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Apple
unveils MacBook featuring Intel Core Duo processors
Apple
has unveiled MacBook, its consumer notebook
featuring the Intel Core Duo processor and
new 13-inch glossy widescreen display.Read |
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Del
Monte Foods ink partnership with Sesame Workshop
With
recent studies indicating that fewer than
15 per cent of elementary age school children
eat the recommended servings (five or more
servings) of fruits and vegetables each day.
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Nick
appoints Sanrio Far East as licensing agent
in Japan for key properties
Nickelodeon
and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has entered
into multi-year agreement with leading licensing
group, Sanrio Far East a subsidiary of Sanrio.
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Disney
channels now available on Thailand's True
IPTV
A
partnership deal has been signed between Walt
Disney Television International (Southeast
Asia) and True Digital Entertainment Co. Ltd.Read |
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Disney
in merchandising overdrive for new preschooler
shows
With
the trend in licensing moving toward younger
ages, The little big Mouse is not one to be
left behind. The Walt Disney Company through
its merchandise division Disney Consumer Products.Read |
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DIC
Entertainment & AOL partner to create
strategic TV & online programming block
DIC
Entertainment (DIC), an independent global
brand management company based in the US,
and AOL online kids destination, KOL, have
formed a partnership to co-produce a new
Saturday morning branded programming block,
KOL's Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party
on CBS, which will premiere 16 September
2006.Read
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TVHead
inks deal with Hit Entertainment to create
games for preschoolers
Interactive
games-on-demand TV network, TVHead has inked
a deal with Hit Entertainment, a provider
of preschool entertainment to create games
targeting the preschoolers.Read |
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| Interview
with Adlabs Animation's
Siddhartha M Jain |
"We
are looking to
'collaborate' with people
who come to us with good
projects and not merely
finance them"
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 Siddharth
Bolurker to move from
Real Image to Softimage
The
3D animation specialist
leaves Real Image to
take up a new role as
Software Tests Specialist
at Montreal based Softimage
Co.Read
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Graphiti
School of Animation begins
class on 3 July
Promoted
by Father of Indian animation,
Graphiti School of Animation
is all set to begin its
animation course with its
first two batches of students
on 3rd July 06.
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Technical
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CG
Conversation with 3d visualization
designer André
Kutscherauer
"I
just can say that the
most important property
of a good 3d artist is
basically his level of
fascination" Read
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DL3D
TOON SHADER & VRAY TOON
ATMOSPHERE
There
are several methods to get
the "toon" like
renders. I find these two
methods handy and simple.
Lets
begin with what can be done
with mental ray.Read |
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Video
Conferencing
With
the extensive amount of
International collaboration
that the animation outsourcing
business is all about,
video conferencing for
doing dailies and supervising
shots is a regualar occurence.
Here's
a bit info on how the
whole thing works ,,,
for the technically
inclined .Read
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Pumpkin
inaugurates two new centres
in Delhi
Delhi
based Pumpkin Academy of
Digital Arts recently inaugurated
two centres, one at Kamla
Nagar and the other at South
Extension, Delhi.Read |
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The
workstation to organize
workshop on classical animation
Mumbai
based animation institute,
The Workstation Computer
Education, a division of
Tasaa Netcom Pvt. Ltd is
organizing a workshop by
well known animator, Nitish
Nigde on classical animation
on 8th July '06.Read |
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Neptuno
films celebrates its 15th
birthday at the Barcelona
aquarium
With
sharks, manta rays and seahorses
on all sides, the Barcelona
Aquarium was the setting
chosen by Neptuno Films
to celebrate fifteen years
of exciting animation production.
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Hungama
TV ad revenues rise 30 -
40%
Ups
and downs are a part of
each and every one's life
and such is also the case
with Hungama TV. While a
couple of months back the
channel rocketed into the
second position in the kids
channels' space. Read
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Cannes
2006: 6 Indian agencies
make it to Film short lists
This
year India has surely made
their presence felt at the
2006 Cannes Lions Advertising
Festival with the 12 awards
they have pocketed. What's
more, the short listed entries
for the Film category sees
six more Indian agencies
competi.Read |
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Epson
kicks off Colour Imaging
Contest 2006
Global
imaging products player
Epson has announced the
launch of its Epson Color
Imaging Contest 2006, a
pan-Asia competition for
digitally output photographs
and graphic works.Read |
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