Shangrila wins big; Bad Egg, Oasis, Kioku
come 2nd at
DIGICON 6+2 Grand Finale
The
DIGICON 6+2 Grand Finale held in Tokyo on 22 July
was truly a momentous occasion for Asian Animation,
where glory and recognition were showered on some
of Asia's most outstanding creative efforts. India's
Anirights fared extremely well winning the Outstanding
Performance Prize.Read
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AMD'S
Ramaratnam to take on Global Responsibilities
AMD
India announced on 25th July '06 that Mukund Ramaratnam,
previously the lead of the marketing team for
AMD India, will be moving to the AMD Inc AMD Inc.
Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California to take
on responsibilities in AMD's worldwide consumer
sales & marketing team.Read
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Baiscope
Ent. conducts seminar for Animation Biz, Indies
Baiscope
Entertainment, a non- profit society devoted to
all aspetcs related of film making conducted an
animation seminar on 23rd July 06 at Fun Republic.
The event focused on two aspects of the animation
industry.Read
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Q&A with Cannes winner Gitanjali Rao
"Cannes
has definitely brought my work and me a lot more
recognition."Read
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Toonz
Animation Academy appoints Radhakrishnan Nair as
executive director
Toonz
Animation Academy has announced the
appointment of Radhakrishnan Nair as Executive Director.Read |
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 Paradox
launches game on YHTKH
Paradox in alliance with Shemaroo has released
a mobile game on the recently released Naseer
directed Yun Hota to Kya Hota.Read |
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Cartoon
Network US to develop Massively Multiplayer Online
Game with Grigon Entertainment
US
kids broadcaster Cartoon Network has announced
that it is developing its first massively multi-player
online game (MMOG) in a partnership with a leading
MMOG developer, Seoul-based Grigon Entertainment.Read
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Disney
on a job cutting spree; starts with studio head
Jacobson
US
media conglomerate Disney is reorganising its film
division. The movie studio is looking to axe 650
employees in an effort to trim $90 to $100 million
from its annual bottom line.Read
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Walt
Disney Studios to increase branded output strategy
The Walt Disney Studios will be making a strategic
shift toward more Disney branded movies. The studio
will produce and distribute approximately 10 Disney
live-action and animated films a year and 2-3 Touchstone
films a year.Read |
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Walt
Disney to buy out Hungama TV, take 15% stake in
UTV
The
Walt Disney Company today announced that it has
entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Hungama
TV and take a 14.9 per cent equity interest in
media company UTV Software Communications Ltd,
in each case subject to regulatory approval.Read
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Post
Hungama, UTV to plan for second stage of growth
UTV
will be cash rich by Rs 2.36 billion as a fallout
of the Walt Disney deal, allowing it to pursue
movie and animation businesses on a large scale.Read
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PlayFirst
releases 'SpongeBob SquarePants Diner Dash' for
the Macintosh
PlayFirst,
a publisher of casual games announced the Macintosh-compatible
version of the chart-topping SpongeBob SquarePants
Diner Dash -- the popular casual game combining
Nickelodeon's star from Bikini Bottom and the
gameplay of the original Diner Dash.Read
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UTV
Q1 revenue up 7% at Rs 523 million
UTV
Software Communications Ltd. has posted a consolidated
net profit of Rs 34 million for the quarter ended
30 June 2006, same as in the year-ago period.Read
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Pogo
Amazing Kids Awards get interactive this year
It's
time for the third edition of the Pogo Amazing
Kids Awards (PAKA) and this time the fun and frolic
around the awards is set to double. Unlike its
previous two editions, this time round apart from
airing the awards on Pogo in December.Read
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Technical
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Mental
ray: Ink and paint
Open
the scene. I have 2 props. Select
mental ray as your renderer, under
Assign renderer. I have used the
standard max material for the toons.
The props have been lit with 2 spot
lights. Lets hit render and see
what we get.Read
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Interview
with Illustrator and a 3d artist David
Ferriz
"I
like trying out 3d, 2d, photograph,
classic painting and digital art".Read
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More
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Animax
to launch four new shows
As
Animax grows up to appeal to an
older audience, the channel will
be introducing four new shows with
a focus to target youth and young
adults between the age of 15 - 24
years.Read
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REALVIZ
launches new stitcher product range
REALVIZ,
a leader in image processing software
development, is pleased to announce
the availability of three new versions
of their acclaimed panorama creation
software, Stitcher.Read
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Pages
For Ages inaugurates Monster Book
Club
Book
Club Monster an official club for
children was recently launched by
Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarthy, Dean and Chairman
of Padma Sheshadiri group of schools
and is a division of Pages For Ages,
an off shoot of Manoj Prakashan.Read
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4KIDS'
Properties Go On Demand with new 4KIDS
TV VOD Channel
4Kids
Entertainment, Inc. is all set to
give kids instant, 24-hour access
to some of today's hottest kid properties
with the launch of the 4Kids TV VOD
Channel on Comcast ON DEMAND on 7th
August '06.Read
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Hungama
TV kicks off auditions for 'John Aur
Kaun?'
Hungama
TV is all set to make a splash this
monsoon with the auditions of John
aur Kaun (JAK) - its talent hunt for
kids that will kick-start in Mumbai
on 29 July. In the first round of
Oral-B JAK auditions, 50 kids will
be short-listed from the applicants
on 29t July in Mumbai.Read
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Star
Plus partners HLL for kids talent hunt
show; Endemol to produce
Star
Plus is kicking off its programming
series with high advertiser participation
with the kids talent hunt show Rin Mera
Star Super Star. The channel has teamed
up with the FMCG major Hindustan Lever
Limited (HLL) for the initiative.Read |
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