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Television

The Wumblers Wumbles to MIPCOM

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2003

Many of the folks who brought you Barney, The Puzzle Place, Teletubbies and Sesame Street are out to hatch another prescehool phenomenon. The Silly...

Television

Stargate SGI Leads SCI FI’s Best Summer Ever

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2003

Basic cable's SCI FI Channel is enjoying the longest primetime ratings streak in television as the latest Neilson ratings extends its year-over-year ratings growth...

Video Games

Austin Gears Up for Game Conference

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2003

With more than 50 companies making major contributions to the game industry, Austin, Texas is the No.3 location in the U.S. for game development....

Festivals & Events

ASIFA-Hollywood Seeks Annie Entries

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2003

Hollywood and the international animation community are gearing up for the 2004 Annie Awards honoring outstanding achievement in animation across film, television, commercials and...

Features

Horror Makes Bid for 4th Week

Ryan Ball - September 5, 2003

Fox's supernatural thriller The Order arrives in theaters today, hoping to continue the spook fest that put New Line's Freddy Vs. Jason and Jeepers...

Television

South Park Goes on Syndication Block

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2003

Look out Letterman and Leno. Network late-night heavyweights may soon get some competition from Kyle, Stan, Kenny, Cartman and the rest of the inhabitants...

Television

Latin America Meets Kids Next Door

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2003

Having conquered the U.S., the resourceful tykes of Codename: Kids Next Door are set to infiltrate Latin America. The new animated action-comedy Cartoon Cartoon...

Video Games

Dr Pepper Contest Offers Role in Nintendo Game

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2003

The company that asked "Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?" is now asking "Who wants to be a video game character?" By...

Video Games

Alienware’s Area-51m Offers User Upgradeable Graphics

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2003

Computer gaming desktop and mobile systems manufacturer Alienware has launched its redesigned Area-51m mobile gaming system. The new system features user upgradeable graphics modules,...

Features

Big Idea Bought Out

Ryan Ball - September 4, 2003

Larry Cucumber and Bob Tomato have gone to market and ended up in Classic Media's shopping cart. The family entertainment group has bought out...

Schools

Comet Ent. to Direct Animation at Kennedy College

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

Toronto-based content development and production company Comet Ent. Inc. has signed on to manage and direct a diploma course in computer graphic design and...

Television

Fox Kids Europe Makes Tripple Play

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

The Programming Division at Fox Kids Europe has added three hot, new action/adventure TV properties to its lineup of programs serviced by Buena Vista...

Television

Icon Animation Unleashes Gang on Spain Scandinavia gets Living Forest

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

The series Mimi and the Gang (26 X 6), a spin off of Icon Animation's Mimi and Mr. Bobo (26 X 26), has been...

Licensing

Speed Racer RC Cars Get Green Light

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

Fans of the classic Speed Racer animated television series will soon be able to make their favorite race cars go. Speed Racer Enterprises has...

Video Games

Game Stars to Shine on “Walk of Game”

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

With the game industry getting bigger than the film biz, it's about time the stars of the interactive world had a place to leave...

Features

Central Park Media Scoops Up Korean Doggy Poo

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

It may sound like a joke, but Central Park Media believes the Korean clay animation film Doggy Poo is no turd. Immediately following the...

Features

Harry Potter Coming up Short? Fans Protest

Ryan Ball - September 3, 2003

You'll rarely hear any moviegoer complain that a movie is too short. But that's just what some fans of the effects-laden Harry Potter series...

Television

Nickelodeon Takes Toon Block to Eastern Bloc

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2003

To Russia with toons. MTV Networks Int'l (MTVNI) today launched a fully customized Nickelodeon animation block on Russia's TNT-Teleset, the country's fastest growing outlet...

Television

Grace Animation Goes on Safari with Avenging Apes

Ryan Ball - September 2, 2003

Grace Animation Studios is going into production on 26 half-hours of the animated series series The Avenging Apes of Africa for worldwide distribution. The...

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