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MIPCOM
SPECIAL COVERAGE
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Indian
Animation session makes waves at MIPCOM
One
glance across the tightly packed Salon
Californie during the Indian Animation
session at MIPCOM Junior, and the fact
that International interest in Indian
animation is at a new all time high
was obvious.Read |
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DQ
Entertainment Limited (DQEL) inks large
co-production deals at MIPCOM
Hyderabad
based DQEL, one of the biggest Animation
and Gaming Assets production players
in the world has signed multiple co-production
deals with several US and European companies
at the recently concluded MIPCOM.Read |
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Indian
Animation presence at MIPCOM'06
- Voice, Volume and something to speak
of….
The
2006 MIPCOM & MIPCOM Junior could
well be defined as a milestone for Indian
animation. There was voice in terms
of the session, there was volume in
terms of the participation and there
was something to speak of in terms of
all the deliveries done and the high
quality achieved.Read |
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Hungama
TV clocks its highest ratings; 'Doraemon' &
'Shinchan' key drivers
Hungama
TV has scored big yet again! A notch higher, the
channel now boasts of the maximum ratings ever with
182 GRPs for week 39 (24-30 September), marking
a good leap from the previous week of 155 GRPs,
for the target group CS 4-14 ABC in all Hindi speaking
markets.Read |
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THQ
launches 'Scooby-Doo! Who's Watching Who?' video
game in US
THQ
Inc., worldwide developer and publisher of interactive
entertainment software, has announced that Scooby-Doo!
Who's Watching Who?, licensed by Warner Bros.Read |
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Sir
Elton John receives Disney Legends award
A
couple of days ago US media conglomerate Disney
honoured legendary songwriter and singer Sir Elton
John, as well as 11 additional inductees, with the
Disney Legends Award.Read |
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PBS
Kids to air 'Franny's Feet' with Spanish track in
US
Pre-school
series Franny's Feet will now be available on PBS
Kids with a Spanish language track beginning 7 October.Read |
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Cartoon
Network to explore Indian talent for 'Snaptoons'
Kid's
channel Cartoon Network has announced a pan Asian
initiative titled Snaptoons - Short New Asia Pacific
Cartoons, by scouting for emerging talent across
its key markets in Asia, is slated to kick off on
18 October.Read |
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Disney
Channel inks pan-European mobile deal with Orange
The
Disney Channel has announced that it has signed
its first pan-European deal to provide content to
mobile phones.Read |
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Cartoon
Network joins Brighter Minds Media for gaming title
'Cartoon Network All-Stars' in US
Brighter
Minds Media, Inc has announced an agreement with
Cartoon Network, to release a new software title
'Cartoon Network All-Stars'.Read |
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MTV
ropes in Sony's Nina Jaipuria as Nick head
MTV
Networks India, announced the appointment of Sony
vice president marketing Nina Elavia Jaipuria as
vice president and general manager for the kids'
channel Nick.Read |
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Nick
US' broadband platform TurboNick 2.0 gets 19 million
content streams
US
kids channel Nickelodeon has launched an enhanced
version of TurboNick its broadband video platform.
It has called it TurboNick 2.0.Read |
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71
per cent of tweens will be online by 2010: eMarketer
study
The
latest eMarketer's report suggests that among tweens
and young teens some 20 million of them use the
Internet and by 2010, 71 per cent of kids ages 8-11
will be online.Read |
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Power
Rangers Tour 'Get Powerised' kicks off 27 Oct in
US
The
Power Rangers 'Get Powerised' Tour will kick off
on 27 October in Houston, US and will feature characters
from the Power Rangers Mystic Force TV show.Read |
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RJ
Corp to open “Disney Artist” stores in
India
RJ
Corp in India has signed an exclusive master franchisee
agreement with Disney Consumer Products (DCP) to
source and market Disney character branded greeting
cards, stationary, arts and crafts and party products
through specialty stores.Read |
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Jim
Perry promoted to Nick, MTVN Kids & Family Group
EVP
Jim
Perry has been named executive vice president, 360
Brand Sales, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family
Group.Read |
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Kids'
Food and Beverages study: Sales to soar above $26.8
billion by 2011 in US
Food
and beverages specifically targeted to the 35.8
million kids aged 3 to 11 are expected to jump from
$15.1 billion in 2006 to reach more than $26.8 billion
in 2011, according to Kids' Food and Beverages,
the latest market research from Packaged Facts.Read |
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| ADLABS,
Gini & Jony to co produce animated
feature
Leading
Indian media conglomerate Adlabs Films
Ltd and Kid’s apparel giant Gini
& Jony have joined hands to produce
an animated feature film based on the
characters, “Gini & Jony”
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IAD 06 to have non linear format, multi
city presence!
