Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific today announced plans for the world’s first Cartoon Network-themed waterpark, to be located in idyllic Bang Saray, near Pattaya, on the East Coast of

Maintaining its stride to remain a front-runner in leveraging the ever-growing business of animation related sectors and to promote employment to those artistically and technically inclined, the State of Karnataka

Karnataka Government has unveiled a dedicated policy for the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics sector today. The full copy of the policy can be viewed here

Classic Media, a global media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, announced that it has inked a range of new deals across the

At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that Adobe Photoshop Touch is now available for iPad 2, via the iTunes App Store*. Adobe Photoshop Touch offers core Photoshop features, as well as new capabilities for

25 year old Los Angeles-based multiple Academy Award winning visual effects and animation studio, Rhythm & Hues (R&H) celebrated 10th year of its presence in India recently. R&H with two studios

NAMCO BANDAI Games, Arad Productions and 41 Entertainment LLC (41e) announced that they have granted the US television rights to Disney XD for the brand new animated action comedy series

At Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) 2012, Autodesk, Inc. plans to unveil new versions of Autodesk Gameware products, including an enhanced solution for mobile game development and an expanded artificial intelligence (AI) toolset. During

Munkeeman, a graphic novel was launched at Comic Con Express Mumbai,(the traveling version of Comic Con India) in October last year. And post its success, Pop Culture Publishing has now

SIGGRAPH 2012 seeks cutting-edge Real-Time Live! content to be presented as part of this year’s prestigious Computer Animation Festival. Examples of accepted real-time simulations and graphics submissions include: Computer Games, Graphics &

Pixilogic announced the release of ZBrush 4R3 for both Windows & Mac. ZBrush 4R3 not only implements various enhancements and polish to existing features, it also introduces major new features

Association of Bangalore Animation Industry (ABAI) and Reed Midem — which runs the world’s most successful markets, conferences and exhibitions and events in Cannes, France — have signed a memorandum

Project 48 Machinimais looking for filmmakers from around the world to make a 3-5 minutes short film from scratch — write, shoot and edit in only 48 hours. First Prize

Netscribes (India) Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge consulting solutions company, launched a report on the Animation Market in India 2012 as part of Netscribes’ Media & Entertainment Industry report series.The report

IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios announced that Tim Burton’s stop-motion, animated film Frankenweenie will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX 3D format and released in IMAX digital

OptiTrack introduced the world’s first megapixel motion capture camera for under $1K, the Flex 13. Boasting an impressive 1.3 million pixels of resolution, a 120 FPS sample rate, and an immense

Hungama TV is inviting all its viewers and their families to join their favorite friend Shinchan in his debut movie - Shinchan and Treasures of the Buri Buri Kingdom at 11 am on

Reliance MediaWorks (RMW) is currently developing the first season of Ninja Hattori. RMW has signed a production deal with Shin Ei Animation of Japan for taking Ninja Hattori from its

The gala 2012 BAF Awards Ceremony will be held on 15th March, the second day of the FICCI FRAMES Festival – Asia’s largest global convention on the business of entertainment. The

Today Corel announced the release of Corel VideoStudio Pro X5, the most comprehensive version of the company’s award-winning video editing software. VideoStudio Pro X5 breaks new ground with the introduction of screen

Ben Tennyson and his alter-aliens are set to upgrade like never before this month with the intergalactic premiere of his first ever CG-animated television movie, Ben 10 – Destroy All Aliens, on

< Disney Channel presents a charming feature where friendship, understanding and adventure abound as Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends learn that things are not always as they appear. ‘Pooh’s Heffalump Movie’, one

Japan known for its amazing quality, technology, media, and entertainment is the Partner country to FICCI Frames 2012. Key executives from Japan are coming to Mumbai to FICCI Frames, to

Whistling Woods International (WWI) invited Lord David Puttnam, Academy Award winning Producer of films like Chariots of Fire, Killing fields, Local Hero and many more for the third time. Lord Puttnam has been

The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry posted a growth of 12 per cent over 2011, says the latest FICCI-KPMG report. The registered growth is backed by strong consumption observed

Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will be visiting India to deliver the inaugural keynote address at India’s 2012 FICCI FRAMES which

Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry has released the latest update of MARI – its cutting-edge paint tool for 3D artists. MARI has been designed from the ground up to

The second day of FICCI Frames 2012 started with an interesting Film-Editing workshop conducted by Academy Award-winning Editor Mark Goldblatt. Mark has edited around 30 motion pictures like Terminator Series,

Japanese Animation Creative Masterclass at Day 2 of FICCI was panelled by Shin ichi Suzuki, Sadao Tsukioka, Yoichiro and moderated by Naohiro Shichijo. Shin Ichi Suzuki shared about some of

The FICCI Frames’ session on B.comuilding Sustainable Business models for Niche Programming Content was moderated by Paritosh Joshi, CEO, Star CJ. The panel consisted of Atul Pandey, CEO, Sport Business,

FICCI Frames second day concluded with the announcement of FICCI BAF Awards. The Awards felicitated the talented professionals of Animation, VFX and Gaming Industry. The Best Animated Feature Film for

