Virgin
Comics, Kahani World to co produce Secrets of
the seven sounds
Virgin
Comics and Kahani World Inc. an independent animation
company headquartered in Toronto and have teamed
up to co-produce Secrets of the Seven Sounds,
a full length animated feature for kids 7 and up,
inspired by the Ramayana.Read |
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Regional
comics on the forefront with Bengali comic Hattagol
Hattagol!,
a Bengali comic book created by artists Arijit Chowdhury
and Subhashis Ghosh has been launched in September.
The comics will be available in a magazine format
of 32-64 pages, a collector's edition of 48 pages
and a graphic novel of 80-90 pages.Read
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Regional
Comics Illustration artist Arijit C 's Slideshow
& Animation Creative
Director
Subhashis Ghosh's Slideshow
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QUALCOMM
Chair Established at IIT Madras
QUALCOMM
Incorporated announced on 4 October 2006, the establishment
of a QUALCOMM Chair at the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), Madras.Read |
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Animax
ropes in Supriya Bambawale as marketing manager
in India
SPE
Networks' Japanese anime channel Animax has appointed
Supriya Bambawale as marketing manager in India.Read |
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Raymond's
invests Rs 70 mn in kids apparel brand Zapp!; second
store unveiled in Mumbai
Raymond's
foray into the kid's apparel market with Zapp! saw
its first entry into big metros with the Mumbai
launch today. Following this, the brand will unveil
its third store in Kolkata next week.Read |
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Cartoon
Network goes the live action way with its first
original TV movie 'Re-Animated'
Cartoon
Network has announced the completion of principal
photography on its first original live-action television
movie, Re-Animated, which will combine elements
of live-action and animation.Read |
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Disney's
BV Games adds 'Disney Princess' & 'The Little
Mermaid' titles in the US
Disney
Princesses and Ariel are joining the "Disney
on the Go" portfolio of handheld video games.
New handheld video game titles based on the Disney
Princess and The Little Mermaid franchises will
now be available at retail stores throughout North
America.Read |
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Nickelodeon
& Produce for Kids campaign encourage kids to
lead healthier lifestyles
Kids
channel Nickelodeon, has partnered with Produce
for Kids to kick off a health campaign which will
run till 5 November. Produce for Kids is an organization
that educates kids on the benefits of healthy eating.Read |
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Nick
US introduces interactivitity for preschoolers
American
Pre-schoolers will just press play.
Noggin, the commercial-free, educational preschool
network from US kids firm Nickelodeon, is introducing
a new form of interactive viewing for preschoolers,
on its new, original, live-action series, The Upside
Down Show.Read |
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Nickelodeon's
'Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge' kicks off
in US
Nickelodeon
and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation has
kicked off the "Go Healthy Challenger Search
2007," today, a nationwide US campaign that
seeks to find the kids who will be featured in next
year's Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge.Read |
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Nick
celebrates 'Worldwide Day of Play' on 30 Sept; analyses
American leisure habits
As
Nickelodeon celebrates Worldwide Day of Play by
"going dark" on air 30 September to encourage
kids to get up, go out and go play, Leisure Trends
Group takes a look at recent trends in America's
leisure habits.Read |
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Hungama
TV to telecast talent show 'Mother n Child' on 14
&15 October
The
Multimedia Informatics talent show Mother n Child
grand finale round will be held on Sunday, 1 October
in Mumbai. The telecast partners are Hungama TV
and the show will be aired as a two part program
on 14 and 15 October.Read |
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Disney's
Buena Vista Games to acquire Climax Racing
Buena
Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment
affiliate of The Walt Disney Company has announced
the acquisition of video games company Climax Racing.Read |
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Gaming
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Syncere
Arts earnestly efforts at ' Indian paradigm'
in gaming
The
Toronto headquartered company with a
development facility in Gujrat is convinced
that there is great potential for Indian
themed games for the Indian market.
It is currently working on a game based
on the Mahabharata.Read |
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Filaments
Visual Effects, another feather in
the India hat
Think
VFX in India and the recall is Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore etc,
But did one know of a VFX studio in
Patna ? That too working and delivering
high quality FX work for International
projects?Read
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Mark
IV aims at making a mark in medical
simulation
Medical
Simulation is an area that many in Indian
CG have identified as one with great
potential, the news is that a few of
them have ventured into it too.Read |
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ATI
unlimited takes shot at edutainment,
products ready to roll
Pune
based ATI Unlimited (not to be confused
with graphics technology company ATI)
is taking a shot at the edutainment
market, with multimedia products ready
to roll soon.Read |
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