Organised
by ASIFA India & TASI, International
Animation Day 2006 is going to be a
multi city affair. The event to be held
on October 28 will have an art mela
format and shall have multiple activities
for the animation community. Going by
the plans that the organisers shared,
the event shall be simply irresistable!
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CN's
SNAPTOONS to fund ten pilot episodes
Short
New Asia Pacific Cartoons is an inititative
taken by Cartoon Network to promote
original content. Indian Studios working
on original content have this great
chance now!
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"Changing
World Of Indian Media" to bring
together leading technology professionals
from Animation Industry
The
organisers of Changing World Of Indian
Media , a fully-independent technology
conferences dedicated to the Animation
and VFX industry, have announced the
line up of speakers for their event.Read |
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R&H
India announces apprenticeship program
Trust
Rhythm & Hues to come up with wholesome
healthy initiatives that are win-win
for both, the studio itself and for
the industry at large too.Read |
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Safal
does a Powerpuff Girls on pack promotion
Safal,
which works in the frozen vegetable
category has tied up with Cartoon Network
to launch ‘Power Puff Girls’
on-pack promotion.Read |
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Corporate:
India's First Movie DVD with Games
Madhur
Bhandarkar's Corporate will be India's
first Bollywood DVD with interactive
games. The DVD has more than 700 rupees
worth of mobile games.Read |
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BRB's
latest series, Angus & Cheryl one
of the three most screened programmes
in Cannes 
State
of the art Spanish animation Angus &
Cheryl was an outstanding success at
last week's MIPCOM Jr, where it was
the third most screened programme by
buyers of children's programming out
of no less than 937 programmes presented
at this market.Read
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Cartoon
Network Premieres Barbie's latest adventure
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
Experience
Barbie's magical world come alive as
this stunning animated movie, combines
the best of animation quality and graceful
movements of the most famous form of
dance - Ballet, to tell an adventurous
story of Barbie and her 11 sisters.Read |
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Microsoft
unveils Microsoft Digital Advertising
Solutions at ad: tech, Shanghai 2006
At
the start of ad:tech Shanghai 2006,
Microsoft reaffirmed its commitment
to empowering advertisers reach their
customers with the unveiling of Microsoft
Digital Advertising Solutions in Asia.Read |
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NME
announces appointment of Neil Bottrill
as Senior Vice President - Creative
Services for the Authoring/Compression
Business
New
Medium Enterprises (NME) developers
of high definition platforms, processes
and technologies announced on 16 October
'06, the appointment of Neil Bottrill
who will spearhead NME's Media and Creative
Services division globally.Read |
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Rhythm
& Hues India announces
new artist Apprentice Programs.
Freshers & Junior candidates
interested in gaining valuable
training & production experience
should apply. Application deadline
November 10th. For details visit
Visual
Computing Labs is recruiting
talented digital artists for various
Animation and Visual effects projects.
Layout Artists; Storyboard Artists;
Color Panelists; 2D Animators;
Character /Sets /Prop Modelers;
Riggers; 3D Animators; Programmers
with Maya API experience; 3D and
Vfx Compositors - To build your
career with us, please apply to
ANIBRAIN
DIGITAL is hiring Direct X
& Open GL programmers for
developing high end interactive
3D applications and gaming! Good
C++ & mathematics knowledge
a must. Contact immediately to
join a fun & challanging work
environment. Contact - 022 2637
4526 & 
FrameFLow.
Challenging Hollywood work awaits
talented & aspiring digital
artists. Compositors, Roto artists,
Paint & touchup artists and
3D Animators. 
NVIDIA
is hiring! Application Engineer
- Digital Film, India. To be based
in Mumbai.