FICCI Frames 2012 kick started with the inaugural of FICCI KPMG Report on the Media & Entertainment industry. The inaugural session was conducted by Karan Johar, Co-chair, FICCI Entertainment Committee;

Disney Channel presents a charming feature where friendship, understanding and adventure abound as Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends learn that things are not always as they appear. ‘Pooh’s Heffalump Movie’, one of

Prime Focus, the leading Global Visual Entertainment Services Company, is well known in the industry for delivering leading 3D, VFX and DI services for projects like ‘Ra One’, ‘Harry Potter

The 3rd Day of FICCI Frames saw Oscar winning VFX Supervisor Harvey Lowry conduct a session on the Special Effects in Hollywood. Over the course of fifteen years, Harvey has supervised

The session started with the famous scene of the sun rise and the flamingo’s flying across the african savannah’s from “The Lion King” moving into skies of Egypt and Alladin’s magic

International Screenwriters and Directors from the Mumbai Mantra and Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab conducted a discussion on the missing link for good cinema – a tight edgy script. The stalwarts

Imagineer Systems announced that it will launch its newest versions of mocha Pro and mocha AE, at NAB 2012 in Las Vegas next month. Imagineer also announced that it has streamlined its product family

International Festival of Animated Films, Visual Effects and Video Games, Animayo is slated to be held from May 9 to May 12, 2012 at Spain.The call for entries for Animayo Festival 2012

The newest addition of Wacom Intuos5 was launched in India on the 16th March 2012, at Grand Hyatt in Mumbai.Wacom’s next generation lineup of tablets-Intuos5 is a boon for creative professionals as

The creators of Indian kids‘ favourite animation character on TV ‘Chhota Bheem‘ have opened their 1st ‘Green Gold Store‘ at Mumbai, an exclusive outlet for Green Gold character merchandizes in

The Annecy Festival announced the official selections for the 2012 edition of the festival, comprised of 49 short films, 55 graduation films, and 60 TV and commissioned films, including 21

Media Arts & Science College (MASC) celebrated its second anniversary recently at Chennai with a grand ceremony presided by Director M Jeyam Raja of Velayutham fame. The “Best PR” and

Chhota Bheem has once again emerged as Kid’s Favourite TV Character (Ormax Media 2011). To add to these celebrations, POGO is also launching a new movie based on this larger-than-life

Campfire has launched Campfire Young Writer of the Year contest.  It is a story writing competition for students from classes 5 to 9. The competition will feature about 1000 schools

Vijay with more than 15 years of experience in the Indian Entertainment Industry has worked in most of the Indian & international languages movie. He has worked in more than

Corel today announced the launch of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6, the newest version of its flagship graphics suite. Featuring a completely revamped typography engine, inspiring new color styles and harmonies, and powerful shaping

To create public awareness on digitization, FICCI jointly with Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India is organizing a seminar on “India going Digital: An Industry Interaction with Stakeholders”  on the

Mumbai based Graphiti Multimedia’s animated feature film Krish, Trish and Baltiboy 2 (KTB2) is nominated at 21st Cairo International Film Festival for Children to be held from 23rd March to 30th March, 2012.

Introduction The Deakin Motion.Lab is a centre for creative research into technology and performance, as well as movement analysis of physically demanding professions such as dance and sport. The centre

Adobe offers Photoshop CS6 beta for free, gathering reactions to new performance enhancements and creativity tools. Adobe is allowing people to download the beta of the fast-approaching Photoshop CS6 from

Noida based, BlueBeans, a premier institute of fine arts announces admission to degree courses in animation and graphic designing. The institute offers graduate and post graduate level animation, multimedia and

India’s Animation and Visual Effects training studio Frameboxx has launched a new division ProCampus to bring world-class computer graphics experts to train Indian animation and Visual Effects artists. The first workshop

With less than seven weeks remaining before FMX 2012 begins, the 17th Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia has announced this year’s program highlights. This year’s FMX audience can look

The 2nd Edition of Annual Delhi CG Animation Awards will be held today at the Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Auditorium, New Delhi. Last year, the awards marked its arrival with grandeur

How does this sound? An Automobile Engineer by academics and profession and now a Senior Animation and Photography Academic instructor at Frameboxx School of Animation and VFX!!!  And you can

Building on the nation’s Cricket mania, Sony PlayStation has announced the release of the second edition of the popular Street Cricket game as Move Street Cricket II. This is yet

It’s been raining awards this summer for Reliance Animation’s animated feature film “Krishna aur Kans”. The film which is India’s first stereoscopic animated feature, bagged the prestigious ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Film

To be held at the Marina Bay Sands Singapore from 18 – 21 June, BroadcastAsia2013, Asia’s largest and most established media & communications event, is set to feature groundbreaking technologies, and spotlight hottest industry trends for the broadcast and film value chain. Read More

I have worked in various aspects of the production, broadcast and post-production industry for over 22 years now. Part of my career has been spent working for manufacturers and software development companies such as Softimage, Avid, Assimilate and AJA, where I've been part of the product design, sales and marketing process. The other part of my career has been as a creative/online editor and graphic artist working on commercials, live events, award shows, television and feature films, which earned me three Emmy nominations. Read More