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DreamWorks and the Philippines Stage Animation Games Despite Warning from Disney
500 DreamWorks and Filipino artists waded ashore Saturday in a mock assault to seize an animation production studio, a drill Disney claimed would have dire consequences on the future of peaceful animated feature distribution.
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President Hollande Presses India to Stop Bringing Shitty Animated Content to MIPCOM
French President François Hollande earlier today urged the Indian government to save everyone valuable time, energy and money by putting an end to the ridiculous practice of bringing really shitty animated content to MIPCOM.
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InfoGraphic: Issues That Most Concern California Visual Effects Artists
California now finds itself sitting center stage in a global battle over visual effects production work. The ancestral home of the industry is struggling against global VFX studio expansion fueled by film production cost-cutting
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U.S. Special Forces Take Control of Annecy Ticketing and Party Invite System
In a daring surprise raid, U.S. Special Forces took over operations of the Annecy Animation Festival screening reservation and party invitation systems early Tuesday morning. Government officials said the operation, carried out by members
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World Powers Urge Iran to Broadcast Adult Swim
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council yesterday called on Iran to back up their claim that a suspected nuclear research site is nothing more than an animation studio by broadcasting a
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Global Animation Industry Employment Trends: Q1 2012
The Institute for a Better Tomorrow has just released its Q1 2012 Global Animation Industry Employment Trends report, a comprehensive assessment of current labor trends and workplace conditions. The following Executive Summary is a
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InfoGraphic: Future Profit Strategies and Business Models for TV Animation Producers
Experts agree that the halcyon days of big money TV animation deals are a thing of the past. However, production executives differ greatly on profit strategies and business models ensuring long term survival. A
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A&E Greenlights ‘Animation Festival Jury Wars’ Reality Series
A&E announced it has greenlit production on a new original unscripted real-life series, Animation Festival Jury Wars, which follows an independent group of six animators assigned to the same pre-selection jury, who must live
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Images Reportedly Show Extensive North Korean Preparations for Doctor Who Convention
Recent satellite images of a North Korean military complex show what appear to be rows of Tardises lined up next to a flatbed truck filled with Daleks, alongside other evidence of extensive and accelerated
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Top Chinese Court Backs Steep Fee Increase for DVD Piracy Licenses
The Supreme People’s Court in Beijing ruled on Monday that the government was justified in increasing the annual license fee charged owners of shops that sell pirated DVDs and software programs. At issue was
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