Mass Animation's Ground-Breaking 'Live Music' Animated Short Film Released Today with TriStar Pictures' 'Planet 51' By BusinessWire SANTA CLARA, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- 'Live Music,' an innovative new animated short film from Mass Animation and sponsored by Intel Corporation, opens in select theaters nationwide today, marking a ...Read More »

Prime Focus VFX Adds Sparkle to 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Prime Focus VFX, formerly Frantic Films VFX, has completed 175 visual effects shots for the Summit Entertainment release, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" directed by Chris Weitz. Prime Focus contributed a majority of the film's most frequently featured visual effects, including CG water, atmospherics, CG matte painting and environment work, and the "Diamond Skin" effect on Edward and the other vampire characters. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is based on the popular series of novels by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and hits theaters Nov. 20th. ...Read More »

Babelgum Partners with RingTales to Exclusively Premiere New Dilbert and New Yorker Animated Series By BusinessWire NEW YORK & LONDON, BUSINESS WIRE -- Independent web and mobile video content platform Babelgum announced today a partnership with RingTales, the leading producer and distributor of animated print cartoon ...Read More »

Brian Wilson Records George Gershwin at Ocean Way Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson is recording the music of George Gershwin at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood. Wilson has been authorized by Gershwin's estate to complete unfinished songs Gershwin left incomplete when he died in 1937. ...Read More »

OWC Announces Free Shipping, Top 10 Ideas List For Easier, More Economical "Black Friday/Cyber Monday" Shopping Other World Computing (OWC(r)) http://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac(r) and PC technology company, announced today it has begun offering free shipping on all orders over $150 from its on-line catalog of over 2,500 products and a Top 10 Gift Giving Ideas list with "stocking stuffer" suggestions starting at $3.99 to help consumers make tech/gadget gift giving easier and more economical heading into the upcoming "Black Friday/Cyber Monday" holiday shopping kickoff dates ...Read More »

Prime Focus Names Mark Intravartolo Creative Director, North America Prime Focus, one of the world's leading visual entertainment services groups, has named Mark Intravartolo Creative Director for North America. ...Read More »

ICON 2009 Opens in South Korea on November 26th By PR Newswire BUSAN, South Korea, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- ICON 2009, the International Contents Creator's Conference will open in BEXCO located in Busan, South Korea for 2 days from November 26th to 27th. ...Read More »

Singapore Pavilion at Asia Television Forum Goes Stereoscopic 3D By acnnewswire Singapore, Nov 19, 2009 - (ACN Newswire) - Brace yourself for a 3D experience when you visit the Singapore Pavilion at this year's Asia Television Forum (ATF), an event under the Asia Media Festival (AMF) from 2-4 December 2009 at Suntec City Convent ...Read More »

Ikalia Launches Bazibaza Media, the First Search Engine Designed Specifically for TV Professionals By marketwire THONES, FRANCE -- (Marketwire) -- 11/18/09 -- A global internet is a good thing until the first time consumers try to search for a general service, product or piece of media information on the web and have to wade through hundreds of pages to find what they need. The new is designed to pick up where global search engines like Google, Ya..... ...Read More »

"Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol" Screening and Book Signing Set for New York and Santa Monica Special screenings of the holiday classic Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol will be presented at the Paley Center for Media in New York on December 1st and at American Cinematheque (Aero Theatre) in Los Angeles on December 19th to mark the publication of Darrell Van Citters' new book on the making of the first animated Christmas special. ...Read More »

CineForm Extends Award-Winning 3D Editorial Workflow to the Windows Platform; Announces Neo3D for Windows CineForm(r), Inc. (www.cineform.com), creators of high-fidelity compression-based workflow solutions for the post production marketplace, today announced it has extended its industry-unique 3D editorial workflow -- driven by the award-winning CineForm First Light 3D workflow engine -- to the Windows platform. With this announcement, Neo3D for Windows enables editors to cut 3D content on virtually any Windows-based editing application that supports AVI or MOV file formats. ...Read More »

Six Apart and Twentieth Century Fox Team Up to Provide Microblogging and Official TypePad Online Community for "AVATAR" Fans By marketwire SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/18/09 -- Six Apart, the world's leading blogging software and services company, today announced a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox to introduce an official online community on TypePad and to provide "AVATAR"-themed microblogs for fans of one of the most anticipated films of the year: "AVATAR." "AVATAR" fans can join the community at ...Read More »

Autodesk Collaborates With DreamWorks and Imageworks on Mudbox for LinuxA short introductory video to Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting and texture painting software. By BusinessWire SAN RAFAEL, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- ...Read More »

StockPreacher.com Issues Trading Overview for Playboy Enterprises Inc. By Globenewswire
DALLAS, Nov. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring media entertainment and lifestyle company Playboy Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:PLA). The report includes financial and investment analysis, analyst consensus, and pertinent industry information you need..... ...Read More »

China Digital Animation Development Enters Into Stock Purchase Agreement to Acquire Chongqing Dinv Ares Filming Production Co., Ltd. By Globenewswire
NEW YORK and HARBIN, China, Nov. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Digital Animation Development, Inc. (OTCBB:CHDA) today announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement with Chongqing Dinv Ares Filming Production Co., Ltd. (Dinv Ares), an award-winning film production company base..... ...Read More »

Get the Look of Sci-Fi Holograms with Holomatrix from Red Giant Software Red Giant Software has released Holomatrix, a new After Effects plug-in that lets you control your reality and offers a new dimension in effect generation. Many science fiction feature films and TV shows feature holographic communication and interfaces. Red Giant Holomatrix allows you to easily recreate that effect with just a few clicks. ...Read More »

HD Cloud Announces Support for Real-Time Cloud Transcoding Services for Adobe Flash Media Server Customers HD Cloud, a leading on-demand transcoding provider, today announced, its support for Adobe® Flash® Media Server 3.5 software. HD Cloud now offers automated conversion to all formats required for Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5 software-compatible Multi-Bitrate players, using Adobe-certified best practices. ...Read More »

Elance Work Index Reveals Strong Demand for Qualified PHP Programmers By BusinessWire MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- The Elance Work Index, which ranks the hottest 100 skills in today's online labor market, today revealed that for the third month in a row PHP (Personal Home Page ...Read More »

China Digital Animation Development Provides First Quarter Business Update and Reports 54% Increase in Animation Design and Development By Globenewswire
NEW YORK and HARBIN, China, Nov. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- China Digital Animation Development, Inc. (OTCBB:CHDA) today provided a business update and announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 30, 2009.


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Zaha Hadid Architects Develops Visionary Buildings with Software from Dassault Systmes Partner Gehry Technologies By BusinessWire PARIS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Dassault Systmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) (Paris:DSY), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and Gehry Technologies, today announced that ...Read More »