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ABAI
Fest 2006 - Complete Coverage
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ABAI
Fest 2006 gets record attendance of
1000 Plus!
Special
sessions by IT & Entertainment biggies,
presentations by Animation, VFX and
Gaming Industry champions, new product
and sevice launches, the 1st ever annual
ABAI Fest truly packed a punch, and
in the process made a new record for
attendance for any animation event in
the country.Read |
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IT,
Ent. & Tech stalwarts share perspectives
on Animation
Even
as the guests took to the podium and
shared their unique and interesting
perspectives on animation, one realized
that there is a lot of value and strength
in working together with other related
Industries' to find solutions to similar
problems, to gain from their experience
and to emulate (after adapting) their
best practices.Read
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ABAI
Fest showcases some of the best FX work
this year
Celebrating
the coming of age of Indian FX, ABAI
Fest 06 had a separate session dedicated
to Case Studies on VFX which featured
work done for both, Bollywood as well
as Hollywood.Read |
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TASI
launches Bangalore chapter
Even
as the Bangalore animation fraternity
was relishing the proceedings at ABAI
Fest'06, they were presented with another
pleasant surprise, the launching of
TASI's Bangalore chapter..Read |
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Defining
quality in Animation
Manu
Ittina who has always been vocal about
Animation being an art form first
and foremost and then anything else,
emphasized on the art part yet again.
The great thing about attending Ittina's
sessions is that it rekindles one's
sensitivity to art and story telling
and it helps refresh one's perspective.Read
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Players
discuss focus areas as ecosystem advances
Building
the right business models, Great Story
Telling, Achieving high quality, Becoming
process driven and creating a large
pool of talent. That, in a nutshell,
is a list of key areas of focus as Indian
animation looks forward.Read |
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CCL's
Pearl Media acquires rights to air 'Tom & Jerry'
in Southern market
Century
Communication Limited (CCL), has announced that
it's media sales arm Pearl media has tied up with
Saregama Films Ltd for airtime sales rights to Cartoon
network's programme, Tom & Jerry.Read |
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Iron
kid makes its European bow on Jetix France
One
of the latest productions from Spanish producer
BRB Internacional!, Iron Kid began airing in France
on the Jetix network on 30th August. Subsequently
Iron Kid will move into Spain, where it will also
be shown by Jetix starting November, and later by
TVE.Read |
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QUALCOMM
Announces the Launch of Europe's First uiOne Handset
QUALCOMM
Incorporated announced the availability of the first
handset in Europe based on QUALCOMM's uiOne™
solution on September 4 06. The 'O2 Ice handset'
is available from O2, a leading provider of mobile
services to consumers and businesses in the United
Kingdom.Read |
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MICROSOFT
GAME DEVELOPER DAY, Tuesday 26 September 2006
MICROSOFT
GAME DEVELOPER DAY is being held for Singapore game
development professionals interested in developing
games for Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox Live
Arcade platforms on 26 September 06 from 9am onwards
at the Gallery Hotel 76 Robertson Quay, Singapore.Read |
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BKN
New Media unveils two animated properties at Mipcom
2006
BKN
New Media Ltd, a animation company engaged in the
production and distribution of animated children's
television programmes and related consumer products,
unveiled two of it's new animated TV series, Zorro
- Generation Z and Dork Hunters from Outer Space
at Mipcom 2006.Read |
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Breakthrough
Animation forays into multi-platform programming
Breakthrough
Animation Inc., a Canadian animation production
company, announced at Mipcom 2006 that it will create
cutting-edge multi-platform vignettes for three
of its most popular animated series.Read |
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 Warner
creates digital production venture to make content
for broadband, mobile
The
Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTG) is establishing
a new digital production venture Studio 2.0. This
will work with creative talent and advertisers to
create original live-action and animated short-form
programming for broadband and wireless devices.Read |
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Animax
turns 24x7 in Malaysia; available on Astro
Animax,
the animation channel in Asia has announced that
it will be available 24x7 in Malaysia starting 31
Agust and will be carried exclusively on cable provider,
Astro.Read |
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The
Porting Lab delivers 1000th port
Mumbai
based mobile porting services provider,
The Porting Lab recently delivered its
1000th port. The lab is a division of
the Mumbai based mobile and software
development company, Chakra Interactive
Pvt. Ltd.Read |
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Sound
Entertainment releases O God Ganesha
Part 2
After
the success of Ganesha 1, Mumbai based
Home Video publisher, Sound Entertainment
is back with the second part, O God
Ganesha Dwitiya which it recently released
in India and abroad.Read |
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Gaming
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Asus,
Intel & ATI present
World Game Master Tournament
The
latest gaming competition
in town is the International
PC Gaming competition World
Game Master Tournament (WGT).
The preliminary rounds of
the tournament are being
held in four cities with
the Bangalore and Pune laps
over and Mumbai, Chennai
yet to go.Read |
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Samsung
brings World Cyber Games
2006 to India
Samsung
Indiatoday announced on
September 4 06 the most
eagerly awaited Cyber Olympics
event in India - the World
Cyber Games 2006 (WCG 2006).
This event presented by
Samsung India, is being
organized by Indiagames
and Indiatimes.com.Read |
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Technology
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ATI
announces latest Catalyst drivers
for Microsoft Windows Vista
Coinciding
with the release of Microsoft
Windows Vista Release Candidate
1 (RC1), ATI Technologies Inc.,
announced on September 8 06 that
it is ready for the forthcoming
public launch of Microsoft Corp.'s
operating system, as demonstrated
by new Catalyst drivers available
now.Read |
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Disney
deal: UTV receives first tranche
of Rs 692 mn
UTV
Software Communications has received
Rs 692 million as the first tranche
of payment from The Walt Disney
Company (Southeast Asia) Pte Ltd.Read |
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'Barbie
as Rapunzel' to premiere on Cartoon
Network on 10 Sept
As
part of the month long 'Barbie
special', Cartoon Network will
premiere the animated movie Barbie
as Rapunzel on Sunday 10 September
at 12 noon.Read |
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Disney
unveils character-themed digital
cameras 'Disney Pix' in the US
Disney
Consumer Products, the merchandising
segment of The Walt Disney Company
has launched a new line of Disney
Pix digital cameras specifically
designed for kids and tweens.Read |
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Animax
to air 'Inu Yasha: 'The Castle
beyond the looking glass' on 2
September
By
popular demand the blockbuster
animation movie Inu Yasha: The
Castle beyond the looking glass
is back on Animax's Saturday Night
movie band Ani-Flix.Read |
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'Galli
Galli Sim Sim' comes to DD &
Pogo; Literacy Yatra culminates
in Mumbai
On
the eve of World Literacy Day
Turner's newest edition Galli
Galli Sim Sim is all set to expand
its outreach by launching the
series on Doordarshan on 9 September
during the Cartoon Network Duniya
block on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.Read |
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